I Was Married Once Before, And I

He Does Have That Weird Mixture Of Born Again Christian And Stupid That Some People Mistake For Courage And Focus.

When I Was A Young Comic In New York And I Wasn't Getting Any Work, I Was Wandering Around The Lower East Side With My Notebook. I Would Stop At The Guitar Place On St. Mark's And Talk To That Dude For A While, Then I'd Go To The Bookstore And Talk To That Dude For A Little While. I Had A Guy Over At The Record Store, And I'd Talk To Him For A While. It Kept Me Connected To Life.

There Was A Period When I Was Getting A Lot Of Banana Bread, Because I Mentioned Someone Cooked Me Banana Bread, And Then Everyone Cooked Me Baked Stuff, And I Would Take It To The Hotel, And It Was Making Me Fat.

We Live In An Age Where People Are Like, "i'd Love To Catch Up. Maybe Text Me Later? But Don't Call Because I Don't Really Listen To My Messages. But If You Text Me..." We've Displaced Interaction Into Sound Bites And Untethered Phrases And Sentences That Come Up On The Phone As Twitter Feed.

I Think Sharing Experience Makes Everything Better. When People Get Talking About How They've Overcome Something Or How They Haven't, It's Nourishing.