The Following is Not a Joke

I just had an IM exchange with a good friend of mine about the genesis of this blog. Let's call him Donald.

ME: i came up with a great joke today: http://lastcomic.blogspot.com/
DON: the belmont?
ME: rain man. the belmont was yesterday
DON: ha. i didn't know you had your own page

[He's being very polite and conversational here.]

ME: i put it up yesterday. i realized that I always bog down conversations with half baked stand up routines, so I decided to just sweep it onto the site - then you guys can offer pointers on how to improve the jokes, or ignore them altogether.
DON: good call. i'll look at em all later. i'm groggy

[Also edging toward a polite resolution here.]

ME: you don't even have to bother - it's totally voluntary. the important thing is that I'm already 35% less annoying
DON: hahaha

...crispin?

[At a talk-back with actor/director Crispin Glover, I spouted a circuitous query that got me more insistent the farther I left the actor and others in attendance behind. It was about the prevalence of taboo in a consumer culture, but I kept saying "capitalism" instead. This discombobulation during public or celebrity events has become the standard for something called The Crispin Zone.]

...mailer?

[At author Norman Mailer's book signing at Union Square earlier this year, I told him that The Executioner's Song was "incredible," to which he answered with the octogenarian version of the Jordan Shrug.]

ME: well...topics like capitalism don't fit as well into this format - but I can put that on a more issues-oriented site

and then i'll be home free! voila, no more crispin zone!
DON: amazing...sorry i'm not responding with more than a word...i really am pretty groggy

It's obvious that he's very excited about this blog. I am too, because I have a lot of funny friends that I'm sure will whip me into shape in no time. I'm hoping to be on the SNL writing staff in 18 to 24 months.

Now, onto more jokes!