As time drifts on and on, and Mum drifts in and out, I keep thinking about how I’ve spent my entire life trying so damn hard to make a mark, to create a legacy of work to leave behind so that if and when I am the one to suddenly depart this earth, I will at least be remembered.

watch a doco on Billy Crystal, who recounted a moment early in his career when he and his new agent went to a stand-up comedy night and watched a guy slay (Note to non-comedy folks: ‘Slay’ is good. Very good.) Afterwards, Billy turned to his agent and commented on how great that was. ‘Yeah,’ said the agent, ‘but he didn’t leave a tip.’ ‘Huh?’ said

It’s looking at your family’s finances and how your ‘touring’ and ‘festival’ shows have all but killed them, and realising that you may, in fact, have the showbiz equivalent of a gambling problem.

have any of you seen videos of baby goats in pyjamas???

And at the risk of sounding like a Boho cushion from Kmart: Life is short. Laugh hard.

However you do it, laughing out loud has got to be part of each and every day of your life. It’s non-negotiable. Make it happen. Trust me. I’m a (clown) doctor.

for the first time I feel like I’m finally enjoying my kids rather than enduring them.

Avalanche has the BIGGEST COLLECTION OF STAND-UP COMEDY DVDs I would ever see in a video store.

It’s boasting onstage about what a crappy mum you are, while secretly crumbling at the notion that it’s true.