So today is my 33rd birthday. I don’t plan anything special for it, besides sleeping late and watching wrestling all day. Anything special, that is, beside this list things with the number 33.

This week’s event was pretty sparsely attended, only about 15 people, which I assume is because it’s no longer summer and school is back in session, so a bunch of regulars and families couldn’t make it. But just because there were only a few of us there, doesn’t mean they didn’t put on one hell of a show. In fact, they went above and beyond, putting on some of the most entertaining matches yet. There were two qualifying matches with the winners meeting in a match at weekend’s “Down with the Sickness” event, a fun six man tag, an epic main event, and some news about the future of Dojo Wars.

I was never really into Joan Rivers. I guess I’m just too young. I vaguely remember her failed show on Fox, but I certainly was never allowed up late enough to see her in her prime on Carson. I’d see her in her most recent special, or her guest spot on Louie, or Fashion Police after I forget to change the channel when The Soup was over, and always found her funny. But to me, she was always the lady that worked with Miss Piggy at the perfume counter in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

So while she may be gone now, it made me reflect on the other people I find funny. I like to think I’m at least a little bit humorous. So this week, I run down the albums or specials that influenced my own sense of humor the most and that I find the most funny.

Unfortunately, I already own almost all the comics in the bundle in physical copies. But if you don’t, I highly recommend picking it up if only for the two movie prequel stories, Countdown and Countdown To Darkness, which flesh out the backstory to the films. I may pick this up anyway, because The Hero Initiative is an awesome cause, and 66 comics at name your own prices is always a deal, doubly so if they are all Star Trek.

This week was the. . . oddest. . . week yet at Dojo Wars. The timing seemed way off, with the first two matches combined being only 8 minutes, and an extended 20 minute intermission. That meant the next two matches drug out far longer than they should have, but the main event was still pretty exciting.

Death is unavoidable. But this past week a totally unexpected tragedy occurred with the untimely passing of Robin Williams. I don’t think there was a person alive who had anything but good things to say about him. Robin Williams was just the latest, but will not be the last. This last year also saw the departure of some other heavy hitters. Jim “Ultimate Warrior” Helwig giving what was ultimately his own eulogy on Monday Night Raw was extremely emotional. We will never get an true Ghostbusters 3 without Harold Ramis.

Being 33, I’m of the age that many of the people I looked up to as a child will soon be shuffling off the mortal coil. It’s inevitable. While, as Dr. McCoy says we all have to “turn death into a fighting chance for life”, that still won’t stop me from being devastated when we finally lose those celebrities below.

Another good week of wrestling at this week’s Dojo Wars, which was probably the most aggressive show yet. And for once it didn’t start with a Conor Claxton vs. Frankie Pickard match! Plus a rematch for the CZW Wired TV Championship. Can Joe Gacy retain?

So all this month, CZW is holding open tryouts to join their wrestling school. In all honesty, I would love nothing more than to do that, but there are several issues with that. First, my regular gig is just too stable to walk away from. But more importantly, I am a fat old man. I’m 33 and I get winded carrying my groceries in from my car. Sure, Bret Hart became champ at 35, but he’d been wrestling his whole life. The last time I did sports was a 2 month period my junior year of high school where I trained for crew, but we never actually went out on the water. If I lost my job tomorrow, and could spend six months laser focused and pull a Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy, I’d have a chance. But as it is, I’m slightly more coordinated than The Shockmaster.