I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime.

People don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound.

It's harder to reveal sides of yourself that make you vulnerable but it's another muscle that can be developed and one that I think is worthwhile. That said, everyone finds their style. It's personal.

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.