Cool People I Know - Giovanni Diviacchi

A few weeks ago I got a note from DC stand-up comedian Giovanni Diviacchi asking him to give his new joke book a mention here on KillThisBlog.com. Well, sure, I said, and then promptly got myself distracted by a project that’s been taking up whole weeks of my free time but which should bear fruit by the end of the month. But, I digress.

I’m happy to plug Giovanni’s book, How Many Clients Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? because it gives me the chance to say some good things about him and what he’s doing. First, Giovanni gets my undying admiration as the author of the following one-liner:

If I seem a little nervous, it’s because my doctor prescribed a new placebo for my hypochondria.

Damn, I wish I had written that one.

Second, I like the way Giovanni has been exploring the tools available to us on the Internet. For example, did you know that you can download a pdf copy of much of his standup act for a mere 49 cents at Amazon.com? He’s also maintaining a very active blog at Amazon.com, where I didn’t even know you could keep a blog until I discovered Giovanni there. Anyway, the book:

We all love to hate lawyers, and we love to mock the ruthlessness and venality they are perceived to possess, at least according to the popular conception of the legal profession in the culture at large. How Many Clients Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? turns the archetypical Lawyer Joke its head, and lets lawyers laugh at the rest of us for a change. As such, it might be a little too inside to attract a general audience, but if you know a young person who is just graduating from law school, you might want to slip this slim little book (thirty-two pages) into his pocket when he isn’t looking. It might tell him something about the attitude he needs to develop to survive in the dismal day-to-day world of earning a living.

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