Harnessing the healing power of snark
As you may recall if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, last spring I participated in Jeff Justice’s Comedy Workshoppe. For graduation we each performed a 4-minute routine on stage at the Punchline, and while I don’t yet have the video I do have the audio, which I have handily turned into my next podcast offering.
Enjoy!
So I thought I’d start out this new year by catching up on something I’ve been meaning to do since October; namely, putting up my latest podcast. I actually gave this speech almost three months ago, but I somehow managed to mess up the recording so that when you played it back it sounded like this: “Mmwwaahh, mmwweeee, mmwwhhooaa, [static], [loud buzzing], [heavy breathing], ‘Luke, I am your father. Search your feelings, you know it to be true’.”
Fortunately for me my family was apparently pretty hard up for entertainment options over Christmas, because they very kindly volunteered to be my live studio audience last weekend so that I could give my speech again and obtain a new, clear, non-Darth Vader-esque recording.
So please allow me to present my latest podcast, “How To Thrive As A Dilettante”. I hope you enjoy it!
then you’ll be happy to know that my second podcast is up.
For my second podcast I offer a humorous look back over the first ten years of our marriage entitled, “A Tale of Two Spouses.” This speech won me second place in a humorous speech competition this past weekend, and you can listen to it here,or you can click on the red tab above that says “Podcasts” and access it that way.
**Please Note: Even though these files are called “Podcasts”, it is not necessary for you to have an iPod or iTunes in order to be able to listen to them. You can listen to them using any device or music player (i.e., Windows Media Player) that plays MP3 files.**
Enjoy!
And lo, the heavens did open, and the angels did descend and pour forth their heavenly songs, because today, I created a Podcast. ALL. BY. MY. SELF!
To give you some idea of the magnitude of this achievement, just imagine if a rock, which moments before had been totally inert, suddenly came to life and began to expound on the principles of Quantum Physics in four languages simultaneously. That’s a pretty good metaphor for what happened here today.
A few weeks ago I gave a speech entitled, “Black Sheep Girl In A White Sheep World” at my local Toastmasters club meeting. Me being who I am it was of course a humorous speech, so I knew it would be a perfect complement to the writing I do here on my blog.
And so I am very pleased to present to you here my very first podcast ever, “Black Sheep Girl In A White Sheep World”.
