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Banks have a public relations problem. I think it’s because their relationship to the public is fucking them in the ass.

A woman told me, “to say I love you for your virtues discredits me for loving you in spite of your defects.”

Affluence and comfort are consolation prizes for reaching old age.

A Letter from Josh

Currently, my housemate and fellow comedian Josh Orr is serving as a camp counselor at a Quaker camp in the Appalachian wilderness. He wrote me a very sweet letter which I have reproduced below as well as the reply I sent him shortly after receiving it. Enjoy. Dear ______* Family, I have the flavor of [...]

There’s a reason therapists charge by the hour instead of using performance based pay, they’d die of starvation.

The international symbol for marriage is a white flag.

A boy who plays with dolls is looked at with suspicion. A girl who plays with mud is not looked at.

Some people treat life like’s it a race. The faster they get to the finish line the better.

I have faith in the democratic process for lack of good evidence that it exists.

When God closes one door he opens another. I just hope it’s not a trap door.

Television should be asking itself, “what’s the best way to raise a child?”

If America were to build anything on the moon it would probably be a prison.

I laid down my grudge to bear. I now use it to grind my axe.

When you enter into long term commitment they call it, “getting serious” because that’s when it ceases to be any fun whatsoever.

I think the appeal of a blank slate is not the fresh possibilities but the fact that you’re no longer staring at your failures.