What Makes Me Laugh

About 10 years ago I sent an e-mail to a group of friends from college asking them all for a list of the best books they had read that year. I did it to reconnect with friends who share a common interest (most of us were English Majors) and because I have trouble finding new [...]

         I’ve been working on finishing a book for about eight years now. If that seems like a long time, well, just think how my spouse feels when for eight years in a row, on New Year’s Eve, I say, “This year I’m going to finish my book.” And the funny thing [...]

I added a new page to my blog tonight with links to all of my favorite comedians, writers, and humorists. It’s admittedly still a work in progress, but will get you started finding people that make YOU laugh.

So, I just bought a new computer, which is why this blog is graphically uninteresting (so far). I’ve been struggling with a 7-year-old Mac that I was nursing along until its very end. Anyway, I’ve been setting up my new computer and transferring files and found this cartoon I thought I would use for powerpoint presentations [...]

Which is always a good sign… at least for me … that something is truly hilarious. I’m going to Australia next month, and a co-worker of mine recommended reading books about the country before I depart (which is a very sensible idea). So, I went out and bought the obligatory Fodor’s and Frommer’s travel guides (why [...]