The IRS has ruled that a man's sex-change operation to become a woman is tax deductible.

Now, any man wanting to write-off that operation will simply have to use the 1040 short form. 

(With a tip 'o the hat to DailyComedy.com comedian Jeff Martin for the idea for the joke)

Actor and comedian Andy Dick has been charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse in West Virginia.  The punishment will be to change his name to fit the crime.  The name will be Andy Grabbdizz Dick.

Andy Dick is accused of grabbing a bouncer's crotch and groping and kissing a male patron at a bar in Huntington, West Virginia.    Said the male patron, "Nobody touches and kisses me like that except my cousin."

For those not familiar with the show, 'Mad Men' is about two quarreling comedians who both want to host a late-night talk show.  

Stand-up comedian Chris Martin talks about Chinese stereotypes, Oprah and the Olympics, Bill Clinton and the Dolly Parton, Chris Brown, Steve Jobs, Roman Polanski, and Columbus Day October 5, 2009 at Cafe Diem Comedy Night in Richmond, VA.

Stand-up comedian Chris Martin talks about Chinese stereotypes, Oprah and the Olympics, Bill Clinton and the Dolly Parton, Chris Brown, Steve Jobs, Roman Polanski, Michael Moore and Columbus Day October 4, 2009 at Europa Cafe in Richmond, VA. He was participating in the Jim Beam "Last Stag Standing" comedy competition.

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The thing about the information age is that there are people who see you here or there and then they feel like they need to tell you something or ask you about something- something you may not even know anything about.  They just pull out topics from the most vivid areas of their imagination.  It generates a problem for them, if they don't know you so sometimes people just wait until they get near you and they talk really loud, in hopes that you will take part in their conversations.  If that ever happens, it gets hard to do whatever you're doing, like reading, because a part of you may want to be sociable but then, it's like the person is trying to force you to be congenial.  Once you figure that out, you start feeling less congenial than normal.  Text messaging is to blame for this, and cell phones, because people feel like they should be able to talk to you, whenever they decide to, even if it's a little inconvenient for you.  It's like they need a cb.  The internet is the same way.  Instant messaging offers direct feedback.  There's no such thing as quiet time anymore- unless you shut all of your technology down.  I don't complain too much about it though, because if one has ever been to jail, one knows that you can't take your cellphone inside of lock-up with you. That makes some of us wish that there were little chips, that were in our say, arms, so that we could check on the ones we care about, or wonder about, during these times of technology free "vacation".  Then everyone would have to be bothered, at anytime, with someone elses decision to have a conversation.  Conversation is nice but there is a such thing as too much conversation.  I have been all conversed out, at times.  Sometimes you just want some silence, like when you're trying to think about money.  Money requires thought processes..  When people shoot dice, you don't hear many conversations going on, all at the same time.  You might hear one or two curse words but noone is going to be asking you about your day, when you're gambling.  You know why, because money making opportunities require concentration- not conversation.  Everything else is just hear-say and time killing.  Why should I want to converse?  Everybody I associate with is always just speaking a bunch of baloney.  I don't want to hear that.  I'm tired of hearing all that.  That got old.  I used to want to talk so bad that I'd call the chatline.  It can drain you.  Doing all that chatting on the phone made my ear feel like it was on fire, so I cut that out.  Now i have an earpiece, but I still don't have to seek out conversation all that often because I am taking college classes.  If you want to get tired of conversation and feedback, take a class.  You won't ever want to just talk to someone again because professors are some people who really have the gift of gab.  That's why they go to school to be teacher because they love to talk.  And they will talk you into hysteria, if you let them.  I'm a comedian, all I have to do is five minutes of standup.  By that time, I've said all that I have to say and I'm ready to shut up.

A man who was famous for his incredible feats of strength died the other day at the age of 104 after being run over by a minivan. He once was known as "The World's Strongest Man"; he's now known as "The World's Flattest Man".

(with thanks to comedian Alex Schubert for the seed of the joke.)

Working class families, it's like they take a poll and let you know if they collectively approve of your current job. Occupations In Which You Move Shit Around are highly rated. My parents approve of my being a nurse: "Don't you clean up shit?' "Yes, dad sometimes I do" "oh okay, that's fine then."  Comedian? Hmmm, that might be okay, since they've seen comedians on teevee. But take my word for it, don't bring home a girlfriend who is a poet, because writing pretty words on paper has no kinda working class job cred, and you will lose all yours as well.