Barry Smith writes the syndicated humor column, "Irrelativity," for The Aspen Times in Aspen, CO, and has done so for a good ten or so years now, so he's just starting to get the hang of it.

He also writes poetry, radio sketch comedy, short film/TV scripts (including the award-winning comedy "Diary of a Flagger"), little to-do lists and the occasional phone number on his hand. His one-man show, "JESUS IN MONTANA: Adventures In A Doomsday Cult," won the "Outstanding Solo Show" award at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival and is currently touring Canada.

Lately he's been writing "I can do it!" in tiny letters, over and over again, on a large piece of poster board.

His writing has appeared in Adbusters, The Mountain Gazette, The Aspen Times, The Aspen Daily News, The Vail Trail, The Grand Junction Free Press, The Phoenix Something or Other (forgot the name, sorry), The Roaring Fork Sunday, The Promised Land Entertainment Magazine, Roaring Fork Magazine, Sol Day News, The Boulder Planet, Aspen Days and Nights, Sojourner Magazine and a whole bunch of other mags and 'zines and other cool self-publishing projects that you've probably never heard of and that he would only be listing here in order to make this paragraph look big and impressive.

He manages to enjoy his life quite a bit.

If you have any other questions, then may God have mercy on your soul.

The author (right) tilts his head ever-so-slightly towards blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwards in an attempt to make the viewer believe that the two of them go way, way back.

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