Tag: humor
group name: firsttimewriters
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April 20, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
Back before cell phones, early in the 1980s, I was an insurance salesman/financial planner. For a while I sold Funeral Insurance. This was a small policy insurance that was to just cover the cost . . . more
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August 07, 2007 11:59 PM EDT --
I got more then I bargained for
When I stopped in the local bar
What started out as barely a fight
Turned out to be one . . . more
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April 14, 2008 12:31 AM EDT --
This is the fifth in a series about my week in charge of my own life, while Hubs is on vacation. The previous installments are:
Home Alone - I'm No Cinderella
Home Alone . . . more
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August 25, 2008 12:43 AM EDT --
When I was out walking this morning, enjoying one of the last hot days of summer, a dusty red pickup pulled up next to me. A man with a weathered face tipped his hat and said, "Howdy, Ma'am." . . . more
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February 17, 2007 02:06 PM EST --
I 'm a very simple person.
I don't use big words
I don't know how metaphors works.
If its true or not.
I don't know how to read any intellect stories
and I couldn't . . . more
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June 16, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
It's true, every once and a while it happens. Suddenly it's NOT funny, and neither are you.
How exactly did you lose your sense of humor? Did it get scooped up and thrown . . . more
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January 10, 2007 05:09 PM EST --
The First Day of Kindergarden
I was screaming at the top of my lungs like I was being mauled by lions on that fateful day in 1984. It was my first day of Kindergarden, and I thought . . . more
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September 15, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
All bloggers are created equal. We start out with a blank template, an idea, a hope of words to come, but we do not stay equal. In my journeys around the blogosphere, I have noticed many different . . . more
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July 21, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
It was a dark and stormy night.
Silas Slovotsky leaned back in his chair and studied the words he'd typed into his computer.
He grinned. Perfect. The very words he needed to set the . . . more
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February 18, 2008 10:40 AM EST --
Computer love, relationships via modem are not just the wave of the future. These opportunities are here now and every single person should take advantage of possible romance for just a few dollars a . . . more
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July 02, 2007 05:30 PM EDT --
Reposted for Good Humor Monday
Trapped in the kitchen of a run down relative's house, I daydreamed myself free. They were my ex's family, hockey people; the kind of dullards who . . . more
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May 12, 2008 05:10 PM EDT --
I was a Funeral Insurance Salesman and just when I had seen it all I was proven wrong. It was another of those endlessly boring beautiful sunny days in Central California. I had one of my rare no sales . . . more
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February 04, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
I thought I might help you die-hard Giants fans celebrate a little with a few Haiku's. They're not exactly in the stream of things I suppose, but at least the syllables match . . . more
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February 20, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
With so many releasing "Top" lists and as popular as those lists are, I thought maybe I'd try my hand at it, too. But I'm not doing my list about . . . more
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August 04, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
Like other construction worker, we creators of word worlds own toolboxes filled with necessary implements. We have hooks to hook the reader, glue to glue their attention, a feather or two to . . . more
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March 02, 2007 11:42 AM EST --
First of all. I was waiting for my toast to pop up out of the toaster and I turned to look out my kitchen window and stood there watching these two birds. They were acting like they were talking to each . . . more
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February 18, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
I've been reading the novels of a bestselling author, trying to figure out the secret of her success, and for the life of me, I don't see it. Perhaps it's hidden beneath her appalling . . . more
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March 24, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
In my green article for St. Patrick's Day, I wrote, "Owning a dark green vehicle supposedly means that you are traditional, trusty, and well balanced, but what it really means is that . . . more
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February 21, 2007 07:12 AM EST --
Well, I did it! Yay for me! My very first week is now complete on Gather. It was a week of not knowing what to expect and being somewhat overwhelmed at . . . more
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March 24, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with the 6 weird things about him/herself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, . . . more
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