Just a simple post to tickle your funny bone. Get ready to laugh. (Or groan, depending on what sort of humor you like!) What did the writer say when he glued himself to his book? That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. What’s the best college degree to become a successful fiction writer? Journalism! What do communism and an essay writer who plays no sport have in common? They work on paper, but not in practice….
Today I want to talk about Douglas Adams’ science fiction masterpiece, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I discovered the novel a few years after its publication and fell in love with his irreverent and quirky sense of humor. I cannot remember where or when I found this book, but what I do remember is the strange looks my wife gave me as I giggled and chortled my way through it. Yes, it is classed as science fiction, but the plot is…
For Funny Friday, I thought I would present you with a quotes smorgasbord! I do have some notable favorites on the types of people who tickle my funny bone, but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless! “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” –Mark Twain “They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad…
Rather than lament the paucity of true comedy these days, I decided to treat myself, and everyone reading this, to the comedy gold of Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, two of the funniest actors of the seventies. They were regulars on the Carol Burnett show, a program I watched every week without fail. The entire program was full of laughs, but in my opinion the best sketches were the ones featuring the two of them. When the segment began, I…
Today is Funny Friday! Today, I’m going to give a story from my life. There is an element of sorrow to it, but the humor involved made what was a sorrowful situation much more bearable. I once had a black-and-white cat named Minnie. Some family friends brought her to my house as a kitten when I was six. I believe she was part of a litter of farm cats that they were trying to get rid of. Naturally, I begged…
Today is my first Funny Friday post – a post where I try to make you laugh! Below is a clip that was filmed at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. They are a conservation organization, and one of the things they are known for is rescuing orphan elephants. (You can support their efforts here.) Below you can see one baby elephant who just didn’t want to be left out of the spotlight! I have watched this several times, and…
Today is Funny Friday, and the purpose of my post is to give you something you will hopefully be able to laugh at. I thought, with that in mind, that I would give you an excerpt from Miss Elizabeth’s Unforgettable Assembly, the first novella in my Elizabeth Said, Darcy Said series. I began writing in May of 2022 and published this story in June. The excerpt, indeed the entire story, begins at the assembly in Meryton, where Darcy resists Bingley’s…