New York Post

There's always so much to do, and so many people to talk to while I'm in New York, it's hard to find the time to sit down and put it down.

This trip was bracketed by two comedy shows: Scott Thompson's appearance at Comix, and Cara Kilduff's emcee gig at an AIDS Services benefit in New Britain.

Scott's show was well worth the wait. His material was freshly culled from his personal angle on the shared human experience. He is more freshly faced than any his own age and most who are years younger, and his opinions are as solidly formed as the most stubborn bowel movement you've sat down and stood up again for more times than you can remember.

Is this the kind of compliment I would want Scott to read? Yikers! I really love the man's sense of humor, and I'm in awe of his wit...are the things I just wrote hateful, and if they are, is this a form of passive aggression? and what the hell is "passive agression" really?

I guess part of this opinion was formed after observing his obsession with circumcision, which he exhibits in a piece denouncing the barbarous society which rewards the holy persons who perform these ritualistic acts with cash while sending pedophiles to prison.

Ouch, Scott! Please back up on that last one! There is at least one international group that promotes discussion of foreskin mutulation among adult males and foreskin restoration options. Genital Mutiliation is at the forefront of discussion in Canada, but please, Scott! This is the Land of the Free! We don't allow any mention of PENISES or FORESKINS in this country!!

Personally, Scott, I am with you. I wish I had been given the option to keep my foreskin, but apparently neither of us had a choice. Let's just be happy for the sake of the upcoming generations of uncircumcised males and the men who adore them that this horrible disfigurement is on the decline.

Let's also be happy for the many fans of circumcised penises, shall we?