A
lot of
people are overwhelmingly suffering in the worst economy this country has ever encountered. Lots and lots People are losing
their jobs, their homes, and their self-esteem.Couples are fighting over money fears that in turn are
triggering resentment towards a onetime loving relationship which in turn is leading to an unequivocal divorce statistic that
this country has never seen.
So how do we stop it?
I don’t
know! But I do know there are ways that this country can prosper throughout this crisis until we find someone smart enough
to get us out of this mess.
First of all – Stop listening to Suze Orman. It’s not the end of the world Suze if
you’re broke.In fact, it was less than a hundred years ago immigrants of all ages came to this country
with absolutely NOTHING and created a fine life for themselves earning minimal wages.
Secondly - Bring back the horse and
buggy! That’s right folks! Let me be the first to suggest that idea.Gasoline is an rip-off,
the prices of automobiles is a rip-off, and having to pay to park your car is a rip-off.And
most importantly without cars, we will do away with one of America's biggest rip-offs, AUTO INSURANCE.
Thirdly – Rather than spending
a week’s hard earned pay to take your family to see a bunch of overpaid spoiled athletes run up and down a basketball
court, take the family to the YMCA and play the game yourselves.Not only will this bring back quality
family time but it will reduce obesity.
Fourthly – let’s do away with tipping! Every business now has a fishbowl in front to their registers
insisting that you tip…. I don’t need to tip the person who asks me what size coffee I want, spins around,
pushes a lever downward, spins back and hands me my drink.
Fifthly – let’s legalize and tax marijuana,
prostitution and gambling. Why should the dealers, the pimps and the bookies make all this money when
we can all share in the profits? If it works in Amsterdam and Vegas, it will work everywhere else!
And lastly - Vote for candidates
with a heart - not a schmuck.
My friend Pat Hall was one of the best BOOGIE WOOGIE piano players in Chicago and toured the world with some of the biggest
names in BLUES music. He regrettably died last January of a heart attack... I was lucky enough to get this video clip of me
seizing the microphone from him at a friend’s wedding to accompany him on “Whole Lotta Shakin’ ……”
Am I crazy or do other
people have an obsession to photograph homes of where famous people grew up. Today I went to the childhood residence of Shel Silverstein. This 2nd floor apartment is located at 2853 W. Palmer
in Chicago.
Shel is my favorite writer of all times. Besides being a brilliant
songwriter, writing many hit songs including, “A Boy Named Sue” recorded by Johnny Cash and “On the Cover
of the Rolling Stone,” recorded by Dr Hook & the Medicine Show, Silverstein was a cartoonist,
playwright, poet and screenwriter.
But what Silverstein is best known for is writing
and illustrating a few of the best selling kid’s books
ever published, including “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “A Light in the Attic,”
and “The Giving Tree.”
Which celebrities' childhood home will I photograph next....?
The PHOTOGRAPH the world's been waiting for - Axl Rose's house while growing up in Lafayette, Indiana.. The address is 2375 N. 24th street, if you're in the neighborhood anytime soon.
At 18 years old, the cops gave the lead singer of Guns & Roses a choice - Leave Lafayette or go to jail.
He
left, hitchhiked to LA and the rest is Rock N' Roll history. I'm not an obsessed G&R groupie but I had nothing else to
do there last Friday and Saturday while in town for a gig.
So I could've
sworn the sexy woman standing near me at a party last night was Reba McIntyre. So I walked up to her, with my my video camera, to introduce myself, and to see if I could
bring her a glass of wine or anything.
To make a long story short, she got a bit peeved and shouted obscenities
at me, over and over and over. And then it turns out it wasn’t even Reba. I was speechless! It felt
like someone put hair gel on my lox sandwich...
What makes my life as a stand-up comic, blogger, songwriter, sociologist, and one of America’s
most requested emcees so frickin spectacular, is that one day I’m performing in front of a crowd wearing tuxedos
and gowns and the next day I’m performing in front of a crowd wearing leather and chaps.
Here
I'm interviewing a DOMINATRIX for FLE-TV at the Black River Rumble Motorcycle Rally in Black
River Falls, WI.. I'll be back performing there June 24th through the 26th.
If you’re one of those people who buy self-help books to get happier, skinnier
or richer…. stop wasting your money.These books don’t work and will end up in a drawer until
your next garage sale when some other sucker will buy it for a half a buck. Do you think for a minute that the people that write these books have answers that can
turn your life around? I doubt it! And why would you believe their advice anyway; because it says Doctor or Psychotherapist
in front of their names.
