Humor

The String of Sisyphus

February 2, 2012

Inspiration, it has been oft noted, comes where you find it.  This time it comes from my cat, Lamont Cranston.  Lamont has the long piece of pink string that he seems to love above all other things (including me).
I am known to sit down at my computer, thence to spend enormous amounts of time tip-tapping [...]

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I’m Not a Gossip. But, I Can Tell You Who Is…

February 1, 2012

Are you the type of person who invites Disaster home to dinner?  Have you ever found yourself (be honest, now) of saying one thing… of proclaiming something to be dead wrong, and then going ahead and doing it anyway?
If you are a politician—especially if you are running for a presidential nomination just now—you know what [...]

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Sometimes You Have to be Smarter That the Wheelbarrow

January 23, 2012

One of the joys of getting to be known as someone who can navigate around the tools that make websites is a sudden spike in popularity, as in “hey! You understand HTML, can you help me with…”
It can actually be rather compelling to become “the guy”, the consultant, the helper, for a good many people [...]

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The Ax Grinder: Giveaway Innovation – Since I Gave Up Hope, I Feel MUCH Better

January 18, 2012

Here is a character who is hopeless.
Now, before that makes you feel sad (or righteous), think about the meaning of the word.  One “official” definition is, “The feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.”
This character, then, has given up hope.  Now, most people would say that [...]

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Olddraftsuckitis: Is There a Cure?

January 17, 2012

I guess I should start right out with the bad news.
No.  There is no cure Olddraftsuckitis.
On the other hand, while this particular “itis” can be quite debilitating, it is a self-repairing syndrome, as long as one “keeps at it”.
Old drafts, often known as “First Drafts” are not meant to be good.  I think the problem [...]

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The Ax Grinder: Giveaway Innovation – The Jinx is Within

January 16, 2012

Now, here’s a personality type you see all the time.  If fact, you may be the type yourself… sometimes.
He (or she) looks like this:
It’s raining: (screeching epithets!) “It does this every time I want to…”
While driving: (screeching epithets!)  ”Did you see that?  He cut me off!  He did it on purpose!  Now I’ll be late!”
I have [...]

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A Person From Anti-Porlock

January 14, 2012

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, it is said, never finished writing his poem “Kubla Khan” because he was interrupted by a “person from Porlock”.  He had awoken, or so he relates, from a deep sleep with this poem fresh and fully formed  in his mind, but then a visitor interrupted him for an hour on some business, [...]

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The Ax Grinder: Giveaway Innovation – Stooopid Commercials

January 13, 2012

I think it is safe to say that there is a difference, a rather big difference, between TV and Radio ads made on the National Level, and those made by owners of local businesses who always knew they should be on TV or the radio. It is fair to say that there are some locals [...]

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Learn to be Critiqued

January 13, 2012

Ask anyone who has been writing for awhile, and he or she are liable to say that, yes, they like having their work critiqued.
And, I would suggest that to some degree this is probably true.
But think about the last time somebody took a story, or a chapter of your work to task.  How did it [...]

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The Ax Grinder: Giveaway Innovation – Sentenced to the Senate

January 10, 2012

Welcome back to the Ax Grinder.
Please remember: Posts in this series are for your entertainment, only.  I offer them to you to run with as you see fit, to use, abuse, or discuss.  I am not a political person, and would blather sadly in a political debate.  Still, and all…
I didn’t think I’d have a [...]

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