Here we go, Folks That's how I start the day. It’s the first thing I say. I guess not all the time. Sometimes, when I wake up, I think, ‘Surprise!’ It’s difficult to keep existential panic at bay. ...

Time, People!Time is racing by. It seems to go faster when you get older. I’m not complaining. I’m just trying to get a sense of what’s real, what’s fantasy and what’s delusion in relation to who I ...

No football for me, People. I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. Not because I have anything against it. I’m just totally not interested in any of it. It’s not even on my radar. Right now all I know about the ...

San Fran again, People! I drove up to San Francisco on Friday. I’m here as I write this. I figured with my bum foot that maybe I shouldn’t be schlepping a bag and hobbling through the long corridors ...

Broken, Folks. I went to San Diego for two shows Saturday night. I was concerned about the turnout for the second show but both shows ended up selling out and they were great shows, even with the ...

Filth, People. I remember when my first HBO special came out in ’95. It was a half hour among many other half hours that HBO had done. It was my first big cable opportunity. I was happy with it. When ...

Futility, People. I’m generally exhausted. I don’t know if I need a vacation or to fade away. I know fading away is inevitable but I could accelerate it. As much as I like doing what I do (i.e. ...

Flying by, People!Feels like just a week ago it was last year. I am trying to slow things down. Because I fear this year will be one of the worst years this world has ever known. I’ll wager to say, ...

Happy New Year! Yes! Maybe. We’ll see what happens. I’m open. I’m not hopeful but I’m not totally despairing. I’m in that sweet, almost total despair place. I have no real reflections on the ...

Happy Merry, All!If you can handle or manage or find it in you. I like the quiet. For a bit anyway. I’m in New Mexico looking out a window at a row of cottonwood trees. I believe there is a direct ...

Holidays, Folks!Everything slows down. The noise eases.  You can hear the birds or, if you live somewhere insane, you can hear the snow and the silence that creates. I like when no one is doing ...

Hanukkah, People!I’m lighting the candles I have. Alone. Working that muscle. I always do it. I light a few. I forget a few. I always have some left over. I buy a new box of Hanukkah candles every ...

Satire, Folks.It's hard to pull off when the world is a fucking farce but it does still happen sometimes. When it's good, I love it. I saw Dream Scenario the other night. Aside from always kind of ...

Out the other side, People.The holiday was very nice. Really. I’m not sure why but it has something to do with the reality of aging and, at some point, denial becomes impossible. At least from an outside ...

Exhausted, People.Maybe I’m getting too old for this shit. Not comedy. The 4-5 show weekend. It’s fine. It’s what I’ve done all my life but I put a lot into it. There’s no autopilot function. By the end ...

Home is getting heavier, People. I just got back from Albuquerque. As many of you know, I grew up there. When you’re younger and you leave home for whatever - college, to move to another city, ...

Back in Boston, People. The Fall is truly the best time to be in Boston. Flying into Logan seeing all the trees below in full red, orange and yellows was immediately disarming and meditative to me ...

Grief, People.The spectrum of loss and trauma we are all on dictates almost everything that causes humanity's problems and may be the end of us all. This is not a scientific fact. It is a projection, a ...