5 things that made me smile
Comic of the Day — YAY!
Jul 24th
How cool! Rooftopcomedy.com put me on their site today as their comic of the day. These are the same cool folks who invited me out to Aspen in June to perform at their comedy festival. Check out their website for your daily dose of hilarity from the top comics and comedy clubs in the country. I love what they do! You will too.
Insomnia
Jun 29th
This is the kind of thing I do when I can’t sleep. Sure, I probably could have found something more productive to do with my bonus hours. But productivity is nowhere near as funny.
Motown, Old Roomies and a Star Wars Wedding
May 25th
I just got back from Detroit (well the Detroit area) where I worked at Joey’s Comedy Club in Livonia, MI. Worked with two great guys, the very funny Johnny Beehner out of Milwaukee and Ed Buehner who was based out of the Detroit metro.
I visited the Motown Museum.
It was AWESOME. So much history in such a small space. I can’t believe I was standing in the studio where Stevie and The Temptations and The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye and Smokey and Edwin Starr, etc. recorded so much awesome music. No photos are allowed inside, but that’s OK. I remember it all. There was also a great movie they showed there. Way too many people at the shows this weekend said they’d never been. I couldn’t believe it.
At our Thursday show we met a young lady named Grace (above) who was having her bachelorette party at the club. Her wedding was Saturday and after the show she told me that she and her fiancee were having a Star Wars wedding, where they and their guests would dress in costumes from the movies. I immediately began to picture her in the Princess Leia white robe-y costume — but NOPE! More >
5 reasons my trip to Shreveport was awesome — in no particular order (okay, I just realized there were 6… ;)
Oct 5th
I just got home from a great weekend at the Funnybone Comedy Club in Shreveport, LA! I got to see my friend Courtney who I haven’t seen in years because she moved to Louisiana just last week! Plus Shreveport-Bossier City has so much nightlife. Who knew. It’s like a miniVegas over there. My only complaints — the weather. I dunno if my Northeast body just couldn’t take it or if it was just especially bad, but my allergies were on flare. I took an uncharacteristically small number of photos, but I did want to share some of the the things that made this trip so awesome!
- The lady who told me she and her husband had so much fun last night that he was gonna “get some” when they got home. Glad my act is helping someone get lucky.
- Me and my friend Courtney drinking Jack Daniel’s and doing the Cupid Shuffle in a cowboy bar called Rockin Rodeo complete with caballeros in 10 gallon hats and vests, and waitresses wearing bikinis and chaps. Yes, really.
- The female audience member who proposed to her boyfriend and gave him a ring during my Saturday early show. So glad he said yes. I wouldn’t have known how to follow a “no.”
- Learning that in Louisiana — or at least in the Shreveport area — laundromats are called “washaterias.” I know, right?…
- The emcee’s joke about trying to potty train his one-year old granddaughter. “If I live ’til this December I will be 51 years old. And I have had shit underneath these fingernails for the last time… [When she poops her diaper she comes in the room sniffing to let them know she needs to be changed] I say, that’s right. Stinks, don’t it? In about an hour it’s gonna start to itch…” There’s more and I can assure you it was hilarious but I don’t want to do him a disservice by misquoting it.
- My $.02 (yes two cent) cash out coupon from El Dorado Casino that I will keep as a reminder that I suck at gambling. Bright side: Instead of losing $200, I only lost $199.98.
Auntie’s baby at the aeropuerto
Sep 14th
Apparently Auntie’s baby loves airplanes…
I know you want this kid, but you can’t have him. He’s mine.
Well, OK he’s not mine. But also you cannot have him.
Pep Boys doesn’t heart Kobe Bryant
Aug 5th
I saw this sign the other day at the cash register at the Pep Boys not far from my house:
I almost hollered when I saw this... I didn't know Black folks used the word 'tool'
Guess they don’t think so highly of Kobe Bryant in this establishment.
Pep Boys on Marlboro Pike, Forestville, MD. Please shop there.
The end.
Marie Claire chose me and I didn’t even know it
Jul 14th
Well, this brightened up my day… I can’t even lie.
I decided to Google to see what “Bad Date Stories” made it onto the Marie Claire website. You remember that post I did a few weeks back… Well I checked it and as I was scrolling thru the 27 Worst Date Stories article, I saw mine! They didn’t let me know but they posted it. So HOORAY!
And they did a great editing job! You can click the photo for a larger image or click the link below to view it online. I’m No. 4 of 28:
http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/relationship-issues/articles/bad-date-stories
Another Snuggie convert
Jun 30th
This one goes out to all of y’all who hate on my beloved Snuggie. Feel free to check out some of my other Snuggie posts…
Anyway, I received the following e-mail on Facebook last nite. No further explanation needed. Read it and acknowledge the awesomeness of the Snuggie.
Please and thank you.
I also would like to report that since my CVS blog I have brought a few people over from the drug store dark side to the light. I guess you could call me… a missionary of sorts.
You could also call me a few other things… but please, just not to my face. ;)
My nephew is a genius
Jun 17th
No really he is.
He’s a few days short of 15 months and he knows his alphabet AND numbers. And not just the song. He can recognize them all on sight, out of order. Don’t believe me? Check out the video for yourself. His mom has finally learned to turn him around in the tub when she tapes so he won’t hate her [as much] when he gets older… And while you can’t see his beautiful little face (click here for more Roman) , his AWESOME is on full display!!!
See, I TOLD you he was amazing… How can you not love this kid? I’m trying to get his parents to gift me his college fund. He’s so smart he’s not gonna need it… And I’ve got “parentheses” around my checking account balance. ;)
The form letter that made my day!
May 26th
So, on a whim (and by “whim” I mean because I had absolutely nothing to do) I sent a link to my “Why I love CVS” video blog through the customer comments section of the CVS website. Yeah, I’m that lame. The following is the response I received this afternoon from them. Clearly it’s a form letter, but just the idea that someone who works in the CVS corporate office may be watching/have watched my video makes me tee hee ;)
I love this.
Some free Extra Care Bucks or some coupons would have been nice too… but I ain’t complainin’.
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