Tag: Your Humor Source
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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…
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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…
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Gene Comes Through
I once discovered an old root cellar beneath the dilapidated shed I had just demolished, behind the little house we were fixing up for an Airbnb. Interestingly, the shed was an old sheepherder’s wagon, but with nothing to salvage; plus, its location was ruining the feng shui. In the surprise cellar we found a variety…
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Return to Glory
November 1988 – “Elemental Roc,” known famously among fans and the populous simply as “ER,” plays their final show in Wembley Stadium, to the last of three almost sold-out audiences, the culmination of a twelve-city tour. The tour was a bittersweet send-off to their fan base, built up exponentially over the band’s rise to glory…
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Beyond Plant
The people of the Land of Great Vegetation had enjoyed centuries of prosperity. Lives relished in shade and abundant oxygenation, with unlimited fruits, vegetables, and a myriad of fruit salad and salad salad variations. They were a regular people, yet with wealth rooted in the land and literally growing on trees. Until The Great Slaying.…
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Frog in the Kettle: Situation Clarified
The Story “The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger…
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Business Naming Conventions Revisited
It’s all cutesy when picking up a coffee: We Brew It For You, Espress Yourself, The Daily Grind, etc. Same thing if you need your hair done: Shear Delight, A Cut Above, Combing Attractions…you get the idea. So very “punny,” apparently by rule. I won’t even start with pre-school names, or that Comic Sans font…
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A Friday in Reno
Irene Angelo is a not-so-small small business accountant in Reno, Nevada, the “Biggest Little City in the World” (whatever that’s supposed to mean). She typically wears combat boots, killer red tights, and sports an unbuttoned flannel shirt over a tank top sans bra, with intentionally messed up hair. There are equal chances of finding her…