These were complicated relationships in my life, and I didn’t really know how to talk about them without sounding like a crazy person. “It sort of just happened, and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you right away but I wasn’t sure if I was going to go through with this, and now it looks like I am and yes, it hurts an awful lot, and I don’t know exactly why I’m doing this… except that I have to.” Oddly enough, you tend to get the same kinds of questions. I had to write this book because people were beginning to ask me a lot of questions about my two secrets: divorce and roller derby. I’d explain more, but Pamie’s better at it, so here she is. I think she got the better of that particular discussion.īut what makes her comedy work so well is not only that it’s funny, but because there’s more there than just funny– there’s also what the funny has worked through to get here.

Me: I haven’t been in space, but I do run all around my house with toy spaceships in my hands, making “Pew! Pew! Pew!” sounds. It’s not like you ever went to SPACE, John. Pamie: I’m rocking a gimpy leg right now from a derby injury. She’s not just a spectator, she’s a player, something which she lorded over me in a recent conversation: Pam’s been funny across several television shows and three novels, and the latest of these, Going in Circles, bundles up the funny with one of Pam’s other loves: Roller derby. Why am I such a fan? Because Pamie’s professional-grade funny, that’s why, and funny’s a lot harder than it looks. I’ve been a huge sloppy fan of Pamela Ribon since she and I were part of the first wave of “online journals” back in the day, me with Whatever, and she with.

Going in Circles by Pamela Ribon