I have a friend who wrote a three-hundred-and-seventy-two page book
on how to motivate yourself to be a more positive person. Not surprisingly, this guy is more depressing than watching Suze
Orman sunbathe naked at Haulover Beach. But he’s a shrink and got a publishing deal that makes him lots of money.When he speaks to his fans they can’t get enough of his advice and when he’s home he’s fighting with
his wife and kids.
When we’re delivered to this world, we’re already pre-wired
to be who we are. Not everyone is created to be happy, rich, skinny, beautiful, healthy, successful, polite and smart...that's
just the way it is! We were not cheated by God and have no reason to be resentful, jealous or angry.So
get over it… and furthermore, it’s not rocket science knowing how to better our lives; and it’s certainly
not written in a book for thirty bucks. It’s just COMMON SENSE!
When it came to my delivery, God clearly did not want me to be tall, dark, thin, handsome,
extremely bright or rich - but was damn thoughtful to give me life. I’m not a Doctor, Therapist or have special powers, so I follow my own
5 step program to be happy.
Dr.Stu’s 5 Common Sense Steps to a happier life –
1)HANG OUT WITH HAPPY PEOPLE – Happiness spreads
faster than Paris Hilton’s legs. If you’re sitting around with mopey friends and the chatter is negative, depressing
or gloomy, get your ASS out of there ASAP.
2)SHITTY FOODS PUT YOU IN SHITTY MOODS – Maybe
not when you’re eating them but soon thereafter. Show me a happy person who kvetches about heartburn and indigestion
and I’ll show you Megan Fox’s penis.
3)GET
OFF YOUR BUTT AND EXERCISE…Not two times a year but five days a week. Statistics show that if you
don’t exercise to stay fit, you’ll play with yourself more frequently; because no one else will.
4)ERADICATE
STRESS – That is more difficult but can be done if you follow the above steps.
5)AND FINALLY
- Don’t obsess about being happy, beautiful or skinny. After all, Rosie O’Donnell makes a great living
being miserable, ugly and fat.
It always amazes me when so-called marriage experts know
how many men and women cheat on their spouses. One study says 55% of married women and 60% of married men
engage in extramarital sex at some time or another during their marriage while other studies say something completely different.
Statistics are like Pamela Anderson’s boobs, they’re not real. And how do these so-called experts
arrive at their statistics? They sample 300 couples and make it sound like they’ve interviewed the entire married population.
Being a proletarian sociologist, my findings are more accurate. I predict that 8 out of 10 married
people, male and female, will cheat on their spouses when the timing is right. And to take my findings one step
further, I say that 10 out of 10 lawyers will cheat on their partners for no other reason than they're lawyers.
Let me make it perfectly clear, I don’t advocate infidelity! But without it, marriage would be boring.
To get a better understanding of cheating spouses, let’s look back at the beginning of marriage two thousand years
ago.
The Goldberg’s, Sol and Fran, lived in the next cave from the Johnsons. One day while Sol Goldberg
went into town to open a money market account, Frank Johnson, the handsome young next door neighbor lied to his wife
Maria that he wanted to show-off his new wheel to Sol’s wife Fran. The next thing you know Frank and Fran were having
sex on a sheet of slate. And that was the beginning of cheating spouses.
As rumors spread, all the married
people in town were eager to try this new diversion. But there was a problem – an attorney named William Divorce said,
"Cheating on your spouse was prohibited by God’s law!" Thou shall not commit adultery and volunteered to represent
Sol to disengage himself from his wife Fran. Although disappointed that Fran cheated, Sol did not want to divorce his young
beautiful wife because he was working for Fran’s father who owned Gapsteins Department Store. But William Divorce
was insistent and told Sol, “I can get you the two bedroom cave and a share of your father-in-law’s
business.” Sol reluctantly agreed and hired Divorce.
Sol won in cave court and became the first
husband to get a legal disengagement, which later became known as a divorce, in honor of Sol’s attorney, William Divorce.
So can we ever stop married people from cheating? No! What’s the solution? There is none! And what
ever happened to Sol Goldberg?
His ex-father-in-law died and Sol renamed Gapsteins to the Gap.
Today I went to the childhood residence of Shel Silverstein. This 2nd floor apartment is located at 2853 W. Palmer
in Chicago. 
e, Indiana.. The address is 2375 N. 24th street, if you're in the neighborhood anytime soon. 
