I love having stuff.  Not in a sentimental way where I tie memories to the stuff that I own, because I am not a very sentimental person.  I kind of wish that I had the memory tie in, where I couldn't get rid of stuff because I was so attached to them, instead it isn't … Continue reading Stuff Versus Things →

When feature comics pass through the Vermont Comedy club they need a place to stay, often times that place is my futon. When comics come up from Boston to perform at my Meadery show they also stay on my futon.  When long lost distant cousins are interviewing for medical residencies they can save money by … Continue reading The Open Door Policy →

During the fall of 2009 I was living like a nomad and working my way through a series of 5 week internships.  I was accustomed to scrounging whatever sleeping arrangements that find for a few weeks before packing everything I owned into a few duffel bags in the back of my van and moving along. … Continue reading Brave New World →

Late Fall makes me think of death.  Maybe it is the empty trees.  Maybe it is the gloomy early darkness and the eventuality of winter bearing down on.  Maybe it is the history and traditions of New England that our culture has adopted and transformed into the full on Halloween experience.  Or maybe it is … Continue reading Memento Mori →

As we near November the whole country is getting spun up about the election.  As someone who doesn't believe in the political process I don't have a dog in the fight of either the presidential or local elections, but I feel myself getting drawn into the anxiety and regularly feel like I may snap during … Continue reading Meh-Political →

In September 2014 I started taking a standup comedy class, now two years later comedy has become an integral and basically daily part of my life.  The journey hasn't been all sunshine and candy corn, it has pushed me to explore a lot of subjects and thought paths that I wouldn't have normally pursued.  I … Continue reading The Sophomore Slump: My Second Year in Comedy →

I love silence, not because it allows me to relax and experience peace, but because it gives my consciousness the chance to expand and fill the empty space space.  Being in silence gives my mind an excuse to race and fill the silence with thoughts or ideas, chase scenarios, rationalize the past, and build mental … Continue reading Begin Again: An Exercise In Meditation →

Much like my life my living situation has followed a pretty straight trajectory with a few setbacks and double backs along the way.  Willsboro to Broadalbin with summer reprieves back to the lake, then bouncing around Albany for a few years.  While I was in college I had a few delusions of dropping everything and … Continue reading Should I Stay or Should I Go? →

Today I took some time to reminisce about a moment where everything changed.  That seminal moment many years ago where I went in a boy and left a man.  As I sit here in the place where it all started more than 10 years ago I can't help but think of how foolish and awkward … Continue reading You Always Remember Your First Time →

Hello, it's me, that guy who used to enjoy writing this blog.  The guy who couldn't wait to open his computer in a coffee shop or quiet bar and transform raw thoughts into blog posts or essays that left him grounded and allowed people to understand what was going on in his head while potentially … Continue reading The Deafening Sound of Silence →