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Jan.06.2009
Referring to my neighbours, Richard asked, here, 'Do you feel able to say what the worst thing they ever did was?'
I have a lot to work with, so this took some thought. I couldn't choose just one thing, so I went for three. Third place would have to go to my neighbours' attempts to squash me under...
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Jan.04.2009
I've been an avid collector of antiques for a number of years, and one of the things you learn when you collect antiques is that one man's rubbish is another man's treasure. I'd never, however, taken this entirely literally until the first time I saw Mr N, my delightful neighbour, up to his elbows...
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Jan.02.2009
I had a great amount of fun yesterday, putting together a trailer for The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy. I have no idea whether or not trailers do ultimately make a huge difference to book sales, but they're so much fun to make (well, this one certainly was) that I'm not sure I really...
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Jan.01.2009
About six months ago, I went to the emergency room with a terrible headache. They did a CAT scan and the doctor came back and said:
"There's something in your brain."
I responded: "Isn't that a good thing?"
He was not amused. But I thought it was a good line.
By the way, the...
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Dec.26.2008
When writing thank you notes for gifts, is it better to be honest or gracious?
THANK YOU NOTE
I wanted small pierced earrings (gold),
You gave me slippers (gray).
My mother said that she would scold
Unless I wrote to say
How much I liked them.
Not much.
(from If I Were in Charge of the World and...
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Dec.25.2008
My mother's grandfather was in vaudeville. Every Christmas her Pappy perpetuated the Santa ruse with aplomb. My mom was a champion of truth and justice from a young age. Each year she intuited that something was afoot, that Santa's lap was very reminiscent of another she was used to bounce upon,...
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Dec.25.2008
This year saw the addition of some great video clips. Some were just re-released as viral video comebacks, others were brand new. We’ve focused on the funniest pet video clips on the internet during 2008.
Which one is your favorite? Leave us a comment and let us know!
Here’s our list for 2008:...
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Dec.23.2008
Thomas Jefferson said 'Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.'
There isn’t anything terribly funny about living above, below or alongside nuisance neighbours, but the individuals themselves, being typically quite ridiculous, can be the source of a good...
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Dec.23.2008
I've been staying at my mom's house during the holidays. I got to her place on Sunday, December 21st, right before lunch. As I unloaded my things into my old room, my brother informed me that we need to bow to a bunch of food. That was our way of saying that it was once again time to observe one...
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Dec.21.2008
I love this Judith Viorst poem. It seems particularly suited to the season of too-much-punch holiday parties. It's from If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents (Judith Vorst (author), Lynne Cherry (illustrator), Aladdin, 1984)
...And Then the Prince...
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