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Taylor, meet Taylor

My eldest princess turned 23 last week. She has decided to live a very private life, so I take whatever opportunity I can get with her. A few days before her birthday I found out that Taylor Tomlinson was going to play the Comedy Attic that weekend.

This screamed PERFECT to me. As she speaks about her hangups with anxiety, depression and even bipolar disorder in her routine. About what life is like for the 20 something crowd. There was one problem though, and that was the fact that all of her shows were sold out.

I almost got tickets for her show the night of my daughter’s birthday, but it was too late. I would have showed up late, I didn’t want that. I woke up Saturday in complete and utter pain. I just wasted the day away, figuring out what I was going to do. My little girl deserved to know her dad loves her, she deserved to know that she is my princess, and she will always deserve everything I can give her – even if she doesn’t want it.

Luck would be on my side, as I was able to score tickets to her last show of the weekend. I then had another issue, my daughter is much like her father at that age. Sleeping is hard, waking up is even harder. I wasn’t going to waste the tickets – but I was definitely worried that we weren’t going to make it in time.

She killed it, and I loved the time with my Taylor who I’ve taken to see 2 famous other Taylors now. This should be a thing that I do, and I know she appreciates it.

The Old Just Got Older

Today is my dad’s 57th birthday. Happy birthday dad!

I’ve really lost count of my dad’s age since about 1999. It just doesn’t really matter to me anymore.

While he won’t be receiving any gifts right now, he does have something coming.

Bill Cosby is performing at the IU Auditorium in September, the first thing I thought of was dad. When I was a child he spoke constantly of listening to Bill Cosby albums when he was a teenager.

Dad’s health hasn’t been too good recently. I hope he can feel like a kid again, if just for one night anyway.

Rufus, The Cardinal – Dead

I awoke this morning to read some really sad news. One of my most favorite comedians, George Carlin had died.

Warning: This video is full of racy language and body movements.

At the age when most kids are really getting into music, I was listening to comedy. With Carlin being my favorite.

He did a show at the IU Auditorium a few years ago, and I wanted to go. At the time I couldn’t afford the $50 a seat price.

I hope he’s killin’ wherever atheists go.

He will be missed everywhere.

My Presidential Vote is Going to Santa Claus!

Last Saturday evening, my father and I went to the Murat Centre to see one of my most favorite comedians, Lewis Black.

It was my first time visiting the Murat, and the first time my father and I had seen Lewis.

He is most known for his “rant” style of comedy. For those who know my father, they are very similar as he loves to rant about my step-brother.

I have attempted over the past several days to embed clips from YouTube of Lewis, but for some reason can’t, so I will leave links to my favorite clips.

Here he is at the 2007 emmys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYhupmhhBw I know the producers of a certain show will enjoy this clip tremendously.

He often speaks about politics, but his set didn’t have much to do with it this time, even though it was only few days away from election day. His main message: Santa for President in ’08! I know it may be shocking, but it has some merit behind it. Lewis said, “None of the current canidates for president have the one qualification needed, joining the republican and democratic party’s to attain goals.” I believe him.

This clip is the beginning of the set he performed for us (minus the helicopter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCxoeGZ_Js

There was one hiccup, as confetti speraticly fell from the catwalk above the stage. It diverted the audiences’ attention from Lewis and the other comedian. In a moment of frustration, Lewis said he would track down Sammy Hagar, who was the previous performer there. He would then put S*** on top of his stage to fall on him. It was a moment of pure angst. Somewhat similar to the clip above.

Lewis is also famous for his part on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has a segment that airs from time to time called, “Back in Black.” I love it! Here’s a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4SDQu7Izrk

All in all, I think he’s as cutting edge as George Carlin was in the 70’s. I can’t wait to see him again.