HALF-SIMMERED THOUGHTS

James Moore, who runs the nationally-recognized Comedy Monday Night in Calgary, asked me to MC the show last night. It was an unexpected opportunity that I enjoyed intensely as it gave me a lot of opportunity to try new bits. Though it might not be 'good' or 'correct', I often take a half-simmered joke on stage with some vague, diaphanous idea how it might end. The delicious pressure of a live audience often jars my brain into writing the rest of the joke on stage, and I like that. The three bits I'm currently sauteeing - Spiritual Girlfriend, 20 Year Old Boy, and Autism Pasta - are slowly taking shape, and I'm taking a moment to really savour the process. No rush. No deadline. Let it grow and morph in its own time, then one day, it's like when you finally figure out how to see the picture within the 3D picture and it blows your blinkin' mind.