I just finished a great couple weeks of comedy. I got to perform in some nice theaters around the San Francisco area and then I flew to Aspen to do a show with Robert Hawkins and Jarrod Harris at The Wheeler Opera House. What an awesome venue that is.

Immediately upon getting off the plane at the Aspen airport I was struck by how beautiful the place is- snow covered mountains, fresh air, breathtaking views- and you are immersed within them. Probably how it would feel to step off a plane in Tahoe. Unfortunately you have to land in Reno first and take a two hour shuttle.

My cousin John is down in Haiti volunteering to help with the relief effort. If you haven't given to the victims of Haiti by now... you pretty much aren't going to.

Let’s be honest. It couldn't be easier- all we have to do is text message. and I still I haven't done it.

There was the Hope for Haiti benefit show and seemingly non-stop pleas for help on the news. It has been cool to watch the world come together to help. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been donated. So much money was raised that Jerry Lewis released a statement. He says, "America- I knew you fuckers were holding out on me."

Everyone is coming together trying to help. I saw that former Presidents Clinton and George W. joined together to form a place donate at www.clintonandbushhaitifun

d.com If they would just lose that i- I would give generously.

In Haiti the people desperately need food, clothing, shelter, and medicine. Which is exactly what they needed before the earthquake. That place has nothing and produces nothing... not even major league shortstops.

I know it is a terrible tragedy- but it is my job to make fun of it. Just like it is Anderson Cooper’s job to report on it. That is another thing that sort of bugs me. So many news reporters have gone to Haiti to do live reporting. I understand that this helps increase awareness, but does every reporter need to be there? Is it necessary for the local Fox 14 affiliate to send their news reporters live to the scene? At what point are they in the way and slowing down the help?

But the news business cares. HA... What it really recognizes is ratings and how to make money. That is what they are really doing. I don’t think for one minute that CNN, FOX, and the rest would be devoting so much time to this if people weren’t watching and it wasn’t generating nice profits.

A good thing about this earthquake is that the news gives us something to think about other than how bad things are here in this country. You think things are bad here- the housing market in Haiti has collapsed.

Things don’t seem so bad in our real estate market. It is way better to be upside down on your homes’ mortgage than to have your home upside down on you. I feel better that my biggest home worry is building equity- not having to just build in general.

Interesting to me is that there was just a few weeks ago a 6.5 earthquake in California and it did almost no damage. Yet a 7.0 destroys a country. I guess that 50% illiteracy rate prevented many people in Haiti from reading up on building codes.