The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

Both my parents recognized early on that I wanted to do something in comedy, and they were really supportive. They're the ones who bought me Steve Martin records and let me watch R-rated comedies long before they probably should have.

If you have laser-like brain it's not always focused on the most productive things. If you want to play Halo: Reach all day, that's fine, but if you want to accomplish some other things, here are some ways to do that using your innate nerd gifts.

I am a freelancer. My services are available to anyone at any time.

There's no ironic appreciation of things we love, even of things that are in fact ridiculous, which a hipster might take and own and show the world the humor in it.

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.