2015
Drew’s Best of 2015
I do a lot in a year. I eat a lot of food, drink a lot of milkshakes, and generally find enjoyable ways to spend my 525,600 minutes. Here are the best of those moments. (See previous bestofs here.) Best Achievement – Visiting 47 States OK, technically this achievement was not on the goals list at the […]
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My Best Tweets of 2015
2015 was another down year for Twitter for me with only 114 tweets (compared to 123 last year and 323 the year before). Overall it led to 61,452 impressions, 135 retweets, and 221 likes (aka the new favorites). Here are my Top 20 Tweets of 2015: Efficiency should be a one syllable word. — drewtarvin […]
Read MoreImprovising Conversations
A talk I gave at the AIN Conference 2015 on how I use improv to converse with other humans.
Read MoreStand Up Set at the Stand
A 5-minute set I did at The Stand in NYC.
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The Walmart Sleeping Lot
11 May 2015. Somewhere outside of Portland, ME I awoke at 06:30 in the morning. It wasn’t the most restful sleep I’d ever had, but that’s somewhat expected when you are sleeping in a Walmart parking lot in a Ford Fiesta. I had done a standup show in Montpelier, VT the night before and had driven through state of New […]
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Storytime in Brussels
25 April 2015. Brussels, Belgium I cringed slightly as I took the picture. Up until that point, it was the creepiest picture I had ever taken. Sadly, in less than an hour, it was going to become the second creepiest picture I had every taken. The picture was of Manneken Pis. I was in Brussels and my companion, […]
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A Boat, A Bridge, and Boom
25 April 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands My boots landed with a heavy thud as I ran down the Amsterdam street. With every step I took, every move I made, I was missing Biggie Smalls… but also making my way closer to Central Station in Amsterdam. I had just finished a standup show at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. […]
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Journey to the Top
20 April 2015. Preikestolen, Norway My feet hung over the cliff, where 600 meters (1980 feet) below, the blue water of the Norwegian fjord settled like blue concrete. My right hand held a Kvikk Lunsj chocolate bar (basically a Norwegian Kit Kat) as my left hand held on for dear life. My friend and travel companion, Harald, took my picture […]
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Homemade Happiness
19 April 2015. Stavanger, Norway I swallowed the last of my homemade ice cream and set the spoon down. I was seated at the kitchen table of a near-stranger’s home, with two near-strangers as tablemates. To my left was Amanda, a Vietnamese woman who had recently moved to Norway for a job. To my right was […]
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5 Guys, 1 Fish
19 April 2015. Stavanger, Norway I casted my line out into the water. The lore made a “plop” sound, much like an Oreo does when you accidentally drop it into your chocolate milk. I’d finally gotten the hang of fishing without a bob after many many attempts. I was in Norway, enjoying a gorgeous day, standing on the […]
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