Tag: philipp
member name: John Philipp
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August 08, 2008 01:23 PM EDT --
As I am apparently being drafted to run for the nation’s highest office, I thought I should clarify my positions on several key issues.
Unlike most politicians, I like to keep my political . . .
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September 03, 2009 10:39 PM EDT --
Rarely do we get all the grandchildren in one place at the same time.
Even more rarely do we get them to sit still.
This was one of those times at my family's summer house in the Pennsylvania Pocono . . .
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April 05, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
"Remember I could go to the bathroom any time I wanted."
When's the last time you were on a train? I don't mean urban transit or commuter trains; I mean one . . .
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August 03, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
I have a love/hate relationship with inventions. Some I love. Computers, television and Mr. Potato Head are examples. But there are other inventions whose creators I wish . . .
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August 06, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
Thank you God for this day.
I pledge to use it well.
Oh, and God, about last Tuesday — it wasn't my fault. See this guy I know ... well, You know all that.
Wednesday, . . .
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August 27, 2007 08:46 AM EDT --
"Will any woman be able to survive marriage to Dr. Laura's son?"
I have a friend, Barry, who spends time pondering questions that wouldn't even occur . . .
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October 15, 2007 07:50 AM EDT --
"In the past 2500 years mankind has changed their position on feline divinity. Cats haven't."
Last week I stumbled onto a website called CatAge.com that has a twenty-page questionnaire . . .
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October 19, 2007 06:20 PM EDT --
I was sitting in the hammock tossing back a brew the day the snail rebellion began.
The snails were almost to my trailer stairs before I noticed . . .
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March 28, 2008 06:05 PM EDT --
Just for fun:
You can create videos with your own faces at: Jibjab Sendable Videos .
My daughter and grandsons sent me this video . You need an Adobe Flashplayer to view it and there is a download . . .
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March 09, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
This just in : There is no baby at a baby shower. Nor is there a shower. I know. I just went to one. Yes, a man at a most secret feminine ritual. I think I was invited because . . .
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July 02, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
"Tiny Republican Scruples would be an excellent name for a rock band."
While I have, on occasion, borrowed certain of Dave Barry's techniques and phrases (crediting . . .
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September 19, 2007 06:16 PM EDT --
"Phil, unlike Picasso, another local artist, was extraordinarily generous with his time and his talent."
I am writing this right after I learned Phil Frank had passed on. The . . .
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September 20, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
Is it true? This will be the first time?
Yes. You'll be famous, in an infamous sort of way.
Will it hurt?
Given the nature of the operation I would not expect much pain. You will have . . .
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October 15, 2007 07:59 AM EDT --
"... if your wife wants to clone your mother-in-law ..."
One of the newest members of Sausalito's business mosaic is Genetic Savings and Clone, dedicated . . .
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October 22, 2007 09:04 PM EDT --
Here's a funny video for all you cat people: Wake up call
You'll never sleep with your eyes closed again.
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December 16, 2007 04:36 PM EST --
This was forwarded to me:
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary Clinton's great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery . . .
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February 10, 2008 11:48 PM EST --
The new week is starting and we here at Writing Essentials: Humor Monday are going to do our best to send you out into the world with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Well, at least the smile . . .
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May 26, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
This Monday the Humor Gang slowed down a little probably because it's
Memorial Day and a holiday — and possibly because I didn't remind them. We are . . .
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September 17, 2007 10:28 AM EDT --
"Next to me was a 300-pound lady orangutan in a tutu."
Like everything else in our technology-driven society, magic has become depersonalized, if not commonplace. My iPod, which is the . . .
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July 03, 2008 06:52 AM EDT --
Tomorrow we celebrate July 4th in honor of the day the citizens of the United States, after asking nicely for over 150 years, declared their independence from George III of England and also voted to . . .
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