Month: September 2022

• AutoCorrect As Life Coach

  AutoCorrect (a.k.a. Predictive Text or AutoFill) can be a timesaver, a helpful assistant for the spelingley or grammatical challenged, an aid for a “swiped” entry, or, let’s face it, a nuisance. But it’s here to stay and getting smarter (especially on phones like mine, in service a long time). We know such features are powered…

  Chard

  September 27, 2022

  General

  Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, AutoCorrect, AutoFill, Chard Berndt, Grammar Check, Humor Writing, Life Coach, Life Coaching, manners, Miscommunication, Predictive Text, Spell Check, Subconscious, Subconscious Thought, Subconsciousness, Texting, Your Humor Source, yourhumorsource.com

• Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

  The following whimsical list highlights nature and stuff made from nature. “Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral” comes from a UK game tradition, so if you enjoy, I’ll take it as “Good show, Chap!” and if not, as “Humour?…Bollocks!” I didn’t try hard for a “most” superlative for each, as there are a lot of things on…

  Chard

  September 20, 2022

  General

  Animal, AnimalVegetableMineral, Axolotl, blue whale, Border Collie, Cercis canadensis, Chard Berndt, cheetah, Demetri Martin, Desert Island, Deserted Island, Devil's Tower, Dicktite, dragonfly, durian, E. coli, eel, Fornacite, Fukalite, Gas Crater of Derweze, Giants Causeway, Golden Retriever, Grape Nuts, H20 molecule, headcheese, housefly, Humor Writing, Icy Hot, Mesolite, Mineral, musk oxen, Pangolin, Phycomyces blakesleyanus, Piss Elm, Pleasing Fungus Beetle, Pokemon Mudkip, porcupine, probiotics, Roadside Sunflower, rotten egg, rotten tomato, sea otter, Slinky, squirrel, Stinging Nettle, superlative list, Superlatives, sweetbread, Thumbs Up, tying knots, Vegetable, Venus Fly Trap, wasabi, wild boar, Your Humor Source, yourhumorsource.com

• Pestilence Pushback

  I love the “Great Outdoors.” Thankfully, I live just two hours from superb mountain ranges hosting pristine alpine and sub-alpine lakes and streams, flanked by forests of Douglas Fir and Lodgepole Pine. And hosting mosquitoes, horseflies, and deerflies. On a recent backpacking trip, mosquitoes prevailed by sheer number. We all ran out of DEET early…

  Chard

  September 13, 2022

  Memoir

  Backpacking, Beach, Camping, Deerflies, Horseflies, Humor Writing, Mosquitoes, Pests, Wasps, Your Humor Source, yourhumorsource.com

• Mountain Road Hazards

  If planning to get away to the mountains, don’t ruin your moment in the fresh piney air by getting yourself into a car accident. You might be leaving the lowland driving hazards of road construction and bumper-to-bumper vehicles, but you may encounter other threats. For starters, the scenery: Let your passengers enjoy the rising peaks…

  Chard

  September 6, 2022

  General

  Camping, Camping Trailers, Chard Berndt, Driver Safety, Game Crossing, Humor Writing, Motorhomes, Mountain Getaways, Mountain Roads, Road Hazards, RVs, Your Humor Source, yourhumorsource.com