Tag: chris carlisle
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July 07, 2009 05:24 PM EDT --
There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get when you come home after a long, hard day of pretending to work, walking through the front door of your house, and have your wife greet you as you . . .
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June 06, 2007 09:00 AM EDT --
There I was, the only man in a room of at least fifty women.
As I looked around the room, I realized that in my younger days I had wished for a situation like this. Of course, the original wish was the . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
Welcome one and all to the 3rd Edition of Good Humor Monday in the Writing Essential Group. Once again I haven’t established a theme for the day beyond humor, so as long as it’s funny, . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:15 PM EDT --
I volunteered to coach my coach my five-year-old daughter’s soccer team this fall.
Well, that’s not entirely true. To volunteer means to freely give one’s time, and technically . . .
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July 23, 2007 08:37 AM EDT --
Hello again my fellow Gatherians, and welcome to another Good Humor Monday here at the Writing Essential Group. As we do every Monday, the group will take a break from the serious, the melancholy, . . .
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December 05, 2007 10:48 PM EST --
It’s been a week since Thanksgiving. By now, you’re probably finishing the arduous task of cleaning out the leftover Thanksgiving leftovers from your fridge. Your turkey, once the plump, majestic . . .
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April 24, 2008 04:05 AM EDT --
"Scream at the top of your lungs until someone pays attention." That's great advice if you've fallen down a well or an elevator shaft. If you're a parent with young children, it's . . .
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May 09, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
The season finale season is upon us, the time when television writers finally get around to tying up some of the show’s loose ends from the past television season. As is customary, your favorite . . .
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October 10, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
I watched a fascinating show Tuesday night about a group of men living in the modern world that faced many challenges and obstacles. At times they seemed concerned, perhaps even a bit befuddled by the . . .
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April 14, 2008 05:20 AM EDT --
(with apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge )
I was sitting at the bus stop,
Awaiting the number nine.
When an old man sat beside me,
And asked me for the time.
"It's 2:30," . . .
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June 15, 2007 04:10 PM EDT --
Every morning on the way to my car I pick up two cans of crisp, refreshing Coke Zero from the soft drink storage area in my garage. The first can is for drinking on my way in to work as it’s too . . .
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September 17, 2007 09:26 AM EDT --
Greetings denizens of Gather! Tis Monday once again (no really it is, I checked my calendar), which means it's time for Good Humor Monday here in the Writing Essentials Group. Today rather . . .
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February 17, 2009 01:09 AM EST --
Welcome to the official start of Beard Season 2009!
Beard season, if you’re unaware, is the longest contiguous time period during a calendar year in which a man can grow his beard before his wife or . . .
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August 09, 2007 03:50 AM EDT --
As a parent, I often find myself in situations where I'm not completely sure how I should respond. The first example of this was an incident that occurred soon after the birth of my oldest daughter . . .
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May 05, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
For all intents and purposes, the following is a suicide note.
Okay, I'm not really killing myself (you can stop emailing the suicide hotline number), at least not my physical self. . . .
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March 04, 2009 11:16 PM EST --
Sunday March 8 at 2am marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. I don’t know the complete history of Daylight Savings, but I believe it began in the late 1800s as a measure to protect early rising . . .
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August 06, 2007 04:17 AM EDT --
It’s Monday, time to crawl out of bed, make yourself presentable and question every career decision you’ve ever made as you say goodbye to the weekend and make that painful morning commute . . .
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January 04, 2008 11:15 AM EST --
Due to other obligations, Chris Carlisle has stepped down from his position as the Writing Essential's "Good Humor" Monday Member Editor. Chris' unique sense of humor and . . .
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October 08, 2007 10:17 AM EDT --
For today's Good Humor Monday post, I thought we'd have a little history lesson on humor writing.
Part 1: The Beginning
Although many people like to think that the art of writing humor began . . .
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February 07, 2008 02:41 AM EST --
I had an epiphany while driving home from the office the other day. That's one of the advantages of having a long commute: you have plenty of time to let your mind's higher functions go idle and . . .
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