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Michael H

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I just ended my career as a corporate lawyer, now doing stand up comedy and writing a sit com. Come see my next show. Corporate law doesn't sound funny? True, although I did manage to become a wanted man in Peru. I also: Graduated from a Catholic high school in Pittsburgh then became President of a Jewish fraternity at MIT (Is the Pope Catholic? Are you absolutely sure?); Worked as a deckhand in the Merchant Marine; Married a trial lawyer - now fully prepared for indictment after 27 years experience with cross examination; Joined Darth Vader as the father of boy-girl twins; Taught Sunday school in a Unitarian-Universalist church - a church with no dogma to teach; Coached youth sports - deserves hazard pay compared to merchant marine duty; Survived raising twins and got them off to college - twins sightings now rare but tuition bills continue to arrive periodically so twins believed to be alive and well; Cannot read the NY Times without finding something funny - usually p. 1 - above the fold.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Thomas Jefferson, Bob Newhart, Ken Kesey, Jack Ham, Roberto Clemente, Billie Jean King, Judd Apatow (yet another Syosset success story, joining Ed Newman, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel, Michael Isikoff, Steve Martini, Sue Bird, Montana Moorehead (the character played by Cathy Moriarity in Soapdish) my wife and many others).

My Blog

Strange odors with Plaxico and Santonio

Strange odors - why is it always New Jersey?  Find out at  As Good As News.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Ruined - Broadway preview review

Featuring a moving story and fine acting, this show is not quite Ruined by lack of editing. See As Good As News
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:44:00 GMT

The American Plan - just one more course please

The American Plan, in previews now on Broadway.  Worth seeing, but just misses being truly memorable.  Read all about it - As Good As News.
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:14:00 GMT

Linebacker U?

Which school is really Linebacker U? Penn State, USC and Miami fans can argue, but when you want only  the cream of the linebacker crop, there's a surprise contender.  Who is it?  ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Stanley Milgram named to manage Cubs

The infamous behavioral psychologist - he allowed his experimental subjects to believe they were administering torturous levels of electric shock- has actually been managing the Cubs all along.&n...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:50:00 GMT

A Christmas Tale - Thanks for the Bailouts, from Wall Street, Detroit and Scott Boras

Tis the season for thank you notes. Find 3 here.  Wall Street and Detroit thank Uncle Sam for the bailouts, while a surprisingly poetic Scott Boras thanks the Yanks, it's all at As Good As&n...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:46:00 GMT

Nothing Says Macho Like an Incomplete Sentence

W delivers his crises management tips to Barack in a personal note.   See As Good As News for an exclusive reprint of the entire letter from Bush to Obama. 
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:41:00 GMT

Movies Season is Over, it’s time to get serious about Football!

Steelers will win the Superbowl if they can straighten out their kicking game.  Chad Pennington will be a Lifetime movie if the Fish win and Nate Jones will play himself in a supporting role, see...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:48:00 GMT

Plax writes

Plax has been a laughing stock for long enough.  Now its time to read his side of the story at As Good As News.
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Two Lovers - Gwyneth, Vinessa - All of the Above

Two Lovers is well done, a must see for any manic depressive living in his parent's Brooklyn Apartment and worth renting in many larger demographic groups.  Read all about it at As Good As News.
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:48:00 GMT