When I graduated college, my dream job was to be the theater critic for the New York Times. My life has taken so many turns since then it seems hilarious to me now. Within a year of graduation, I was done
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Don’t Shoot Down An Idea Without Pitching a Better One
Josh Weinstein, the longtime Simpsons showrunner, recently tweeted some of the rules of the Simpsons writer’s room that made the show (at least in the ’90s), arguably the best written in television history. One stuck out to me:
Never shoot…
The Aaron Rodgers News Is a Stab to the Heart
Welp, Aaron Rodgers certainly made it easier for me to stop caring about sports.
There’s no comedian, musician, actor, or artist who could have disappointed me more than Aaron Rodgers disappointed me this week. And what he did isn’t…
All I Can Say About The Chicago Blackhawks is “Fuck You”
Major Newspapers Are Throwing Stones At Facebook From Their Glass Houses
Some Resources and Reflections on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Without Canada, I wouldn’t be alive. Nor would my father, my brother, my sister, or nine of my cousins. When my grandmother fled Poland in my 30s, and later married my grandfather, a survivor of the Gulag, they built a…
Why It’s Time To Stop With Apocalyptic Hyperbole
One persistent theme I see on social media from people of my age range is the idea that the world won’t exist in the next 10-20 years. This is actually a standard trope of left-wing thinking and joke material.…
The Moment Norm Macdonald Made Me Want to Do Comedy Again
I can pull any number of Norm Macdonald clips that have deeply influenced me. His Bob Saget Roast act, hosting the ESPYs, his Conan bits, his run on Weekend Update. But I’m going to focus on the clip that affected…
Why Do I Still Give A Sh*t About Sports?
Last year I made the choice to stop drinking alcohol. It wasn’t a situation where I had to stop to save my life. I just didn’t feel the need to drink anymore. I barely eat sugar anymore at this point…
The John Mulaney Take
The moment you see your reflection in a coke mirror is the moment your childhood dies.
-John Mulaney, 2009.
I can’t keep up with the John Mulaney news. Every hour it’s a new thing. I’m not on Twitter nearly as…