It’s not 2012 yet, but things are already heating up in lots of jurisdictions around the country with local or state elections. Here in Louisville we get to see the Gubernatorial race along with several others. The commercials are already hitting the airwaves, and they’re as full of crap as ever. What follows is my handy guide to what I affectionately refer to as “Campaign Bullshit”. It’s not so scary that people run these commercials, but the fact that people seem to respond to them is terrifying. I’ve done my best to find the best examples for...

Dear Mr. Obama, I would like to begin by belatedly congratulating you on becoming the very first black President of the United States of America. You’ve been upon a long and arduous journey to attempt to bring our nation out from depths of despair the likes of which unseen for generations. It is a burden more complex and insurmountable than I could ever imagine. I’m sure by now you probably are starting to figure out. Almost immediately upon your election you drew comparisons to the man who is almost universally regarded as the greatest president in...

I celebrated my birthday recently. As someone that has done this twenty-six times in my life, I have come to find that the older I get, the less people seem to give a shit about my birthday. Sure, I still get flooded with birthday wishes on my Facebook wall from a bunch of people that wouldn’t recognize me if I was the person that delivered them pizza, but that isn’t the same type of birthday recognition I received when I was younger. I can’t remember my very first birthday, but there are tons of pictures to remind me that I used to be a pretty big...

Those of us who haven’t been living under a rock for the last decade are probably well aware that our great nation has been in quite the economic turmoil. Unemployment has been up and hopes way down. In times such as these it’s hard to believe that there is any job that can be considered bad. Unfortunately, far too many of us have been made well aware this is simply not the case. For the benefit of my job hunting friends out there I present a list of jobs that, frankly just not worth it. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Nothing spells fun like a full...

If you are a visitor to this site, then I’m hoping that means that you have had the pleasure of seeing some of the fine local comedy shows that Louisville has to offer. That being the case, odds are you are no stranger to the comedy club atmosphere. The staff is always pretty simple, you have a guy to run the sound and lights, a couple of bartenders, hand full of servers, and then you have the door staff. Since the age of 19, I have been employed as a door staff member for one of Louisville’s premier comedy clubs. The door staff can be considered many...

Having been a regular player within the Louisville comedy scene for many, many years, I can easily say that the most common statement that runs through almost every comedians' arsenal of material, is the phrase, “I am single”. I say this myself plenty of times on stage, to the delight of many who fear the idea of me reproducing, but as it turns out, it's not just comedians who aren't feeling the love. Louisville may be for Lovers, but if you're single, you might want to keep that bottle of K-Y and a box of tissues handy, because in a national survey, our...

It is time once again in Louisville for parents to brave the overcrowded aisles of Target, Wal-Mart and Kmart to find those “school supply list” items. Getting the “list” in the mail is worse than finding out you are being audited. If I had any common sense, I would have looked at last year’s list and shopped in May or June - but now it is coming down to the wire and I am having trouble finding the illusive school supply box. The box cannot be just any school supply box either. I have a first grader who has an image to uphold after all. This is...