Tom's BIO

The date shown on the last entry is when that entry was updated. June 2006 and newer are an archive of front page entries. 2002-May 2006 cover everything. Entries before 2001 are mostly standup related. 2007 2006 Jun-Dec 2006 Jun 2006 - Still the knee(s) May 2006 - The new knee Apr 2006 - Over the hump(s) Mar 2006 - Avoiding the Pit Feb 2006 - Swinging Wildly Jan 2006 - Nadir Achieved 2005 Dec 2005 - Geek Relapse Nov 2005 - Middle to End Oct 2005 - Still having fun Sep 2005 - Half Way There? Aug 2005 - Still the Novel Jul 2005 - Novel Thinking Jun 2005 - Making it Real May 2005 - Time Off and Back Again Apr 2005 - Digging In and Out Mar 2005 - The Mountain Exists Feb 2005 - Long Cell Division Jan 2005 - Ignoring Expectations 2004 Dec 2004 - Sugar and Blood Nov 2004 - Accepting the new roles Oct 2004 - Approaching the goal Sep 2004 - Slow down and go faster Aug 2004 - Building the Future Jul 2004 - New Definitions Jun 2004 - Ch-Ch-Changes May 2004 - Are the swans singing? Apr 2004 - Revolting against stress Mar 2004 - STRESS! Feb 2004 - The story is the thing Jan 2004 - Becomming Submissive 2003 Dec 2003 - Goals vs Needs Nov 2003 - Something is about to happen Oct 2003 - Building the tight 30 Sep 2003 - Pegs in the Lite Brite Marquee Aug 2003 - Connecting the Dots Jul 2003 - Zagging Jun 2003 - Zigging May 2003 - Comedian vs. Comic Apr 2003 - On the lamb broker joke Mar 2003 - Blasting Out Feb 2003 - Prepping for the goals Jan 2003 - Feeding Back   2002 Dec 2002 - Sick Time Nov 2002 - Adjustment Oct 2002 - Potential Sep 2002 - The novel man, the novel Aug 2002 - To Show or not To Show Jul 2002 - Summer Fun Jun 2002 - Day Job May 2002 - Adjusting the life Apr 2002 - Struggling Mar 2002 - Comedy and Writing and Acting, Oh my! Feb 2002 - Branching Out 2001 Dec 2001 - Shifting Gears Aug 2001 - Losing motivation Jul 2001 - Some good sets Jun 2001 - Seeing things from the other side May 2001 - Actual Career Movement Apr 2001 - You're Mocking Me, aren't you Mar 2001 - Even Fewer Shows Feb 2001 - Not Many Shows Jan 2001 - Tom's Latest Epistle 2000 Nov 2000 - OOPS, I forgot to do comedy in October Sep 2000 - Off and On Aug 2000 - Comedy Limbo Jul 2000 - Some Good/Some Bad Jun 2000 - Once a Week May 2000 - Not Many shows Apr 2000 - Cutting Back Mar 2000 - A good month! Feb 2000 - Starting to Click Jan 2000 - Working the new millennium   1999 Nov 99 - The Month with no title Oct 99 - Day Job takes over my life Sep 99 - Trusting Myself Aug 99 - I was on TV! Jul 99 - A few good shows May 99 - A few not-so-bad shows Apr 99 - A few bad shows Mar 99 - Not Much Feb 99 - Too much Real Life Jan 99 - Making Progress 1998 Dec 98 - Be a comedian or don't Nov 98 - OOPS, I forgot to do comedy in October Sep 98 - Just Plain Working Aug 98 - Working The Rooms July 98 - Making Adjustments June 98 - Crawling back on stage May 98 - Time for a push April 98 - Stepping into the void March 98 - Looking for consistency February 98 - Emerging from Winter 1997 November 97 October 97 Building For The Punchline - Three weeks preparing for The Punchline Showcase Show Talk - A show by show description of month 3 Getting Naked on stage - My second month in San Francisco I'm not the funniest anymore - My first month in San Francisco The Story So Far - The Iowa Years