The only way I can be of service to humanity is as an example of what not to do. I have made many mistakes, piggybacked on those mistakes, then waited until it was too late to try correcting them...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-great-white-dope.html
In stand-up, only "socio-political" comedians are deemed truth tellers. You might say the Mount Rushmore of comedy truth consists of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Hicks. Plent...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-truth-about-truthful-comedy.html
When an artist dies young, it is typical to hear analyses like, "He was just too smart for this world." You know the cliches: He was like a comet who shot across the sky for a moment and disapp...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/12/sometimes-extinguished-match-is-just.html
...can be read here .
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-nasty-slice-of-flash-fiction-by.html
The New York Times is bemoaning "conspiracy theories" generated by the Internet Age. It is true that technology makes it easy and cheap to spread the fraudulent and the half-baked. Trouble is, t...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-biggest-conspiracy-theory-of-my.html
A historical work of any value should have more question marks than periods. Even then, its scope will be overstated. Historians, who not coincidentally are often wannabe fiction writers, speak...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/10/history-repeats-historians-are-parrots.html
I have never shot an animal, which is too bad, because there are many humans I'd like to kill. This means I've never hunted, despite being a meat eater. I have encountered meat eaters who upon ...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-most-sanctimonious-game.html
Colin Kaepernick isn't standing for the national anthem before football games. You know the story, you have heard the arguments, you have watched the TV pundits faint at the "outrageous!!!!!" com...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-only-blog-you-need-to-read-about.html
In Issue 48 of Sanitarium Magazine . Buy a copy for your enemies too.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/09/new-weird-tale-for-your-consuming.html
I appear on JL Cauvin's podcast to answer this timeworn question.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/08/which-produces-more-rejects-comedy-or.html
An alleged discussion on nukes attracted new criticism for Trump: Trump asks why US can't use nukes. In the 2008 debates, Romney, Giuliani, and Duncan Hunter all stated that using tactical nuk...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/08/should-trump-have-his-orange-hand-on.html
...check out my appearance on JL Cauvin's podcast .
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/06/before-they-ban-comedy-podcasts-from.html
Less than 1,000 words: Thin Skin.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-weird-tale-by-yours-truly.html
1) You know all those Sanders supporters vowing to stay home if Hillary wins the nomination? Plenty won't make good on their promise. With all the "Trump's a fascist" hysteria being ginned up, a ...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/05/four-reasons-never-trump-will-succeed.html
Whoever listens is going to win big league .
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/05/listen-to-me-play-hack-card-on-jl.html
"Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president." - Susan Estrich The VP choice has higher stakes for Trump than for Hillary. Ross Perot, t...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/05/second-place-is-first-loser.html
Guardian Devils by Mike Payne (700 words)
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/04/another-brilliant-weird-tale-goes-online.html
Have you heard about that cool new show where the lead character isn't a sociopath indulging all of man's darkest compulsions? How about that hot new sitcom where the characters' social skills do...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/04/black-and-white-television-in-hd.html
If you want to know how this political race ends, listen to my (soon to be prophetic) appearance on JL Cauvin's podcast.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/03/mike-paynes-psychic-powers-cant-be.html
I appear towards the end, but watch the whole thing to increase your understanding of where comedy went wrong.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/01/i-appear-in-hard-hitting-comedy.html
Do you wish NPR was hosted by two bitter comedians? Then this podcast is for you.
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2016/01/mike-payne-continues-to-dominate-jl.html
I'm having a good laugh about this talk of installing Paul Ryan as GOP candidate through a "brokered" convention. Ryan didn't even carry Wisconsin for Mitt Romney. All the arguments being made in...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2015/12/only-proven-loser-can-keep-gop-from_16.html
I appear on the 200th episode of JL Cauvin's Righteous Prick podcast. We lose our religion over politics and religion (and comedy).
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2015/10/mike-payne-makes-his-important-voice.html
"Life is a tragedy when see in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." - Famous Silent Era Hack The consensus on comedy is that comedy comes from pain. No comedian can escape an "in-depth" interv...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2015/10/sad-clowns-are-happy-coincidences.html
To the horror of many who buy into the sacrosanctness of elections, the Donald Trump phenomenon hasn't fizzled out. Although one might compare him to recent previous businessmen who ran - Herman ...
http://domikepayne.blogspot.com/2015/08/is-donald-trump-new-wendell-wilkie.html