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A victory at The Moth Boston
Elysha and I attended the Moth StorySLAM in Boston last night, and I was fortunate enough to squeeze out a victory by a tenth of a point over two worthy competitors for my fourth StorySLAM victory. It was my first … Continue reading
The Moth: Science Fair Cheater
On August 23, 2012, I took the stage at The Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in Manhattan to tell a story. The theme of the night was Yin/Yang. I told a story about cheating in my high school science fair … Continue reading
Posted in Moth, Storytelling
Tagged housing works, moth, steve zimmer, storyslam, storytelling
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The Moth: Charitable Contributions
On August 14, 2012, I took the stage at The Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in Manhattan to tell a story. The theme of the night was About Time. I placed second on the evening, losing by a tenth of … Continue reading
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Tagged housing works, steve zimmer, storyslam, storytelling, the moth
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Lessons from my third Moth victory
On Thursday night I was fortunate enough to win my third Moth SotrySLAM of my storytelling career at The Bitter End in New York City. The theme of the night was AFTERMATH. I told a story the decisions that my … Continue reading
Affirmation from a Moth audience is unbelievable. Affirmation from a bunch of kids is damn good, too.
As a second grader, comedian and actor Jamie Foxx was so talented at telling jokes that his teacher used him as a reward. If the class behaved, he would entertain them. I don’t know who Jaime Foxx’s teacher was, but … Continue reading
Posted in Moth, Storytelling, Teaching
Tagged jaime foxx, reward, storyslam, storytelling, teaching, the moth
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The three day, three month, three year test
Last year the New England Patriots played the Kansas City Chiefs on a Monday night in Foxboro. My fellow season ticket holder could not attend the game for less than acceptable reasons, and I could not find a soul who … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Critic, Moth, Sports
Tagged grandslam, monday night football, moth, patriots, regret, storyslam
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Impromptu driving range
For someone who loves golf and entrepreneurism as much as me, I thought this was impressive: While waiting in line for a Moth StorySLAM last week in SoHo, I watched a man set up a driving range in an alley … Continue reading
Second place sucks
I competed in The Moth’s StorySLAM last night and came in second place, losing to my storytelling hero, Steve Zimmer, by a tenth of a point. It was actually an honor to compete against to Zimmer, who was exceptionally gracious … Continue reading
Psychoanalyzing my Moth GrandSLAM performance
Last Tuesday night I performed at The Moth GrandSLAM, and while I did well, finishing in second place, I also failed to tell my story in the way that I had planned for the first time in my brief Moth … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Moth
Tagged grandslam, moth, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd
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Thoughts from my second Moth GrandSLAM
Thanks so much for all of the interest in my performance at The Moth’s GrandSLAM on Tuesday night. Sorry it’s taken all day to sit down and write about it, but we arrived home late after the show and have … Continue reading