- A Feast for the Eyes! The International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta!
A FEAST FOR THE EYES! A few of the special shapes hot-air balloons include: a scarecrow; a pumpkin; an orange traffic barrell; ice cream coneone of the favorites is "Mr. Bup" is a turtle balloon (standing) position, sporting a beany; a red bow-tie; wearing sneakers, with the shoe strings dangling down over the side of the shoes! These are just a few reasons why the Fiesta is the most photographed event in the world! The International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta, usually has about 700-800 balloonists participate each year from all over the world, and hundreds of thousands of people visit each year to see this amazing event! - Buyer Beware - Weight Loss/diet Products
When I had to lose 40 pounds in 2001, I had no idea what to do or where to start, because I have never had a weight problem before. There is so much out there on diet and weight-loss, that it was dizzying to me to know what to do. In every industry in America, there are snake-oil salespeople - so how does one choose from the good and effective products and from the fakes and the frudulant? - Competition on the Internet it's about TIME!
COMPETITIONis a way of life in the United States of America! The United States is the strongest and most powerful country in the world, because of freedom; free speech; the exchange of ideas; and COMPETITION among its citizensand competition around the world! - Dealing With the Inevitable-Death (Graceful Exit)
For the past couple of years, Vailia Dennis, 87, has wondered if there existed on the face of the Earth, even one other human being who thought as she did about death. Then she read about Art Buehwald, the newspaper columnist who died at age 81 on Jan. 18, 2007, nearly a year after he opted out of further medical treatment, preferring to put himself in the hands of fate. - Diabetes on the Rise!
Not all news is bad for diabetes! "The good news, is that most cases of Type 2 diabetes are preventable with lifestyle changes. By staying lean and fit, can reduce the chances of getting diabetes by 95%! (that's an amazing number!) 'It's almost totally preventable,' says Dr. Robert Rizza, president of the American Diabetes Association'" - Discrimination Against Older Workers (Ageism)
The ugly face of Ageism: Discrimination against older workers! Whether you're a man or a woman, and like it or not, we're all going to have to deal with the difficult subject of ageism - discrimination against older workers! None of us are getting any younger - and, you can't bury your head in the sand, and neither can I! - Does Life Begin at 40?
I remember back in the 1960's, when all the hipples, yippies, zippies and the rest of us under 20, couldn't trust anyone over 30 years of age! Wowbut, how times change! And, when a person says hello to the 60 mark like I havealong with millions of other boomersbeing 40 doesn't seem so bad! - Don't Golf My Way!
Unlike football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer - golf is a game of well-mannered people and etiquette. There are no brawls on the golf course; no head-butts against other golfers; no salty language; no punching out the camera people; no spitting chew all over the golf course; no assaults on others; no drunks out of control; no in-your-face arguments; no bottle-throwing! What? What kind of game is golf anyway? - Exchanging Links Between Websites
When I first came online, I thought a cursor was somebody who cussed a lot; I thought a megabyte was something that was done to a slice of pizza; I thought a link or links were part of a string of sausages. So, as you can see - I'm not the fastest horse in the race - but, as they say in the ad - you've come a long way, baby! And get this - I thought a DVD was an advanced form of VD! - Falling On Hard Times!
"It can't happen to me!" A hurricane; tornado; accident; job loss; illness; house fire; being homelessit always happens to somebody else, right? - Future Articles On My Drawing Board (Come see!)
SOS! My Serious and Silly Articles: As a wood carver, I'm out of the art and craft world, and so I'm a newbie in the field of writing. But, article writing has gotten into my blood, and the list of articles is getting longer and longer. And, I thought I would share with the reader a few articles that are on my drawing board for the future, etc. - Good Writing Requirs Good Speling and Grama!
I had been building my website for about a year, when I received the worst email I had ever seen! It was riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes throughout, and the email was just plain sloppy and unprofessional It was ONE big fat paragraph of run-on sentences, with no periods or commas, etc. It was also difficult to read and understand! - Have You Ever Kissed an Ashtray? (Pucker-up!)
Smoking is not only a health issue, but it is a relationship issue as least it was in my marriage. People can only be tolerant of a bad habitand a dangerous habit only so much! Smoking was not the only reason my ex and I divorced, but smoking played its part! - How Humor Helps Me To Cope
Professionals tell us that two human emotions cannot occupy the same space at the same time. You're either happy or you're sad - you can't have it both ways. My choice is to be happy, or at least I try to be happy, and humor helps me to achieve that goal. - Humor Helps Us All to Cope With the Aging Process
How time flies! One day, you're 25 years old and feeling your oats and the next day, you're 65 years old and preparing to enter the Old Folks Home! I don't think there is anything that worries me more than getting old! - Jerry - Are You Crazy
Being in the humor business for over 40 years, I've been asked if I'm crazy more times than I can count! One day, I was working on a project, and I needed to list many of my favorite things in life, and as I wrote the list, I was beginning to wonder if I, indeed, was crazy! The list went something like this - Laughter Is The Best Medicine
People have asked me where I get my ideas for humor, and the answer is always the same. Around the home; around the work place; out in the streets, and of course, out where the deer and the antelope play. As the reader of this article, your instructions for this mission are as follows: STOP; LOOK; LISTEN and stop blabbing so much! If you do that, you'll not only get more ideas for your humor, but you'll get more ideas for your projects as well. - Leaving a Legacy Behind in Writing
Many people in music; the movies; television; architecture; politicians; atheletes, educators, business people, leave a part of themselves behind, so they can be remembered, when they hang up their sneakers! Wouldn't it be great to leave this worldand be remembered for thingsother than a pile of debt? Wellit can happen for writer's with today's technology-computers and websites, etc. The legacy can happen for anyone-in writing! - Mid-term 2006 Election: It's Time To Throw The "Bums" Out!
