Andrew J. Lederer

at the very crowded "kitchen and pantry" coffee house in notting hill --

non-native english-speaker: "see, this is just like "friends" but with no room."

from "how to succeed in business without really trying" to an insecure friend at the end of my set tonight.

i had the idea just after leaving the flat today, which means i might have been (illegitimately according to the rules and regulations under which i live my life) influenced by the ambient pot smoke that lingers where i've been staying.

but where women are concerned, rules go out the window -- it was a good idea and i determined to implement it, hoping it would make my friend feel special.

of course, when i thought up the thing, i imagined an emotional moment, whereas, in reality, i hammed it up for the audience and didn't focus so much on my friend.

but i guess she knew it was for her and nothing could change that.

i even made sure i had my trousers pulled up to the proper waist level so i did not look like a parakeet. (more on that later.)