The One Where I …
- Pose for Playgirl
- Talk about my divorce 2 3
- Review sex toys
- Horrify you with my Aristocrats joke
- Discuss my weight loss
- Prove I'm an expert 2 3
- Show you my balls
- Interview my dead grandmother
- Want to have a child
- Go on my first date as a divorced man
- Teach you about dirty talk
- Go to a strip club for the first time
- Talk to a heroin addict
- Discuss auto-erotica
- Console a grieving mother
- Write a letter to my body
- Review my life lessons
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- Andy Rooney
- Steve Jobs
- Amy Winehouse
- Leonard Stern, creator of Mad Libs
- Jack Kevorkian
- Randy "Macho Man" Savage
- Osama bin Laden
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Jack LaLanne
- Leslie Nielsen
- Bob Guccione
- Barbara Billingsley
- Tony Curtis
- Dennis Hopper
- Gary Coleman
- Chinese murderer**
- Casey, aka Moosh In Indy*
- Adolf Hitler
- Peter Graves
- Corey Haim
- My Grandmother**
- Roy Scheider
- Zelda Rubinstein, J.D. Salinger
- Brittany Murphy
- Oral Roberts
- John Lennon
- Ken Ober
- Henry Gibson
- Patrick Swayze
- Ted Kennedy
- John Hughes
- Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett
- Walter Cronkite
- Billy Mays
- Ed McMahon
- Stephen Hawking*
- Robert Novak
- Caylee Anthony
- David Carradine
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The life lessons I’ve learned.
On Thursday, I turn 35. (It’s not too late for you to buy me a present either.) It’s not really a milestone, except that I will no longer be in that vaunted 18-34 age demographic. There’s nothing special you can … Continue reading
A letter to my 17-year old self
This isn’t the first time I’ve written a letter to my younger self, but after seeing the letter written by my friend (and awesome comedienne) Lauren Brown, I decided to do another one. Dear 17-year old Avitable, On Thursday, I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, humor, lauren brown, letter to myself, retrospective, stand-up
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My expert guide on how to create a resume and get hired for any job
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve learned how to write well and how to be funny. Those are not the only topics of which I consider myself to be one of the world’s foremost experts, and so the series continues … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, curriculum vitae, how to, how to write a cv, how to write a resume, humor, resume advice, resume writing
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My expert guide on how to be funny and make everyone laugh
I’ve already explained how to write well, and last week, I wrote a post for Work It, Mom! where I explained how to be funny. I thought that it would also be appropriate to share it here, as well. That, … Continue reading
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Tagged how to, how to be funny, how to guide, how to write comedy
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Just call me Dear Abby . . . again
Before you read today’s post, I’m almost ready to start sending out Christmas cards, so if you haven’t yet added your name to my mailing list, go do it now! Last year I took it upon myself to go through … Continue reading
Are you 25 or older? Time to grow up.
Over at one of my favorite new blogs, I read about a great post from 2005 outlining 20 rules for people to start following once they turn 25. As the original author says: If you have reached the age of … Continue reading
Dear Avitable Weekly Column #1
Last week I solicited advice questions for my new weekly advice column. I chose a few of the questions I received to answer in today’s post, my inaugural advice column: Blondefabulous asked: Yesterday I blogged about being taken advantage of … Continue reading
Ask Adam
Yesterday’s post (along with the “We Can Fix Your Life” episodes of Clearly You’re Retarded that Britt and I did) made me realize that I am probably destined to be a guru. I know the answers to everything and I … Continue reading
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If Dear Abby had a set of testicles
Way back in March, I helped the ladies of Cosmo. Now I’m focusing my genius and years of experience on the poor saps who write letters to Dear Abby. STEAMED IN VAN NUYS asks: For 20 years I have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, advice column, comedy, dear-abby, humor, sarcasm
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Why I Comment On Your Blog
[Edited to add intro] I have over 600 blogs in my feedreader, which means that at any given moment there are at least 20 new posts popping up. If I had the ability, I’d comment on every single post, because … Continue reading →