Dave Burdick is the multimedia editor for the Image issue of NYC24. He contributes to GreenGrog.com, EcoGeek.com, Gothamist.com and BoulderCarbonTax.com.

Upon arriving at Columbia, he intended to leave his stand-up comedy career behind him, but it sneaks out from time to time.

Other jobs have included pretending to be an advice-giving yeti, writing Buddhist-inspired marketing copy and writing, shooting and producing comedy videos for an NBC/Universal subsidiary.

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