Hello, He's Eugene

Eugene Mirman writes a blog in The Village Voice, called Hello, I’m Eugene. In it he tells of what happens to you if you send him hate mail, posts a video of himself as a secret agent and how to find the materials needed to fight an Ogre in Edinburgh.

He posts a lot of his short films and little clips of his stand-up. Here's him talking about his recent Edinburgh Festival dates.

"I was walking up the Royal Mile to my venue and saw three teen punk-rock girls with cardboard protest signs that read, "Go Home!" I understand a certain youthful distaste for tourists and khakis, and it is infuriating to see an American High School chorus, side by side with a tattooed Australian sword juggler.

Still, it was funny that they were fed up with the biggest fringe arts festival in the world, and not, say, war or child alcoholism (a real problem in Edinburgh, and something American officials should bring up when people accuse our public schools of failing).

These girls were like, "Fuck you, people from all over the world pumping shitloads of money into our economy to support weird theater, and help fund our semi-socialist government. Go home! This very touristy block is where we come to break shit, including—ideas, bottles, and dress codes."