Author: Glen Tickle

This is my friend Ryan Houssein. Good guy. We used to wait tables together and we look alike. I ran into his mom last month and forgot to tell him. (Ryan, I ran into your mom outside my daughter’s birthday…

Until recently, I’ve worked a steady freelance writing job entirely from home. Mostly from my couch, occasionally from my bed, and on a nice days from my hammock. That situation was wonderful and I wish all my former coworkers the best. It allowed me to spend lots of time with my wife and daughter, sleep late, save on gas, but perhaps most importantly; it’s really prepared me for unemployment now that the freelance gig in question is over.

Almost all of Jack’s career was based around him being the butt of his own joke. He’s a bad violinist. He’s cheap. He’s old (but always insists he’s 39). It’s the kind of comedy that laid the groundwork for things like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Louie. In Steve Martin’s memoir Born Standing Up, he reflects on his early comedic influences,

I just started watching the NBC comedy Trial & Error and really like it. You might like it too. John Lithgow is a dufus accused of killing his wife, and every line he has in the show is wonderful. Also, Lithgow’s last name…

It’s probably not, but like… is it?   I don’t know. Grumpy. Tiny hands. Pushy. Needs a nap. Probably wearing a diaper. It could be, right? I haven’t seen Boss Baby and I’m probably not going to, but its star…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is doing a lot of great work to eradicate diseases like polio and malaria from the face of the Earth, but we need to talk about getting rid of Cootie because it’s a boring game my daughter…

Crayola has announced that one of the colors in its 24-count box will retire… after one final heist. Anybody else get nostalgic when they smell a fresh box of crayons? #ShareYourFave before one says goodbye! pic.twitter.com/wuueB2boUC — Crayola (@Crayola) March 28,…