Tag: frivolity
member name: Chris Carlisle
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September 24, 2007 09:32 AM EDT --
Hello again, good citizens of Gatherville. It's Monday, which means it's time for another trip down Good Humor Monday lane in the Gather Essentials: Writing group.
Something new today. . . .
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November 12, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
Everybody's probably heard of NaNoWriMo , which has been underway for 12 days now. For those unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, a writing event which . . .
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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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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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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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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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September 06, 2007 05:50 AM EDT --
I recently bought a pony. No, it wasn't a grand distraction purchase or bribe. My wife and eldest daughter have been working with horses the past two years at a local riding center and after expressing . . .
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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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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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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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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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September 27, 2007 04:23 AM EDT --
If I were to sit down and compile a list of my biggest character flaws (modesty aside, it would be quite a short list), I'd say that at the top item on the list would have to be procrastination.
To . . .
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October 25, 2007 05:12 AM EDT --
Every October, malls and shopping centers across the country are treated with the seasonal Halloween store. You may not know exactly where it is in your shopping complex since the Halloween store’s . . .
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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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December 06, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
When most people think of Sweden, they think of the following: gnarled meatballs drowning in a sauce resembing the liquid found in an antiquated bottle of Elmer’s Glue, a puppet chef with bushy . . .
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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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