I came to San Diego in the ’60s without a job - and wound up working in their famous zoo, meeting both human and animal stars from Lassie and King Tut to Art Linkletter, Jimmy Stewart and the world-renowned “chimp lady” from Africa, Jane Goodall.
Being close to Hollywood, many stars over the years donned dark [...]
Good morning, thank you for coming to Bernie Goldfarb’s funeral. I am your host, Bernie Goldfarb.
And before all of you rush the dais to check the coffin, I am actually dead. That’s me in there, all two hundred eighty pounds of me. You’re not going to find a picture of me standing next to Elvis [...]
That’s already eleven years off. I suppose I have a few things going for me though. I never kick puppies, I give up my seat on the subway for old people (as long as they are sufficiently decrepit), and once I even helped a lady carry a baby stroller down a flight of stairs. Granted, [...]
When I first came out to my mom, she repeatedly expressed concern for my safety, as if the villagers were waiting outside my door with torches and pitchforks.
“Lots of people don’t like the gays, you know,” she said, referring to “the gays” as their own species. “Why would you want to put yourself in danger [...]
I took up yoga a few years back, when I felt Madonna and I were driftincg apart. As youngsters, Madonna and I were both carefree, independent, and sexually promiscuous. Entering my mid-20s, I was still all of those things, but Madonna had mostly moved on. With two kids and a husband, Madonna became more of [...]
I am now remembering one friend whose name was Motz. He was from Sweden. He introduced me to the “$1,000,000,000 chocolate bar”. “Want to eat a million dollars worth of candy?”, he said to me one hot summer afternoon. Yes, I have my own memories, too.
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A text message from my girlfriend early this morning told me the news that George Carlin had died. I immediately felt terrible and rolled back over, wanting to go back to sleep and not even think about the bad news until later in the day. Just the night before, I’d gotten back home after a [...]
As far as holidays go, American Independence Day is just not as funny as Halloween, Christmas or Thanksgiving. I base this bold statement on the number of holiday jokes we get from kids. Halloween is the runaway winner, followed by Christmas and Thanksgiving.
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Do we really need humor? How important is laughter in our lives? For many years, we knew humor was fun, and laughter made us feel better, but we didn’t know the full story. Recent studies at University Of Md. Medical School point towards laughter being not just important, but pertinent to our health, job, relationships.
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My brother, Rick, invited me over one Saturday night for a barbecue and beer. His wife had gone camping with her girlfriends, so it was like our own boys night out.
It threatened to rain, but that didn’t dampen our spirits and we sat outside. We started to barbecue and listen to his newest blues CDs [...]
