Tom Cruise is under fire again. After HBO aired the documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, it stirred up new interests in Tom’s “religion” of choice. I watched the film, and found it pretty OK. Sadly, because I’ve always been interested in cults and already had my moment [...]
I was looking for a Henry Blake moment for a generation that has no idea what a Henry Blake moment is. Something that had weight, something that pulled you down into your seat and left you moved. Maybe even had you walking out of the theater on unsteady legs, a [...]
I’m a comedian, which means I travel for a living. When I get to a city, one of two things happens: the comedy club puts me up in a hotel, or a “comedy condo.” The comedy condo is an apartment owned/rented by the club, and is the less preferred of [...]
I’m agnostic, which means I believe there’s something out there, I’m just not sure what. I have enough mental clarity to see that all religions are as man made as a refrigerator or automobile, but I can’t bring myself to go full blown atheist. Why? Because every so often I get [...]
From the outset, my wife and I knew this was going to happen, but every so often someone takes something innocent to an extreme. My daughter’s name is Hillary. She is Hillary because it’s easy to say and spell, and it’s both common and uncommon. Those were the criteria for [...]
I read an article about school children practicing exiting their school. It wasn’t a fire drill, this was to prepare for a gunman roaming their hallways; the children were being trained to climb out windows and run. At first I thought, “How sad, that we have to prepare kids to [...]
