# 08 Jul 2005, 12:59AM: Writing A Column:
Without Wikipedia, it might take more than four moves to get from "Is Cameroon in sub-Saharan Africa?" to "What's the deal with the Illuminati?"
The first is relevant to next week's MC Masala; the second is not.
# 08 Jul 2005, 02:48PM: Amazingly, I Liked Everybody:
Joe covers last night's show.
I saw Brent Weinbach for the first time last week and didn't like his act. Then yesterday I saw most of his jokes again and then one or two new bits, and I laughed. I don't understand myself. Maybe it's the pain meds.
I piqued Tony Camin's interest by clapping for the concepts of 99-cent stores and helping people move. Then I mystified him by claiming truthfully that I'd never tried pot. But the kicker: in the leadup to a bit about parades, he asked rhetorically whether anyone ever came home to put on a CD of marching band music. I guiltily thought of the "Greatest Marching Band Classics" album in my CD player and raised my hand.