Tag: writing
member name: Chris Carlisle
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October 08, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
I was reading the paper on my front porch enjoying a cup of coffee when the devil came to visit. It used to come as a surprise to see him, but it has turned into a daily routine. I never know where I . . .
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May 26, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
I have a question. This particular question has plagued me for the past month, tried my wits and patience, and left me feeling uncertain about my mental faculties. I'm stumped. So I pose this question . . .
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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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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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September 10, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
Welcome again to another edition of Good Humor Monday in the Gather Essentials Writing Group. This marks the 9th week of Good Humor Monday, so you know what that means? Pop quiz!
That’s . . .
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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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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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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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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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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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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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May 26, 2006 11:37 PM EDT --
Today is a sad day for the English language. Extreme, a word that has long been associated with sporting activities that are borderline suicidal, died earlier today in a tragic accident. Born in the late . . .
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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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October 15, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
For today's Good Humor Monday in the Writing Essentials Group, we pick up where we left off in our lesson on the history of humor writing. In the previous lesson, we learned how a lowly . . .
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July 09, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
Welcome to the 2nd weekly edition of Good Humor Monday here at the Writing Essential Group. Ah yes, Good Humor Monday, the day we take a break from writing morbid poems about death 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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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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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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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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