Archive for the "Humor" Category
Dog days, anyone?
August 3rd, 2010
What do the following have in common? Not to put any pressure on you to answer this question, gentle reader, because after all it is summer, and the dog days are here, and our bodies [...]
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A stand-up about writers ...
March 8th, 2010
If I watch one more rerun of Seinfeld I swear I’m going to turn into one of the characters. I think I’ll be Jerry. He seems the least neurotic. Kramer is the happiest in the group, but being Cosmo Kramer would be risky business most days.
George and Elaine? Really? Don’t even go there, although the time that Elaine got to be boss for a while and talked on the phone while she smoked a cigar with her feet up on the desk is memorable.
Read the rest of this entry »If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
February 18th, 2010
If you tickle us, do we not laugh? This is the first of several questions I want to begin to explore, with the goal of understanding how readers and writers connect. The tickle question comes from Shylock’s speech in Act 3, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice.
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Cheetos and the Second Coming
January 20th, 2010
As I promised myself when this new year began, I've been appreciating life more because I've been focusing on the joy of small moments. These moments can come at unexpect [...]
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Dark and stormy night ...
December 28th, 2009
Looking for a good New Year’s resolution? Or several? My plan is to make a bunch of resolutions, to improve the chances of keeping at least a couple of them.
I’m just beginning to make my own list. In addition to resolving to finish my current novel, I’m starting a list of resolutions that all involve creative fun. For example, I plan to enter the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest again. I’ve never been a winner in this contest, but it’s great fun just to play along.
Read the rest of this entry »The metaphor that ate my brain ... sailing the seas of romance
November 11th, 2009
I rarely read my horoscope in the daily paper. I used to check it out regularly for laughs, but lately not so much. It would have been better for my peace of mind if I had not glanced at it recently. Much better. There it was, on page two of the Island Life section, my daily horoscope, courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiser. Maybe it was the word “romance” that hooked me. That’s one word I can’t resist.
Humorist David Sedaris Coming to Honolulu
October 20th, 2009Fans say he could have been a stand-up comic. Not another author reading but a hilarious show with bits from his book, his life, and his sister Amy’s life. 
