It's been seven years since the passing of Robert George Penndorf, the man who helped set me off on the professional journey i've been trying to undertake. Everything i write will be partly because of and partly for him.

DC Pierson (dcpierson.com) graduated my year and Donald Glover (http://childishgambino.blogspot.com) graduated a couple years ahead. They are very funny and deeply talented people and part of a sketch group ( Read more... )

Hey all, if anyone has the time to answer this it'd be greatly appreciated. I'm writing a screenplay about a guy who goes into business writing people's suicide notes for them. I'm having trouble writing several of them from my one perspective so am looking for different answers from different people. This is only on a hypothetical level and is not ( Read more... )

in memoriam: Robert George Penndorf. 6 years; it's felt like a lifetime.

hope all is well.

Yankovic and Plympton. A beautifully unholy alliance if ever there were one.
hope all is well.

It's that time of year again: I'm doing standup at the New York Improv (318 w53 street - 15 cover, 2 drink min), August 2nd, 8:15, and this time i'm actually preparing for it. it's another "bringer" which means i get onstage if 8 people show up so please let me know if you're interested. ( Read more... )

In Memoriam: Robert George Penndorf. It's been 5 years. You won't be forgotten.

John Lennon was an artistic genius ( Read more... )

Jesse L Martin is 36. Adam Pascale is 35. Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Anthony Rapp and idina menzel are 34. Taye Diggs is 33. Just a few more things to add to the authentic experience of being a 20-something in Alphabet City that is rent in addition to bullshit deus ex machinas and teen-aged philosophies.

coming up on a year since the worst week of my life. of the four episodes i've had, three were in movie theaters. of the three movies, two used violence and gore for a point, be it for character or overall theme. The remaining was pointless and mindless sadism with no character or quality writing behind it. That movie was "saw." My friends who ( Read more... )