I'm NOT a number!!!

Well, folks we’re winding down the summer and planning on ending it with a bang…

This Friday night at 9pm, I’m in Redfield, NY at The Reservoir Inn with Tom Myers, Ron Bender and Eric Kirkland…

Thursday, August 27th at 930pm I’ll be appearing at Chet Wild’s Comedy Showcase at The Comedy Club in Webster, NY… A comedy extravaganza of 15 comics including the return of Mike “The Pickle” Dambra to the Rochester comedy scene… Welcome home, Mike!!!

Then Saturday, August 29th at 9pm, I’ll be in North Rose, NY at Waypoint with Mike Burns and Cal Verduchi…

These shows promise to be a great time and outstanding lead-in for the Steve “The Nuclear Guy” Expecting Criticality @ Anytime DVD Bash… Sunday, September 6th 730pm at The Comedy Club in Webster, NY…

We’ll be producing my first full length DVD… We’re planning on a three-camera shoot, with plenty of audience reaction shots… So come on out and be a part of it… With Host Dan Maslyn plus Special Guests Tizo Maduro and Tim Shea… This show is sure to be a Nuclear Holocaust of Laughter…

I know my recent posts have been nothing more than a regurgitating of my upcoming calendar… I admit the grind of the road had stifled some of my creative juices for coming up with anything new… Instead the times I might have had to write I was content to mindlessly surf the Internet…

But I’m learning to take inspiration from where ever I can find it…

Yesterday, I got some… Though not necessarily positive inspiration, I will say considering the source, it’s not surprising it’s of the negative variety… There’s just always going to be people who just take themselves a little too seriously… Luckily, for the rest of the world… God created comedians to make fun of these miserable bags of wind…

But for now I’ll digress to set the stage for you…

When first discussing a date for my DVD Bash, I picked September 6th since it was to be the day after my 35th High School Reunion… Many of my high school classmates would be returning to the Rochester area for the Labor Day Holiday Weekend to attend the reunion and hopefully the DVD Bash as well…

Creating an event on Classmates.com I began promoting the show right along side the upcoming reunion… I also sent emails to those classmates I had an active email address for…

A few weeks ago, while touring the Midwest… I received a mass email from the reunion organizers that due to poor response the reunion had been cancelled… At the time I postulated that since it was our 35th reunion maybe too many of us were already dead… Some I think have never learned to live…

A few days ago another mass email arrived stating that some classmates were organizing an un-official reunion for the same night Saturday, September 5th at a local establishment in Greece, NY… Great!!! I replied I would plan on attending, also forwarding to all recipients a reminder about my DVD Bash the following day…

This included an email address specifically set up for classmates to connect with each other… Per the email contained below explaining that to me…

“Please do not send any more such emails to this address. It was not set up to provide support for your side line, it was designed so classmates had a central place to maintain connection with.“

John C.

Well, as I stated earlier God created comedians to make fun of miserable bags of wind who have never learned to live… So let me remind you, John that… One, I am/was a classmate… Two, I was making a connection… Three, sideline is one word… Sister Mary Miserable must have missed your knuckles with her ruler the day we learned to spell that word… Three, it’s not a sideline… It’s how I make my living… I’ve been on tour all over the country… While you’ve been in Rochester obviously feeling bitter and rotten…

I’m not a doctor… I’m not the President, so I don’t play one on TV… But they say laughter is the best medicine and personally you sound like someone who could use a good laugh…

I spent more than 20 years working at a career I came to despise… Until finally realizing I could waste a whole lifetime trying to be what I thought was expected of me, but I’d never be free…

A new sense of freedom came banging on my door that day… From deep down inside me… From somewhere in my past… A dream reached out and grabbed my completely and I knew what meant… I was happy to find out, even though late… I wasn’t just a number…

Life is bright in front, now… The dark is behind… Livin’ for the now that’s between the bridges and the signs… There’s still a long way to go… But while others dream and wish… This everything I officially need to know… Am I happy??? You bet I am!!!

When was the last time you saw a smile??? There’s a scream on every silent face wanting to be free… I bring a smile to those faces each and every day!!!

So don’t tell me what I do is wrong… Don’t preach ‘cuz you don’t know… ‘Cuz I was left without a chance such a short time ago… And anything is better than being battered and bruised…

So revel in your Catholic guilt… It won’t buy you heaven while making your life a hell…

God has given me my dream and told me to follow Him where the ice is so thin… So I’m not slowing down… ‘Cuz every second counts…

Have a great day… Every one of mine are wonderful, I wish the same for everybody!!! It’s never too late to learn to live and even miserable bags of wind need love, too…

Love,
Steve