blog readers, meet Carolyn. Carolyn, meet blog readers.

I did a show last month with comic Carolyn Castiglia, and have since discovered that, in college, I dated one of her friends from high school, even though I went to college in New Hampshire and she and the friend are from Oswego, New York and went to SUNY Fredonia.

And then I see that she's performing in the Poetry vs. Comedy variety show next Tuesday at 10pm at Galapagos in Williamsburg (how's that for stringing prepositional phrases?), which is the show run by Reggie Cabaco, who was the very first person to buy my CD, and whom I ran into this past Monday at the Galapagos burlesque show, where he told me he loved the CD and wished I had a cock. And then I introduced him to my mother, who was sitting next to me, and he said "Your daughter is very talented."

Furthermore, at the comedy show Carolyn and I did together, she mentioned Donut Connection at 116th and Lexington -- not a terribly popular hipster hangout, nor generally mentioned in travelers' guides. Turns out she lives a block and a half down the street, in East Harlem.

So, Carolyn gets her own blog post. Meet Carolyn Castiglia, Undiscovered Superstar.

That's Carolyn on the left, me on the right, and Ophira Eisenberg in the middle.