At Patrick Egan's wise urging Jaimee and I took the long drive to Raleigh tonight to see Michael "Levon" Ian Black and Michael "Doug" Showalter do some stand-up. Both are hilarious: I found Ian Black more polished, but Showalter made me laugh harder.

All links go to YouTube, which has many, many clips. YouTube may be God. But I'll tell you who isn't God: the incredibly annoying, slightly drunk girl on the stool next to me, whose astounding narcissism made everyone, especially her poor, sad sack of a boyfriend, uncomfortable and sad.