If kindness beholds itself to random acts completed in its honor then love is the scraping and molding of deliberation – no randomness here. Planning. Struggling. Acting. Today, I witnessed a scene that I have seen numerous time as it occurs on my street – a gentleman walking to a special transport for the county to help a loved one walk down the steps of the bus. For him, this is probably a daily occurrence but he ..is …there – every day – the same time. Who is the woman wal

Whatever you do – don’t live…it might mess things up. Today, I had the realtors in my house this morning to take photographs to get ready to list it for sale. As some of you may know from earlier blogs, I am getting ready to put my house on the market as part of Marc 2.0. I spent a lot of time over the past two weeks cleaning, patching, caulking, painting, weeding and generally making the home look more like something you would see in a catalog than where two kids with little

No live bananas were harmed in the taking of this photo. When I was a kid, I used to stay away from my mom when she had no make-up on and a rag in her hand. I knew that in her “cleaning uniform” there was probably a good chance she wasn’t going to be in the best of moods. And after spending a lot of time cleaning my own place in preparation for selling, I definitely understand why. On the corollary, she had her “going out uniform”. That meant hair, make-up, nice clothes – it

Me and my grandpa. Today would have been the 100th birthday of my grandfather. He passed away almost 21 years ago but I can say that I still think about him almost every day. This is a man who never went to school beyond the 8th grade, having been pulled away from school to work on the farm and then, himself, worked harder than anyone I probably ever had known. He was a great grandfather. He wasn’t a 21st century grandfather like you would see today, perhaps, but in his own q

It’s been almost a year since I officially started my journey of single “fatherdom”. To be honest, it hasn’t been easy but my kids are incredibly resilient and that was and will always be my first priority. This seemed like as good a time as any to reflect on this “momentous” anniversary of sorts and I wanted to put something to rest. There have been some that, upon finding out that my wife asked for a divorce, have assumed that it was “comedy-related”. The rationale goes som

There’s been a ton of press about Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner. Too much press. I don’t really care which side of this you might reside on. I can’t understand it the same way I can’t understand what it’s like to be a reality TV star or an Olympian. To me, it’s not part of my experience. For me to make fun of it sort of just reflects back on me the way I see it. Making fun of something and finding humor are two different things. To go to those lengths that peopl

I have been deliberately not thinking about the future lately – or at least my future. I think a lot about my kids’ futures – will divroced parents put them at a disadvantage for establishing healthy relationships themselves? Will the world they inherit be a healthy one, mentally and physically, and be empathetic to their individual struggles? Will I help guide them to find their true north and be authentic to who they are and find their passion but still be able to instill u

Disclaimer – this entire post may be a subconsious decision to post a picture of one of my favorite actors, Christopher Walken. My comedy ‘career’ has really felt more real this past year than ever; not in a way that I think I have “made it” or am even close but in a way where I don’t feel like I don’t belong in the room anymore. I have spent a lot of time writing and listening to people I trust – other comics who have told me to take risks and be true to who I am and what I

It is sort of ironic. You know the familiar quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt – “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” It’s a great quote but truthfully, I’m not sure it really applies to me as i have a long list of things to fear. However, it is a quote by his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt that does resonate with me: “We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. Without

This is, by far, the most challenging time of my life. It feels like starting from scratch, though, truly starting from the beginning means that I would not have the benefit of experience, which I do. I never imagined myself to be in the position I am in but here I am. A book that was referred to me called “The Happiness Hypothesis” talks about “post-traumatic growth” – the type of personal growth that comes after a significant negative event occurs. I like the idea of this b

It’s an old adage but it applies to more than just measurement. Something tells me that I’m also probably not the first person to use this saying as a metaphor for life, either. For the sake of argument (and this blog post), let’s just say I am, though. As some of you (all 6 that follow this blog) may know, this has been a year (plus) of some significant change for me. I think I have gotten so much better at embracing change – though truthfully, much more so for that which wa

A friend of mine sent me an article he recently saw on LinkedIn. Granted, it was geared toward being an authentic leader in the business world. I tweeted the article and it’s worth a read. The thing for me is that these are guiding principals we should all be trying to abide by to just be a decent human being. I think sometimes people get confused between being liked, being respected and being trusted. I think you can’t be respected if you’re not trustworthy and if you don’t