The American people are not getting their money's worth in the Congress of the United States in the year 2006! As the Congress would have us believethe mid-term election of 2006, is NOT about Republicans; Democrats or Independents! It's about the AMERICAN PEOPLEand, we're all getting the short end of the stick! The VOTERSall across AmericaMUST make their voices heard all across the land! - Music: The Beginning of Rock and Roll For Me! (1955)
A LITTLE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE! It was the mid-1950's, and my family could not afford a television set, so we listened to the radio. And, there were two peculiar voices that I heard on the radio at that timethe voices of Little Richard and Wolfman Jack! The song, Rock Around The Clock got it all started, and it was the beginning of rock and roll! And, in the year 2006, rock and rolland especially the oldies, are more popular than ever! - My Personalized License Plate Reads: SLOWPOK
I've been in the humor business for over 40 years, and I never get enough pleasure in putting a smile on somebody's face! And, I get a double-pleasure when I can put a smile on somebody's face who is disabled, ill, a patient in the hospital or just someone having the blues, etc. - Not TonightI Have a Headache! (Book)
Nothis is not an article about sexso, put your eyes back into your head! In the year 2006, there are over 40 million headache sufferers in the United States, and there is still no cure! - Remembering Manuel(Alzheimer's/dementia)
Heart-breaking is the only word I can use to describe Manuel, who was a patient the same time I was a patient, at the VA hospital in 2005. At the time, I knew nothing about dementiathat awful disease that takes away the mind, and leaves the person hopelessly in the dark! - Ricky's Story: Alcoholism and Tough Love
Alcohol abuse is a big problem in the United States. In my family of ten kids - five boys - and five girls, I have one alcoholic sister and two alcoholic brothers! Together, they have done their part to destroy the entire family! One of the most frightening nights of my life, was when one of my brothers came home to stay with my parents, and threatened to kill the whole family. His attitude and behavior were not tolerated, and he said hello to a jail cell. - Sabrina: Another Smoking Casualty!
When I worked at the VA Medical Center (part-time), I was taking a break out in the patio one day, and I noticed a women smoking. After she finished one cigarette, she lit another cigarette with the previous one! Boy, this woman smoked like a freight train! You know what she does at the hospital? She's a respiratory therapist can you believe it? See has probably seen more deaths, and people with plastic tubes up their noses for one ailment or another than anyone else. So, if this is the case why does she smoke in the first place? - So, You Want To Be Funny, Eh?
I've been in the humor business for over 40 years, and I never get tired of it. Humor and making people laugh has been my life! Whether it be by telling a joke; writing an anecdote; carving a piece of wood or building my website, it has been humor over the years, that has brought me so much pleasure and has been so gratifying. - Taking Chances With My Ideas
As a woodcarver, I'm out of the art and craft world, and not out of the writing world. And, when I first started out carving wood, I wanted to dig down deep into my imagination and create some ideas that nobody else had come up with. As you will see later in this piece, I think I accomplished my mission. because some of my ideas are off the wall; dry; riduculous, and just plain stupid! - The "ME" Generation Is Alive and Well
Whether we like it or not - selfishness and greed are an epidemic in this country - from sea to GREEDY sea! In school, we all learned in history about the Dark Ages; the Iron Age; the Industrial Age; the Information Age - and now, we all live in the most dreaded of all - the SELFISH and GREED AGE! - The Kiss Principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Baseball is a simple game, and almost everyone knows how to play the game. The game is very simple: 1) you throw the baseball; 2) you catch the baseball; 3) you hit the baseball with a bat, right? But, there are people who can make the game of baseball so complicated and technical, it will make your head spin! Case in point: - The Negative Side of Humor
A few years ago, I was writing this article on negative humor, and I told a woman by email, that I was working on it. Her response was, "I didn't know there was a negative side of humor!" I don't know which cave this woman was living in, but negative humor in the United States and around the world, is alive and well - thank you very much! - The Positive and Healing Power of Humor
The importance of humor in all of our lives. Health IS a laughing matter, and studies are now showing that laughter is one of the healthiest things we can do for ourselves. - The Ugly Face of Ageism - Discrimination Against Older Workers
Discrimination against older workers is out there, and none of us will ever know (for the most part), whether we were discriminated against because of our age. - Think Positive! Out With The Negative!
OUT WITH THE NEGATIVE! The glass is either half empty - or half full. I've always liked to think the glass is half full. As far back as I can remember, I have always been a positive thinker. I have zero tolerance for negative environments and negative people around me! - Why I'm Reluctant To Call Myself a Humor Writer
The late Erma Bombeck was once quoted as saying, "Writing humor is 50 times harder than writing anything else." I agree. Erma Bombeck and Art Buchwald are two of my favorite humor writers - they are s-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o funny! - You Can't Please Everyone - So Don't Try!
I don't think it matters if a person gets a promotion, wins and award, receives some nice flowers from a loved one at work; buys a house; completes a degree, etc., chances are that individual could be the victim of the ugly face of jealousy and/or resentment from a few negative people of hate!
|
