My friend Casey forwarded me the beginnings of a commentary by entrepreneur Bill Gross. Sing it, brotha: What this country needs is either a good 5¢ cigar or the reincarnation…

The thing really scary about the wind might just be that nursery rhyme: Rock-a-bye, baby On the treetop When the wind blows The cradle will rock When the bough breaks…

We’re kind of having a storm here in LA. There are fewer things I love more than nighttime thunderstorms, one of the very rare things I miss about Ohio weather….

So, it’s a minor miracle that I’ve gotten any work done, given that the Indiana Jones movies have been on TV a bunch since the fourth one comes out soon….

A sad day. My roommate and I had to throw out a plant that finally died. It was a bamboo-type thing that I had managed to keep alive for almost…

So, the title of the blog from “yesterday” (no pun intended, either) was an allusion to the bands’ original names. I found it better on Facebook to list my fav…

Yes, there two paths you can go but in the long run… My two fav musical acts are The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. I’ve searched to see if they ever…

I was going to fill out a Match or eHarmony profile but I stopped when I realized I wasn’t going to be able to say where I lived. Am I…

Don’t reach your hand into an oven set at 350 F to flip stuff over. It hurts like hell even if you don’t touch anything. 4 years of engineering classes…

I am so sick and tired of the way that baking instructions are printed. “Place cookies in oven for 45 minutes. Flip over halfway thru.” No. Don’t make me do…

So, how do the humor styles below rank in terms of difficulty? It’s of course open to interpretation but I’ve often thought of puns as the lowest and satire as…

When I was down at the APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) National Conference in March, the college kids had an ’80s party. My friend and fellow comic…

Here’s the closing monologue I delivered in Episode 2 of the talk show I’m doing: The White House… may no longer be. Presumed Republican nominee John McCain is waiting in…

Why is it that pretty much all realtors are divorced? That’s not a slam – it’s just true. I don’t know.

My friend Bhavi sent this to me a while ago. From what I understand, it has been around a while, but it still cracked me up. It may be slightly…

So, what’s harder – improv or standup? I lost this argument several times over many years ago, back when I would argue against my own profession (well, hobby at the…

So, which of the humor styles below do I most appreciate? What’s my style? What do I not like? (I think you’re more defined by what you hate than what…

The other day (in May 2008) the topic of humor styles came up. What are the different kinds? It’s a tough question to answer, but here’s what I’ve pieced together….

Well, the next few months will be slightly off since I took a 4-month holiday from this thing. It wasn’t one thing that killed the day-to-dayness of this blog. It…

Here’s a question that probably affects Americans’ lives more than politics because the USA stands not for Freedom but for Consumption: What defines fast food? We had a battle last…