By Brent Diggs on Mar 3, 2008 in Most Joking Aside, Navel gazing | 55 Comments
On the internet, an expert is the person with all the answers.
The best way to start any enterprise. The seven steps required to carry it out, the five benchmarks to measure your progress, etc.
In life however, a better measurement of mastery is not the quantity of answers you possess, but rather the quality of your […]
By Brent Diggs on Feb 8, 2008 in Adventures of the Author, Most Joking Aside | 32 Comments
Although we are nearly a decade into the twenty-first century, this week marks the true end of an era.
My grandfather, Clarence “Buck” Diggs, died this week, mere days away from his 102nd birthday.
Something of a legend in the lumber towns of northern California, Buck was a larger than life figure. He was a friend to […]
By Brent Diggs on Jan 24, 2008 in Introductions, Most Joking Aside | 30 Comments
Hey everybody, Happy Friday.
As we move ever closer to completing a full year of Comma mayhem I realize that I am changing.
No, I’m not referring to my monthly lycanthropic transformation but rather something more insidious.
When I first started this fine exercise in creative drivel, I launched into every piece as if it were a humor […]
By Brent Diggs on Jan 21, 2008 in Most Joking Aside, memphis | 39 Comments
It’s Martin Luther King Jr. day in Memphis and I can’t think of anything funny to say.
And it’s not for a lack of trying.
For the first time in the seven years I’ve lived here, I have this day off. Free to think about what it all really means.
And I’m not sure I like that.
I am […]
By Brent Diggs on Dec 10, 2007 in Adventures of the Author, Danger Couch, Most Joking Aside | 20 Comments
Last Thursday in preparation for the big DangerCouch show, I made midday pit stop at Visible School, host of this years festivities. humor-blogs.com
Visible School, for those somewhat less than tragically hip to the post modern music scene, is a cutting edge music school. This venerable institution is what brought me and the Comma Clan to […]