Enter the Laughter Redeux

Yup. Born in 1953, so I’m 53 years old today, July 29. 53 - 53, shouldn’t that be some kind of lucky thing or somethin’? LOL (Been more like a jinx lately - LOL!) I don’t feel old in my head LOL If you’d like to do something nice for me *snicker* you can go take a peek at the quotation and funny sayings T-shirts I designed. Over the years, I have collected thousands of quotes and such, just ‘cause I liked them. A clever turn of a phrase can always cheer me up. Then Husband started requesting tag lines for his work memos, and I collected and wrote even more. I was encouraged by blog-buddy Amy who has some very cute designs at her Cafe’ Press Shop to give it a try. So I got a trial set-up there, to see if I could rake any dollars my way LOL Also have a fabulous writer friend, Leeuna, from Southern Humorists , who is in a writing contest. Here is her lovely plea: (She’s so sweet!) If y'all get time, please go here Blog Carnival and vote for your favorite article. Mine is titled T...

I am absolutely swamped with stuff here, no time to write, so I am posting this cute little story for you. Hope everyone has a wonderful day! - - - On July 20, 1969, the first man walked on the moon. When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong made those first footprints, he not only gave his famous, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," statement but followed it by several remarks, usual com traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark, "Good luck Mr. Gorsky." Many people at NASA thought it was a remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Over the years, many people questioned Armstrong as to what the "Good luck Mr. Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled. On July 5, 1995 in Tampa, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a rep...

Ted Demopoulos is a speaker, author, and consultant who is passionate about technology, business, and especially their intersection. (Stole that from his website - LOL) He had a contest to win a coy of the book he co-authored, “ Blogging for Business ”. I wrote an entry and WON! Here it is, along with the comments I left. What to Blog On? Concise Advice From Marti Lawrence, Enter The Laughter, winner of a "Blogging for Business" book. Marti, since you're a humor writer, I'll add I signed the book "to Marti" so you can't easily sell it on eBay :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Might seem odd to be getting an entry from a humor writer, but I have a secret (well not-so-secret now, huh?) interest in marketing and a love of blogging. I had professional photographs taken recently, and the photographer told me she read my blog. "You should write one!" I said enthusiastically. "Oh, I couldn't. What would I write about?" "...

I’m on the highway to hell, with my name embossed on Satan's saddle. LOL Don’t EVER say to yourself, “Can things get any worse?” The boy-who-bought-a-car-but-never-drove-it, finally took it into the shop for more repairs. The air conditioning didn’t work, and none of the electric windows worked, which essentially meant he owned a 4-wheeled sweat lodge. The car battery that was in the vehicle when he purchased it, was older than the vehicle itself. Hell, I think it was older than the boy. Maybe older than the boy’s mother. It had the cranking power of a bucket of slugs. The cables that connected to the battery were made of braided goat hair and chewing gum foil. So while his car was in the shop (and the mechanic was planning his vacation from the profits of the repairs) the boy was still driving my car. Right into the ground. He took it to run errands. He called. “Uh, Mom?” (Poor child still doesn’t recognize my voice after 20 years.) “Your car won’t start.” Someone took...

The A. B. B. Introducing a very funny new blogger! (I encouraged him to do this, promising him visitors and riches beyond compare *sncker* - he is a fellow member of a humor writer’s organization - please stop by and make him feel welcome!) PLUS! He has a biscuit that looks just like former President Gerald Ford that you just HAVE to see! LOL! Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. Jack Handy The Wordless Wednesday Blogroll For information on joining the fun, and the getting the blogroll code, please go here . To leave a comment, please go here Thanks!

Oh gawd, I’ve done it again - stuck my foot in my mouth, clear up to the ankle - LOL! It’s hot, gawd it’s hot here. They’re saying the heat index this weekend is gonna be 118 degrees! So I bought ice cream drumsticks. They come wrapped in a little plastic bag, and there’s always a bunch of the crushed peanut topping that gets knocked off inside the bag. I’m always mindful when I unwrap it, to split the side seam very carefully, and then dump the toppings that have broken off into my mouth. Sometimes they sticks to the plastic bag, and I scoop them out with my tongue. So (you can see where this is going, can’t you?) the boy gets one out of the freezer, and removes the bag, wads it up and throws it toward the trashcan. He missed, the bag popped open, and toppings went everywhere. I blurted out, “Why didn’t you lick your nuts off?” To leave a comment, please go here Thanks!

What having children can do to you The Wordless Wednesday Blogroll For information and the blogroll code, please go here . To leave a comment, please go here Thanks!

Well, the youngens who flew the coop have returned to the nest. Their wings are not clipped, but they have changed colors. The boy got back from his first cross-country adventure and now believes that everyone who lives in Los Angeles owns plasma televisions. He had a fine time, got to meet some interesting people and learn what it feels like to be a minority. The friend he traveled with is bi-racial, and the family that was kind enough to put the boys up, was black. Those are about the only details of the journey I’ve been able to pry out of him. Daughter and I traveled to the airport to retrieve lads and luggage from their late-night arrival. She was anxious to share with him, her how-I-managed-to-worry-our-mother-even-more-while-you-were-in-California new hairdo. Yep, she’s done it again. Son’s previously mentioned friends-who-are-girls-but-not-girlfriends, who befriended his sister while he was away, got the bright idea to drive across the state for a hamburger. And take my...

Some of the blogs I visit only allow Blogger ID for comments, so that is gonna bring y'all here, and you're going to see that I haven't posted for months and think, "WTF?" LOL So I am going to cross-post here from time to time to keep this blog updated. I do my full time posting at my own domain now , and have a book of humor essays coming out soon. I appreciate anyone who reads my words anywhere - LOL Thanks for stopping by! Today, July 5th click to enlarge "Eve" by Kansas City born artist Billy Morrow Jackson The Wordless Wednesday Blogroll - See Sidebar