Winning Round 1

I took 1st place in the prelims of The Ventura Comedy Festival.

I've never won anything before in my life.

Seriously.

I never won won teacher of the year. I never won volunteer of the week when I taught Sunday school. I've never won a sports award. I've never won a girl in a love triangle.

I used se to get blue ribbons at elementary school speech meets. But so did 100 other kids.

The best I ever did in wrestling was 3rd place at a fresh/soph tournament.

So when I was a teacher I gave an award to every student at the end of the year. Here are some examples:

"The Thank You Award for not giving me one problem all year."

"The Answer to a Question no one asked award."

"The Nowhere To Go But Ugly Award." (That was to a boy who always talked about how good looking he was.)

They knew it was my way to reach out and let them know I cared and saw something about them.

So this is a new feeling. In fact...when my name was called, I didn't know what to do. I froze. I was told by a buddy to run up on stage.

I'll be performing 8/2 Tuesday night at the Ventura Harbor in the semis. I get a guest list. Just let me know.

God is good. He's good all the time.