Archive for August, 2008

31 Aug

Here Are Some Great Stand Up Comics You Don’t Want to Miss When They Come to Your Town

Here are some great stand up comics working through out the country that you should see if you get the chance. Many small towns and mid sized cities no longer have a comedy club and many fans are missing out on some great stand up comics. There are web sites that offer top headlining stand [...]

31 Aug

Barbados Chile

I went grocery shopping recently at the Drive-In Grocery while not being altogether sure that course of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I had prepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented “Barbados Chili.” Tasty stuff, a bit hot to the point of being painful, which comes with a [...]

30 Aug

Five Questions to Ask Before Attending Your High School Reunion

I was just about to remit my check to attend my high school reunion, when I stopped myself.
Suddenly, a number of questions cascaded through my mind that you might want to consider before you agree to go:
(1) Are your classmates a lot older than you are? Before you exclaim, “But we’re all the same age!” [...]

30 Aug

A Brief History of Snarky

As we’ve gotten older, my generation hasn’t out grown our snarkiness, it’s taken over as our major personality trait. We are a group of emotional cripples unable to express any feelings except our own contempt. My generation may have been cute but bratty adolescents, now we’re bitter, caustic adults disparaging what we don’t like, which [...]

29 Aug

Funny Text Messages

We will now upgrade your brain, please wait…
…searching…searching…still searching…
…sorry NO BRAIN found
How a man impresses a woman: kiss her, hug her, compliment her, love her, tease her, protect her, listen to her, support her
How a woman impresses a man: Show up naked with beer.
I’m sure you were born in this world as a cute baby.
Now [...]

29 Aug

You Are What You Read

We’ve all heard that old saying, “You are what you eat,” and very literally, that statement is true if we add what you drink. If you eat or drink it, it does become part of what you are. But what about our minds…aren’t we pretty much a product of what we read? There is a [...]

28 Aug

Converter Furnace - An Insider Account of Training Day in a Copper Smelter

Sometime in the mid-80’s, cadet engineers were assigned to our section of the smelter department for a few days, to observe firsthand the process of converting molten matte into 95% blister copper.
These bright young men were orientated by management in the various stages of copper smelting and refining; they were groomed to become the company’s [...]

28 Aug

Find Your Funniness

The definition of “funny” is providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical. There ya go! Boing! That was funny. It was, trust me. Different people find different things funny. It could be what you say, the way you say something, what you see, what someone else said they saw, if someone says “what if [...]

27 Aug

America’s Privileged Drivers

Driving is a privilege and not a right, according to the law. Unfortunately, not everyone with a driver’s license should be considered privileged. With over twenty years of driving experience, I would like to rank these driver’s based on their driving capabilities. Here is my assessment of America’s privileged: The NASCAR Reject: Although these drivers [...]

27 Aug

A Funny Way of Looking at a Twisted World

In 1991, I launched a publication which was a monthly “review of the news” using editorial cartoons, humor columns and a “fake news” section, ala The Onion, to entertain and amuse people who were getting a bit fed up with bad news. The paper is a funny way of looking at the world, through the [...]