Tag: comedy
member name: Chris Carlisle
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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 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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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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February 21, 2008 04:38 PM EST --
This Sunday evening marks the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Although in years past I have made a point to watch the Oscars, I have no intention of watching this year's broadcast.
No, it's . . .
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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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November 15, 2007 02:29 AM EST --
Recently my family and I packed up the van and embarked on the classic family vacation. It involved a long car trip punctuated by frequent parental admonishments of both siblings for copying, staring, . . .
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January 27, 2008 09:17 PM EST --
We live in a world. A world... full of people.
All kinds of people make up this world; people with hopes, dreams, and visions of the type of world they want to live in.
Some people want to live . . .
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February 28, 2008 12:11 PM EST --
This Friday is February 29th, also known as Leap Day, also known as the day you'll write the wrong date on all of your checks. Most people know the reason why February is given an extra day every . . .
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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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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 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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July 26, 2006 02:04 PM EDT --
I was wandering through Barnes & Noble during lunch today and found these two books sitting next to each other on the discount rack. The placement of these books side by side made me laugh so I took . . .
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August 24, 2006 05:00 PM EDT --
For today's Random Act of Personal Amusement, I decided to create a new phrase. Wanna hear it?
Sphincter cheeto.
I won't go into detail about where I was or what I was doing when I came . . .
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August 13, 2007 10:00 AM EDT --
Monday is the day of the week,
that humorous articles I seek.
To feature humourous potential
in the Gather Writing Essential,
but sadly, the turnout's been quite meek.
Each week I beg . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:17 AM EST --
In honor of Day of the Ninja , I decided to try my hand at making my own ninja headwrap. I followed the instructions as provided (the instructions can be found here ) and was quite pleased with . . .
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October 05, 2006 12:31 AM EDT --
I recently took my family to the Ohio Renaissance Festival. If you've never been to a Renaissance Festival, let me try to describe it for you: imagine an amusement park, then remove the rides, the . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:59 AM 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, . . .
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December 05, 2007 08:53 AM EST --
In honor of the first snowfall of the season and the jubulant sounds of children and teachers shouting praise and hosannas for the first snow induced school closing of the year, I present for you a song . . .
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December 20, 2007 11:52 PM EST --
'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the stores,
Shoppers were buying up presents galore,
The clerks stacked impulse buys near the register with glee,
In hopes of desperate shoppers . . .
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February 26, 2008 06:13 PM EST --
In the burger wars, Burger King has proudly stated for years that, in their restaurants, you can "Have it your way". That's all well and good, but a McDonalds in Hacienda Heights, California . . .
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