December 2010
11 posts
“They’d say, “We have an idea for a sketch. You’re a teacher, and the student...”
– Jon Lovitz, on SNL writers when he hosted in 1997. From this interview on the AV Club.
52 Books
Boom. I just finished my 52nd book for the year. I didn’t start with this goal. Last Christmas I got a kindle and I started reading a lot more. By the time I hit about 30 books I thought, “What the hell, let’s see if I can hit an average of a book per week.” As I was reading, I tried to mix things up a bit between old and new, fiction and non-fiction, though looking...
Chamberlain!: If you like radio comedy... →
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Tonight @ 7PM SiriusXM is broadcasting Neil Casey’s Sentimental Irish Christmas on Raw Dog Radio, Channel 104. I went to the taping of this on Saturday night and lost my shit laughing. Additionally, the Washington Square Harp & Shamrock Orchestra was phenomenal.
For those without SiriusXM, an…
I highly recommend this as well and can attest...
Christmas Story 3: Tradition
One year my dad bought a set of about fifty flashlights from Costco to use as stocking stuffers, and extra gifts. On Christmas morning, the rest of my family had an experience that was something like this:
1st flashlight: Oh, neat, a flashlight.
2nd flashlight: Okay another flashlight.
3rd flashlight: Ha ha, Dad…
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48th flashlight: What is going on? Why are there so many...
TONIGHT!
Guys, just a reminder that tonight at midnight is the performance of Neil Casey’s Sentimental Irish Christmas. It’s gonna be real sweet, and then when everyone’s talking about how sweet it is the next day, you’re going to want to be able to join in the conversation, otherwise it will be like Avatar all over again. So come see the show.
Christmas Story 2: The Best Christmas Gift
When I was little I collected “Monster in my Pocket.” For those who don’t know, or don’t remember, they were these little rubber monster figurines. Aside from the fact that monsters are awesome, I think these appealed to me because they satisfied my nerdy desire to collect, catalogue, and organize things.
There isn’t much of a story here. I just remember one...
Christmas Story 1: The Worst Christmas Gift
I was about 7 years old when my grandmother gave me the worst Christmas gift I have ever received. It was a box of just the right size to provoke the maximum amount mystery — the kind that could be anything, but I couldn’t guess what. Too light to be a book, too square to be a toy, too thick to be a video game, too short to be a board game. What was it? I tore off the...
Short Christmas Stories
With only nine days left until Christmas, I thought it would be fun to count down by sharing one Christmas memory per day. Since I celebrate godless, materialistic, secular Christmas, most of these stories will be about presents. But presents are awesome, so I’m okay with that. Share your own stories if you feel like it. Here’s what I’m planning:
December 16: The worst...
