I got this in an email today: You look a lot like Portia diRossi, Ellen’s wife. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen you two in a pictures together…. Coincidence? Sure you’re not moonlighting as a lesbian bride? No. But feel free to continue to pass along that rumor. It could only help my… Continue reading
MSNBC’s Killer Cult
I seem to be getting a lot of traffic from the wikipedia page about the Children of God and I just figured out why – there’s a documentary about it on MSNBC right now. Anyway, how does one come into this world in a fanatical religious cult and then end up a humorist? I ask,… Continue reading
Update
Okay, this site was down due to some unspecified tech issues. I blame it on gay marriage in California. That and the spike in tux rentals. It’s an epidemic. Anyway, the site is back up. I am diligently blogging daily at Mediabistro’s FishbowlLA. Feel free to stop by and say hi.
LA Cityview 35
In case you missed it on TV – I was on channel 35’s LA Cityview’s show about politics and comedy. You can go to the site and on the right side there is a link for show #36. Just click that and watch. The producer said it was the funniest show they had ever done…. Continue reading
LA Weekly
Not to degrade anyone’s opinion of the LA Weekly, but they hired me to do some local stories. One on the Silver Lake Meadow and another on the Pico-Olympic One Way. I’ll post more…later.
My New Blogging Gig
Hey All! I’m blogging over at Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA. Come by and say hi!
Washington DC
I spent a week in DC. Great times. Great town. This is what I have brought back to share with you all: This is the Department of Education building on Independence Avenue – right down the street from the Capitol. They’re little red school houses to celebrate, maybe? Promote? Trivialize? Bush’s education policy. Look –… Continue reading
The Young Voter Myth
This was in the LA Daily News and The Beast. Maybe it’s another Clinton running for president or maybe its American Gladiators being back on television or maybe it was the late night monologue jokes during the writer’s strike ”” but I’m suffering from some déjà vu. It’s all sounding vaguely familiar ”” I’ve seen… Continue reading
Uninsure California Lawmakers
This ran in the LA Times. As long as our elected officials have plush health insurance – the system will remain broken. The other day, I admitted to a friend that I don’t have health insurance. “What?!” he gasped. “But you’re married. Isn’t that part of the deal?” He reacted as if I had just… Continue reading
Send Out a Memo
Okay, I really could care less if you want to advertise your beliefs on your car. I don’t care if you have bumper stickers for candidate. I don’t care if you have some quirky platitude about random acts of kindness. I don’t care if you want to put a sticker of Calvin peeing on something…. Continue reading
The Hillary Standard
She’s running for president, people, not Prom Queen. My grandparents just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They got hitched right after Grampa got back from the war. They’re both educated professionals. They’re proud Americans. We come from a long line of Southern Democrats. My grandparents, the mavericks, are first generation lifelong Republicans. Grampa has a… Continue reading
I’ve alway depended on the kindness of strangers…
I was at a comedy club one night with my friend who is also a female comic. We were hanging out at the bar when a guy approached us both and asked, “Hey, why are female comics all so butch?” To which I said, “Why are female firefighters so butch? Because you want them to… Continue reading
Whitewashing and Cherry Picking Religion
I was born into the group the Children of God (COG) or as they are called now, The Family, the Family International, or Activated Ministries. It’s a Christian cult started in the late 1960’s made up of dropout hippies in Huntington Beach. They went “international” after the leader was sought for kidnapping and tax evasion…. Continue reading
Oh Eight! GOP Debate!
Hunter S. Thompson used to say that elections are the Super Bowl for political junkies. That’s must be why immediately following debates the question that is asked is, “Who won?” I know we call it a debate, which denotes discussion and considering opposing arguments. That could lead to a winner. What we really have is… Continue reading