Okey doke.  So, I took a brief, self-imposed blogging hiatus (alright, it was only two days, but for me on the jaunt to 365 posts, that feels like a lifetime).  I did so in order to travel and to think.  I was traveling for a comedy thing and I was thinking about said comedy thing.  The comedy thing was a “showcase.”  This is a common “old school” method of casting and scouting stand up comedy talent.  I say “old school” because nowadays casting people will simply look on youtube for comedic talent, just as the music industry goes online searching for the next Justin Beiber.   As a result, these showcase type things are a thing of the past.  Often there is usually an…