September 2011 – Open Door Art Collective

How To Succeed: Life Lessons I Learned By Being Born Last

When people learn that I am the youngest of nine children (yes, I said nine), eight of them boys, they have one of a few reactions: ‘You must have been so spoiled!’ ‘Your parents really wanted a girl!’ ‘You must have been such a tomboy!’ All of those things are true, for the most part.Continue reading “How To Succeed: Life Lessons I Learned By Being Born Last”

Excuse me while I ramble…

Since beginning my “work hiatus”, as I like to refer to it, I’ve had a lot of free time. Nothing but free time. What I learned, once I had nothing but free time, is that free time is only fun for, oh, about a week. Then it becomes crazy time, where I sit around andContinue reading “Excuse me while I ramble…”

I got a job! I love Comedy!

This post will be a lot of me being excited about life, so if you’re not into overwhelming happiness, you should probably excuse yourself now. I’m taking a break from being a pensive cynic for long enough to write this and then I promise I’ll go right back to being a jerk. First matter ofContinue reading “I got a job! I love Comedy!”

I (finally) love Chicago!

It wasn’t until very recently that I felt like I was living in the right place, or that I was going to make it here at all. Chicago, like any big city, is daunting when you first arrive. There are people everywhere, it’s noisy and the lingering smell of urine, oily cta rails and chocolateContinue reading “I (finally) love Chicago!”

Some of my favorite/most recent published pieces: The best underrated shows in Chicago – Gapers Block A_C | Chicago Jim Norton brings the Anti-Social Network to Just For Laughs – Gapers Block A_C | Chicago How To Be A Good Audience Member – Gapers Block A_C | Chicago Comedians With A Heart_ A Benefit –Continue reading

new blog, new career, new coffee addiction

Odds are you’ve found this blog because 1) I forced you to look at/subscribe to it or 2) you like comedy, chicago or prose ramblings (or any combination of those things) or 3) you were one of six subscribers to my old blog. Either way, here it is. My new blog. This is where I’mContinue reading “new blog, new career, new coffee addiction”