I basically have 2-3 minutes of decent material now.  Almost all of it revolves around bicycling.  I ususally do more material than that at each venue, but I have close to three minutes of almost always gets laughs. At this rate I could be a mediocre headliner in 2 years, which is probably too good to keep up, but I will try.  One of the professional comics I’ve met recently had a wonderful metaphor for stand up, “Stand up is like being a battered woman.  You get the shit beat out of you most of the time, but the good times seem so good, you keep coming back for more.”  With that said, here’s some more of my learning experience: