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About Me

Schedule
2008
March 7th - Diana Wortham Theatre - Asheville, NC
March 8th - Warehouse Theatre- Greenville, SC
March 14th, 15th - Pineville Dinner Theatre - Pineville, NC
March 19th - DL Anniversary Show- Charlotte, NC
March 27th - Habitual Ritual- Charlotte, NC (Opening Night @ Cabo!)
March 28, 29 - The Comedy Zone - Harrisburg, PA
April 1 - Winston Salem, NC
April 2 - WineUp (w/ Rory, Carlos, Habitual, & Jermondo) - Charlotte, NC
April 5 - Summit Coffee - Billy Jones Birthday - Davidson, NC
April 10 - Diana Wortham Theatre- Asheville, NC
April 11-13 - D.C.
April 14- Blind Tiger- Greensboro, NC
April 16 - WineUp Showcase - Charlotte, NC
April 18 - Distinctive Laughs Production @ WineUp - Charlotte, NC
April 19 - Warehouse Theatre - Greenville, SC
April 23 - Charlie Goodnights - Raleigh, NC
April 25 - The Cave- Chapel Hill, NC
April 26 - Comedy Zone - Matthews, NC
April 29 - Lancaster Tavern, Lancaster, NC
April 30 - Wine-Up - Charlotte, NC
May 2 - Morgantown, WV
May 5 - Evening Muse - Charlotte, NC
May 7 - Wine-Up - Charlotte, NC
May 10 - Party - Asheville, NC
May 11 - Jeffs Bucket Shop - Charlotte, NC
May 15 - Mezzo Comedy Club - New York, NY
May 19 - Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC
May 21 - Wine-Up- Charlotte, NC
May 22 - Matthews Madness w/ David L - Matthews, NC
May 23 - Diana Wortham Theatre - Asheville, NC
May 24 - Warehouse Theatre w/ Scotty O - Greenville, SC
June 4 - Kelsey's - Bluefield, WV
June 6, 7- Comedy Zone - Harrisburg, PA
June 9- Pittsburgh, PA
June 15- Comedy Gold at The Warren - Atlanta, GA
June 28- BeBe Theatre - Asheville, NC
June 30- Davidson College - Davidson, NC
July 17-18 - Asheville Comedy Festival - Asheville, NC
July 19 - Craig & Holly's Wedding - Morgantown, WV
July 29 - Comix - NY
August 16 - Collin's Wedding - Atlanta, GA
September 4, 5- Walky-Talky Music & Arts Festival- Charlotte, NC
October 10, 11- Comedy Zone - Johnson City, TN
October 17- MerckFest!! - Cornelius, NC

My Interests

Stand-up, creative writing, zoning out, coffee, telling myself to play more guitar, good music, being zinged, being bad at basketball.

I'd like to meet:

Barack Yo'mama! Oh no I didn't!

Music:

Johnny Hiatt, Son Volt, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Counting Crows, the gummi bears theme song.

Movies:

Bourne's, Into the Wild, Robin Hood, Shrek, Adaptation, Cool Hand Luke, Office Space, Dirty Work, Lost DVDs

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, Lost, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Sportscenter, YouTube, Gummi Bears, Jim Cramer

Books:

Born Standing Up (Steve Martin), East of Eden, Portnoy's Complaint, Hogan, self help books...and sometimes Harry Potter, too.

Heroes:

Hans Solo, Gandalf the Grey/White, Hermione Granger, Lebron James, Eric Maskin (winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in mechanism design).

My Blog

Sweet 16

This week officially marks the greatest week of my career as a sports fan. The Davidson AND WVU basketball teams have upset Georgetown and Duke to advance to the Sweet 16 of the big dance. This is a...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:06:00 PST

Attourney General Wins one for Torture

Transcript: Random Democrat from Illinois: Mr Mukasey, I want to understand as to these interrogation techniques whether you believe that they would constitute torture. M...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:14:00 PST

In The News!

The WeatherHigh temperatures set an all time record in Charlotte this week reaching 104 degrees. When local metereologists were asked how they estimated the record, they...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:47:00 PST

Some comedy writing published!

Hey, I've been meaning to post this for a while. I have a friend in NY (Jared Neumark) who started a website called Newsgroper. It's a site where comedy writers blog in the voice...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:25:00 PST

Crime Bears

New research is showing that bears sense of smell is much stronger than previously thought--now estimated to be one hundred times keener than a bloodhound's sense of smell! Po...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:06:00 PST

Trump Blog

Donald Trump Here. I've included my photograph, so that I can make confident and aggressive eye contact with you, while I speak words to you through the form of what the kids a...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:53:00 PST

Ninja Sell out

Now even ninja warriors have sold out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkBkZpK-fYQ Isn't being a celebrity ninja exactly the opposite of why you become a ninja in the fi...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:47:00 PST

I am the Greatest Poet Ever Poet

I don't normally talk about this, but I am a really good poet. I recently received a letter from poetry.com, informing me that I have been nominated to be published in a book, for my p...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:01:00 PST

The Trump Way to Wealth

Donald Trump--American Icon. He's got it all doesn't he? A bunch of sweet-ass cars, a wife who looks like his daughter, and a "Take no prisoners" attitude that has helped him earn (in...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:38:00 PST

Awesome War Memorabilia

So I'm driving in my Ford Focus, and I am daydreaming (it's a focus but I'm day dreaming, do you see the irony?). Out of the corner of my wandering mind I hear a combin...
Posted by Joe Zimmerman on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:40:00 PST