Tag Archives: humor

Stay Healthy: Eat Crap

Every time I resolve to start eating healthy, science comes along with a good reason not to. Thank you, science.

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Sir Laughs-a-Lot And the WordPress Humor Round-table

I was thrilled when Michelle W., WordPress editor and semi-colon expert extraordinaire, asked me to join a round-table with other humorists.  I thought I’d use Sir Laughs-a-lot for my knightly title.  And, of course, I assumed we would get chain … Continue reading

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Show The Girl A Good Time

I haven’t had a date since the Carter administration, so excuse me if I sound like an old fuddy-duddy when I say: we used to set the bar a bit higher. My friend Bridget flew into Chicago a couple of … Continue reading

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Crouching Tiger, Crapping Coyote

The good thing about nature is how it’s so natural. Except when it’s unnatural, or even supernatural. It’s colder than bedamned here in Illinois but, and here’s the great part, we haven’t had any snow or ice to speak of. … Continue reading

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Thoughts On 500

S & P 500: This stands for the Standard & Poor’s 500, which is an index based on the common stock of 500 large, American companies listed on the NYSE.   I check this index often because I dabble in the stock … Continue reading

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Last Minute Gift Ideas So You’re Not Ebenezer Screwed Again This Year

Christmas is the season for celebrating old traditions.  Around this blog, that means dusting off posts of Christmas past, posts that are staler than re-gifted fruitcake.  Enjoy.  Christmas is only a couple of days away.  The cards are written, the … Continue reading

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Walmart: A Holiday Pageant

Christmas time is here again.  Tis the season for celebrating old traditions.  Around this blog, that means dusting off posts of Christmas past, posts that are staler than re-gifted fruitcake.  Enjoy.  I wrote this post soon after I started this … Continue reading

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Holiday Greeting Cards: What’s the Real Message?

Have you mailed out your Christmas cards yet? If your response was a slack-jawed, “huh?” you’re part of the modern trend away from sending traditional, snail-mailed greeting cards.  Nonetheless, most of us still find quite a few in our mailboxes.  … Continue reading

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My Sister-In-Law Is Ruining The Economy

Christmas is all about traditions.  Every year we unpack our favorite ornaments, unearth the Bing Crosby CDs and watch It’s a Wonderful Life. Around this blog, tradition means dusting off the ghosts of Christmas blog posts past, some of which are … Continue reading

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All Glory And Honor To the Ho-Ho Holiday Caption Contest Winner!

We have a winner!  Congratulations to Carrie Rubin at The Write Transition for her masterful captioning of this picture of poor Santa.  She took a mysteriously sleuthy route for her caption, which shouldn’t be surprising as this blogger and author … Continue reading

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