Strange bio of the day

DAYVID FIGLER, whose humor commentaries have been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and whose work has appeared in McSweeney's (online), Uber, Exquisite Corpse, Time Out and in the Las Vegas anthology, "In the Shadow of the Strip" (University of Nevada Press). A judge and former capital murder defense attorney, he has been a featured reader at many national festivals including Bumbershoot, South by Southwest and
Lollapalooza; and has provided crime commentary on the Nancy Grace and Star Jones shows. Dayvid's most recent book is Grope (Future Tense Press). He is the creator of the one-man show Hello, I Love You, Where You Folks From?, and was recently awarded a grant from Cirque du Soliel to create a follow-up.

Now that's one scattershot bio. A former lawyer who defended people up for murder who has become a writer and performance artist, and "was recently awarded a grant from Cirque du Soleil." He changed his name to be all Hollywoody and noticeable, but he lives in, hmm, Las Vegas. Thus the Cirque du Soleil connection, I suppose. It would be interesting to go see this guy just to see his affect and better imagine him hanging out with the little bitty acrobats.