the sentinel

my local rub-a-dub paper says something very important today. mixed in amongst the high school hockey scores (st. clair shores unified battled warren de la salle feb. 16 at civic ice arena, losing a tough one, 4-1), robbery notes (man claims to be cable employee; snow blower stolen from rectory garage), review of detroit native lou beatty jr. as iconoclastic paul robeson this weekend (by the highly talented and historically black ploughshares theatre company in detroit) and various other necessities (2005 restaurant guide, financial future guide, arts&entertainment guide), there's this gem:

The Joke's On You: comedy 101 is no longer laughing matter

accompanying the piece is a photo of a dude looking conspicuously like bill murray circa 1980s, thinning hair and "wha--" expression. donald livingston. he's enrolled in the area's community college first comedy class.

the very important thing the 48-year-old studying comic says:

"be yourself. everybody else is taken."

leave it to the stupid local paper to unearth an actual useful fact. ...