As a standup comedian, I've worked almost every New Year's Eve of my adult life. It's the best-paying night of the year.

Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

I didn't get a high school diploma. I really didn't have much of an education, which left me open to educating myself throughout my life, without the limitations on intellectual curiosity a formal education can impose. I followed what interested me.

Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.