Posts Tagged ‘funny’

Okay….enough already.  Everyone is sick of the Canadians winning so many medals at Sochi.   So I’ve come up with the perfect plan to totally stop this domination   —-   I’m gonna kidnap their hockey goalies!!    **********   (evil mad scientist laugh)   **************

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You’ll see writers talking about how much they value their “early” readers (aka beta readers)  for their feedback on story ideas, pacing, plot points, characterization, etc.   That holds doubly true for me as I struggle to put together a story that  keeps the reader’s attention.   My mother is one of my biggest supporters in all things writing, so she is always willing to read a rough draft and provide comments.

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      The Classic -Fake Orgasm- scene from “When Harry Met Sally”

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Big Shout Out to Writer Clive Eaton.   He picked my caption entry as his winner for August.   Drop by his website and put in your own entry.  I love the pictures he chooses…    here’s my winning entry.

(here’s clive’s website…oh yeah,  and he’s a terrific writer so buy one of his titles while you’re there!)

http://www.cliveeaton.com/captioncompetitionforauthors.html

 

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I’ve prided myself on being a decent practical jokester but the wifey and her friends pulled a fast one on me (and a few other Dads)………  had to share.

The Classic “Fake Orgasm” scene from “When Harry Met Sally”

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             The Power of a Supportive Family –       

Uncool Dad's "R" Us

Uncool Dads "R" Us

I was fortunate enough to be picked for an interview with a statewide Public Radio Show to chat about  my novel.   It is a show that my entire family knows as my wife and I are ardent WUNC-FM fans and thus force our kids to listen to Public Radio rather than the latest music from LMFAO, Justin Beiber, Kesha, et. al, which the kids seem to prefer, for some strange reason.

At the dinner table this weekend, I proudly informed all of them that I was going to on the radio and these are the comments that I got – —

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