Do you believe that memoir has to be serious in order to get your point across? Think again! Let me teach you 5 Ways to Add Humor to Your Memoir. Adding humor to memoir will hold the attention of the reader longer by lightening the mood. It also helps us remember what we were reading. In his bestselling book, “On Writing Well,” author William Zinsser, writes that “humor is the secret weapon of the nonfiction writer.” It is often the best tool and only tool for making an important point. https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/adding-humor-to-your-creative-nonfiction-writing/ 1. Use funny sounding words Words that have the hard “k” and “p” elicit humor. We can’t help but … [Read more...]
9 Survival Tips for Parents of Teenage Boys
February 10, 2015 By 4 Comments
Is your teen the master of exaggeration? Are all his responses one syllable like "okay," "yeah" or "whatever"? Does he seem to speak in a foreign language? Congratulations you are the proud parents of a teenage boy! Here's a list of down-to-earth tips with ways to get you through the next few years, 9 Survival Tips for Parents of Teenage Boys. Give it a shot! Might as well have a little fun while you're at it. Never Look Directly in the Eyes Look to the right or left of the head, above the eyes, eyebrows or the forehead but whatever you do, never stare directly into the eyes. Like staring into the eye of Slytherin’s Basilisk in Harry Potter movies, eyes have the power to instantly kill … [Read more...]
Unlock the Secret of Who Did Deflate Gate
January 30, 2015 By 4 Comments
Deflate Gate Are you sick of hearing about the NFL investigation against the New England Patriots, unofficially called Deflate Gate? The NFL believes that the Patriots used under-inflated footballs in the first half of Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. For God's sake, even Bill Nye the Science Guy's getting involved in the scandal. Now I don't know much about football as anyone who knows me will attest to but I do know a lot about statistics. There's practically a zero probability that 11 out of 12 footballs were accidentally deflated. Come on Patriots, how stupid do we look? Watch below for the secret of who did deflate gate. *This YouTube video was created by Ryan … [Read more...]
Top 9 Lessons from the Bachelor for Daughters
January 21, 2015 By 2 Comments
Criticize me if you will, but my guilty pleasure is watching the Bachelor and the Bachelorette with my daughter since 2002. It’s my way to teach my daughter dating advice, “Top 9 Lessons from the Bachelor for Daughters.” This season, 33-year-old Chris Soules, a farmer from Iowa, aptly named Price Farming, tries to pick a mate from 30 contestants fighting for his err…heart and other things. Why Jimmy Kimmel? For reasons unknown, the producers decided to add Jimmy Kimmel to the mix. He sabotaged dates, asked uncomfortable questions, made strange comments and most importantly, almost ruined my reason for watching the Bachelor. Thanks Jimmy, you succeeded in making me feel stupid and … [Read more...]
Exercise Daily, Eat Wisely, Die Anyway
January 13, 2015 By 4 Comments
My guest blogger for January is humorist Camille DeFer Thompson. She has a quirky take on life and finds the funny in every day things. She really cracks me up! Exercise Daily, Eat Wisely, Die Anyway I never would have retired if I had known I had to stay active, exercise daily and eat wisely. At my last check-up, my GP admonished me to add some exercise to my sedentary lifestyle. I failed in my attempt to convince him that I get a daily workout climbing the stairs in the house umpteen times retrieving things I forgot. To shut him up, I joined the low-impact aerobics class at the local senior center. Easy peasy, I thought. After all, I’m only a whisper past my fifties. Heck, I don’t … [Read more...]
How to Avoid a Paranormal New Year’s Eve
January 9, 2015 By 8 Comments
New Year's Eve Back in 2000, my husband and I attended our last big bash, The Millennial New Year’s Eve Party, a black tie event with sit down dinner and fireworks included. Since then, it’s been nothing but sitting around watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve television special. However, I can vicariously live through my 70 year-old mother’s experiences. She’s never one to miss a good party and lives it up each year in ways ranging from wonderful and near fatal to strange and surreal. Auto Vs. Beast Last year Mom and her fiancé grabbed a horse drawn carriage ride in downtown St. Louis to see the Christmas lights at midnight. Sounds like a romantic way to celebrate, right? … [Read more...]
How to Write a Humor Book When You’re Stupid
January 5, 2015 By 6 Comments
When Caryn FitzGerald talks, people listen. She hosts the international radio show, “Coffee & Coaching with Caryn.” She wanted to talk to me about How to Write a Humor Book and sent this message, "I’d love to interview you in the next few weeks for one of my author chat series podcasts. It’s about 30 minutes, shameless plugging by me of you and your book. Let me know." What?! Say no more, I'm your man! And this is the story about how I starred in the podcast, Coffee and Book Chat with Caryn FitzGerald. It's Not the O'Reilly Factor Before the interview, she introduced me to the shows's format and promised to guide me through her questions. This was not going to turn into an episode … [Read more...]
Never Serious New Year’s Resolutions 2015
December 30, 2014 By 2 Comments
Every year I make funny resolutions I call the Never Serious New Year's Resolutions. But each January 1, most of us make an unrealistic list of resolutions that are difficult to keep. We vow to eat more vegetables, watch fat intake, work harder, sleep longer, spend more time with family and even quit smoking. But by February, most people slack off and give up, ashamed by a lack of will power. This year let's be serious. Why bother with New Year's resolutions again? Instead I made a list just to make you laugh. Laughter's good for your healthy and much easier to do than lose 20 pounds! Now go get your funny on!! Never Serious New Year's Resolutions Tweet more and spend less time with … [Read more...]
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