The Defiant Thomas Brothers

Last night, Baz, Ruth, Tom 2, and I had the good fortune of hanging out with our friend, Seth Thomas of The Defiant Thomas Brothers at their annual Beaver-Q Bar-BQ. We rolled in at about 11 pm, which made us more than fashionably late (one might just say straight-up late) even though the Q started at 1 pm. We had just missed Paul Thomas, our other pal and the other half of DTB, and Seth had closed up the Q site and happened to be on the sidewalk outside his apartment building when we parked. We would've understood it if we were turned away, but Seth wouldn't hear of it and invited us into the yard, where we sat and talked for almost two hours. And it was just a great night-kicking back and hanging out with a good friend. I suppose there's nothing much to this post really. I just wanted to thank Seth and Paul. It's nice to have friends who maybe we don't get the chance to see very often, but when we do, there's no explaing to be done by anyone about the absences. Theres a hug and then we get right to talking and catching up on life. All our meetings always seem worthwhile. They are both completely honest and have been at our side with advice, laughter, and just general comraderie since we met them back at the 2003 Seattle Sketchfest. And since that day we've considered them our big brothers in sketch comedy and two of our favorite people in life.

So, if you get a chance, check out The Defiant Thomas Brothers website. They've already torn up the HBO Comedy Arts Festival and Second City stages and now they'll be heading to Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And we're sure they're headed towards bigger and better things very soon. I don't think you'll find two guys who deserve more in life.