Journal

Next time, sex shop!

  "Delivery for Kendra"   I recently performed in the Montreal Comedy Festival. There are a lot of sex shops in Montreal. I had no idea it was such a...

Suspiciously Single

My family pedigree includes inborn generalized (and personalized) suspicion. My mother can take the most mundane information and surmise misdirection. If I don’t return her calls in the time frame...

Jimmy: The Elevator Guy

I’ve received half a dozen voicemails for someone named Jimmy this week. I don’t know Jimmy but I do know Gary needs him for an elevator job that involves a...

Beer Dork

  Beer geeks take themselves too seriously. How can you act snooty talking about something that appears on a Things We Need to Open Our Bowling Alley list?  Don’t get...

Hammer Time

  My mother is becoming a combative conversationalist. When she gets you on the phone she comes right at you with one of two approaches,  either aggressively following up on...

Grandsmother

My family loves to rehash curious memories. There is a common familial thread , a yearning to be eccentric. Nobody wants to talk about normal, average family memories like birthdays,...