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Mike, First of His Name https://social.chinwag.org/@mike
Admin of Chinwag, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities.
Winner of Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006 and will never get tired of that joke.
I talk about #retrocomputing a lot, especially #Commodore64 stuff. I also do a lot of #gardening and am trying to make good #bread and #beer. I was a professional Unix #sysadmin for nearly 25 years.
Sometimes I get up on stages and tell jokes. Don't applaud, just throw money.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia
I have made a limited edition set of Backyard Quiz fridge magnets and the only way to get one is to come to the show.
Use the code GROUSE at checkout for 2-for-1 ticket discounts if you come with a friend but that won't get you two magnets. I'll make you fight over one.
Damo and Mick are back with their ramshackle quiz show…
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2023/shows/damo-and-mick-s-backyard-quiz
Since I finished the bulk of my show homework on Sunday, I gave myself the whole of yesterday off, and I think it was a great idea. I don't take my brain pills, I just let it flap away in the breeze and do whatever. I need that sometimes.
Really throws what my #ADHD brain is like into sharp relief though. Wow.
Anyway, today I'm going to start by loading the dishwasher because apparently some rando broke in here yesterday and trashed the kitchen.
The Backyard Quiz opens tomorrow night for our cheapass ticketed "preview night".
All our prep appears to be under control. The venue and space is lovely. We've got some great comedians booked and it's going to be fun, even if the tech is a bit shaky because a) that's our brand, and b) preview night exists mainly to see what happens when theory meets practice.
We've sold exactly 2 tickets for this night and I'm going to give those sweet, brave souls some gifts. Oh yeah.
Thanks, random person in the UK who called my number and woke me up at 5:30am and didn't even leave a message.
I'm in the home stretch of watching Seinfeld for the first time. Final season now.
Interesting that it took until season 8 for the first mention of the internet existing, and then only as a brief "I gotta on that thing" joke.
It's been ... fine. I recognised some episode titles as ones that are listed among the best episodes but I can't say anything really stood out.
I see why it's liked, but it's not my thing. I'm just not a Seinfeld fan.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.