Story Hunting -- An Important Part Of Being A Stand Up

Plus: How You Know A Story Is Great

Real photo of me really hitch hiking to Montreal for the Just For Laughs Festival.

I remember when I was younger, I did a lot of, well, let’s just call ‘em *crazy* things. I was young, naive and hungry for adventure, yes, but I also went out in search of wild times on purpose. I story hunted. I knew that one day I’d want to write a book, and I’d need to have things to write about in the book, and if I didn’t make incandescent memories for my book while I was spicy and fearless, who knew if I’d ever make them.

So, I hitch hiked. I sampled p

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