Tag: columnists
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June 01, 2006 07:19 AM EDT --
My wife and I took the kids to the zoo this weekend. The zoo wouldn't take them so we had to bring them back home with us.
ba-dum-bum-CHING!
(That joke never gets old. Never gets funny, either.)
So . . .
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June 15, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch. Link to original article.)
As summer comes barreling in with its stifling heat and humidity, children all across the country take up . . .
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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 26, 2006 10:33 PM EDT --
I've noticed a disturbing trend on restaurant menus lately. This is probably the most distressing change to casual dining since the Restaurant Free Trade Act of 1998 made it mandatory for each restaurant . . .
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June 06, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch. Link to original column)
Have you ever read one of those men's health & fitness magazines? As a rule of thumb I try to avoid . . .
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June 07, 2006 10:31 AM EDT --
(Originally posted to my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch, on 2/21/06. Link to original column .)
Note: Originally I wanted to call this Air Travel for Dummies, but the publishers of the "For . . .
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June 07, 2006 10:39 AM EDT --
(Originally appeared on my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch, on 6/23/05. Link to original article .)
I am an easily distracted person. Look, bunnies!
Ok, where was I? Ah yes, my condition. . . .
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March 27, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Spring is finally here with all of its usual signs of springy springness: birds are chirping; flowers are budding; baseball players are reporting for random drug testing. While nature tends . . .
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May 07, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
James Lileks's column has been cancelled.
This is a travesty. James Lileks is perhaps the best humor writer in newspapers today. He’s . . .
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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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May 31, 2008 09:40 AM EDT --
We're still taking reporters and columnists for The Inner Springs News , which is co-edited by Carolion and Rosa Seeya. Here are some guidelines for aspiring reporters: . . .
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March 09, 2007 10:33 AM EST --
As a writer, I write a lot of stuff down. Some of the stuff I write down turns out good, an even more select few are great, but to be honest, most are terrible.
The good and . . .
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June 07, 2007 06:27 AM EDT --
Dear Readers,
The June issue of Voice in the Dark Ezine is online for your reading pleasure. Contents this month include:
Editor’s Note
Fictional Character Interview
–Meet Flossie Silver . . .
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September 22, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
This was sent to my email:
Red Pulp wants writers (from different parts of the world) who are willing to write columns on various political and social issues and on writing itself. We are looking . . .
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September 30, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
Over 10 years ago, I was reading an article by a weekly columnist. I sat there thinking, "I can write better than they do." I thought about it for several days and then I did something . . .
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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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March 20, 2008 01:40 AM EDT --
Like most pet owners, we try to include our animals in our holiday celebrations. For example, every Christmas our pets get a stocking full of treats and all of the candy canes hung from the lower branches . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:25 AM EDT --
Yes, Gentle Reader, you read the title correctly. In my household, I currently have a cat who is taking a prescription antidepressant.
So why does my cat need Prozac? It's because he recently developed . . .
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April 15, 2008 01:18 AM EDT --
The Crayola 64 pack of crayons turns 50 this year. Well, not my Crayola 64 pack, since it melted in the back window of my parent's 1981 Ford Granada. I had left them there after school one day and . . .
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