Tag: Your Humor Source
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Self-Driving Vehicle Consternations
I recently listened to an NPR podcast about the complexities of regulating self-driving cars. Among the nuances was the fact that there are different degrees of computer takeover, from subtle speed changes and stay-in-lane adjustments to full driving for designated-and-mapped highways only, to the car taking total control of the route, speeding you efficiently to…
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Now Hear This
More and more individuals—not with hearing problems, nor watching foreign films—are choosing “subtitles on” for video. Carrie and I started noticing this and didn’t know whether it was “a thing” until she sent me an article by Devon Gordon that explained in detail why it is indeed so. (I remember when everything was a thing…
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Some Humor Source This Is!
I went on a humor writing hiatus in early May as I was on a humanitarian outreach in Nepal. Now I’ve been back for three weeks and, what, nothing’s funny? Chard is all business now? You are understandably concerned. This has troubled me as well. Will I resume dispensing to “the masses” much needed levity?…
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Curated Cogitations, Page 5
(Medical)It’s usually positive when lab results are negative. People think it’s cute to tack -itis onto a word and act like it’s a medical condition. I heard jackpotitis used on a morning show referring to a gambling problem. But itis literally means “inflammation.” Sure, though, it can work as a metaphor, such as one’s high…
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Positive, Encouraging Lyrics, by You!
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A Rich Love Story
Impoverished of RhymeYears ago, I found my wifeThe beginning of a whole new zestThis Midwest gal, she was the primeSurprising and fun most all the duration We married with me still in schoolI knew my plan, I’m not some dunceWhen graduated, we moved at speedTo Idaho, on potatoes to consume Most years she’s been an artisanI’ve always…
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Curated Cogitations, Page 4
(Competitive Sport)At the end of the football season, in that frenzy where a bunch of teams fire their coaches for losing too often, the TV networks should do the same to their sports announcers whose confident pre-game predictions were usually wrong. Many corporate stores and franchises now refer to their employees as a “team.” Perhaps they…