A Little Bit More About Me

I always loved the great outdoors as much as I loved football as a kid. My Pops taught me a lot about the woods and water. My main passions are to dive for lobster, kayak fish and spearfish. I’ve caught and hunted my own food since I was a kid, and have even survived on a deserted island (by choice). If my wife, the family, the comedy clubs or nature isn’t calling, you’ll find me weight training or kickboxing. Or I may just be sitting on the couch with my wife watching relationship reality TV (she makes me). I once was a State of Florida chess champion. I almost beat Joe Rogan in a game of pool. I once worked with the Mafia (I didn’t know). I’ve been to Federal prison once (they just made a mistake). I have a serious addiction to the ocean, podcasts, sunflower seeds, new experiences and randomness. I talk to strangers, and too much. I am sure you can tell by reading this long story.

To go a little deeper. Through a tough upbringing to excel in sports made my only focus to play college and professional football. A repeated injury in college and me finally realizing I’m not 6’4 250lbs combined, and the only thing I thought I was meant to do, was over. Feinding for the thrill and the rush the field offered, I chose a life of drug dealing. That life began to entwined with operating and brokering nightclubs. I faced some close legal and life calls living like that. Eventually, and within a 24 hour window, I would leave my life as a Distribution Specialist and Nightclub Consultant, my long-term relationship, all of my friends, give away most of my possessions and embarked on a walkabout of sorts. I vagabonded from the Florida Keys, to the mountains of Tennessee, even to the “The Rez” in New Mexico. I was taking hard labor jobs to support the “travel”. I met and spoke with some much wiser people from all walks of life. I wrote a lot. I read a lot. I questioned a lot of my own B.S.. My choices, experiences, and even my perceptions. I even altered my fun-gi(uy) perceptions often during this journey. After roughly two years of living like that I felt I had to come home. But this time I wanted to help others. I know that is cliche’. However, my Mom convinced me I could do that. I ended up becoming a Mental Health Counselor, wrote a mental help book, was a guest on Joe Ro…well, you read the beginning if you’re still here. Somehow, all that has led me to stand-up comedy. Maybe laughter really is the best medicine?