In May 2009, I had the priv­i­lege of inter­view­ing Greg Giraldo, the dark and bril­liant stand-up come­dian who, sadly, died yes­ter­day at the age of 44. I owe that honor to my friend Joey Gay, who per­suaded the nor­mally reclu­sive Giraldo to speak to me for a series of celebrity inter­views I was doing for Psychology …