With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

When I was in school, if you wanted a computer, you had to build one. But today, computers are everywhere. We're all obsessed with technology and having the latest gadgets. Nerd culture is ubiquitous.

Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.

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.

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.