For full-time comedians, it’s so easy to get caught up in the grind that you take for granted how really cool it is to make a living from standing up in front of people and trying to make them laugh. We’re always worried about chasing career opportunities and having a…

I can’t stop thinking about the reaction to Simone Biles withdrawing from competition yesterday, so I just wanted to share an assortment of thoughts. I really know nothing about gymnastics. I don’t know how scores are calculated. I don’t know how points are deducted. And I certainly don’t know how…

When I saw late last Wednesday, people comparing the breach of the Capitol by insurrectionists to the Black Lives Matter protests of the summer, I went through the roof. Seriously. My soul removed itself from my body and rocketed through my ceiling. Luckily, for my soul’s sake, my mind quickly…

Creativity in the Trump Years. A Reflection. I remember the first time it hit me that my comedy had to change. Shortly after the election in 2016, I was performing at the White Rabbit in Indianapolis. That place is like a second home and is my favorite place to work…

One of my favorite viral videos of all-time is when a white reporter confuses Samuel L. Jackson for Laurence Fishburne. My first instinct is to imagine how different The Matrix would have been with Sam Jackson as Morpheus. He’s wearing all purple instead of black: “Red or Blue Pill Motherfucker?” …

There are a number of things a comic can do to find themselves banned from a particular comedy club. Be terrible on stage. Be terrible off stage. Piss off the staff. Start a show in proximity on a competing night. Look at the owner the wrong way. Like a Facebook…

This Was Not Always The Case As a young man, I was afraid of being accused of rape. It was actually my #1 fear throughout college. “What would I do? My life would be ruined!” “It must really suck for the guys this happens to.” I probably should have prefaced by saying, I used to be…