Daily Humor

[Birthday week, = and everyone is asking me ‘why’, er ‘how’, I lived = so long.=A0 Here’s my 4 cents worth (inflation adjusted, thanks again= Mr. President) on aging. I will not mention my exact age except to say as = of today I am no longer =BE of a…

[Confession is g= ood for the soul, so I’m celebrating my birthday week with pithy insi= ghts and truisms of life] I’m so old I remember when things on= ly cost an arm.   My view of life, “Id est quod id est&#= 8221;. Popeye would be proud.   If…

[Celebrating my = birthday week with observations on my so-called life] I don’t = want to go through “things that don’t kill me will make me stro= nger” anymore.   Just because I’m awake doesn’= t mean I’m ready to do things.   I love the NFL. My two fa=…

[Once you pass = =BE of a century old, birthdays lose some of their glitter and glamour. No = more candles on the cake without warning the fire department. People send f= unny emails to me, but offer sympathy to my wife. I don’t wear ties a= nymore, so kids…

Tony Evans wrote, “You learned long ago that there’s a l= aw that keeps things down on the ground instead of flying off into the sky.= It’s called the law of gravity. But airplanes don’t obey that law! = Why not? It’s not that gravity doesn’t exist for airplanes, but…

IF FAMOUS HISTORICAL FIGURES WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB TODAY…   Pandora:= I can bring a lot to your company. I like = discovering new things.   Genghis Khan: = My primary = talent is downsizing. On my last job I downsized my staff, my organization,= and the populations of…

IF FAMOUS HISTORICAL FIGURES WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB TODAY…=   Julius Caesar: My last job involved a lo= t of office politics and back-stabbing. I’d like to get away from all that.=   Jesse James: I can list among my experi= ence and skills: leadership, extensive travel, logistical organization,…

[Feel free to plug in the name of a rival university for a l= ittle fun “slam”. Now that I’m retired in Wisconsin, I&#8= 217;d change it to blast the pathetic University of Minnesota “Gopher= s” or the Illinois “whatever’.]   What do you get when you = cross a…

Can you place th= ese uniquely named cities/towns with their home states? Only a few make sen= se; the others are, well, just odd! But maybe you live near one, so tell us= your story! Before retiring to Wisconsin from Wyoming, I lived 33 y= ears about a two-hour drive…

Sylvia R. shared this list: “Six things I’m no long= er interested in: Driving at night. Leaving the house at night. Driving in = winter. Leaving the house in winter. Driving. Leaving the house.”   Mike B. s= tumbled, “My therapist discovered I have multiple personalities, and = now she…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &#8220= ;To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusa= ble.” ~ Ludwig von Beethoven   “We have= been called to heal wounds, to…

[Each month we start= with bad wordplays, bad puns, bad jokes, and bad luck. Here is Part 3 (Mar= ch) as 2024 marches inexorably on. Read at your own peril – these are= guaranteed not to get better with age.]   Wo= rd-Play Confessions =3D   I have been experimenting…

[Many assume I was a precocious and intelligent student even= as a child. I applaud your astute intellect and deductive skills.  He= re are a few examples of my brain in action in third grade.] TEACHER: Bob, name one important thing we have in A= merica today that we didn’t…