Category: Humor

  • It's time to break away from the deep, literary seriousness of this blog and have some fun. This version of the Presidential debate is more entertaining, and probably closer to the truth, than the actual event! Enjoy!  

  • One of the coolest pieces of sales training I ever received was, "Answer a question with a question." What a slick idea, I thought. Then I tried it. Wow, talk about difficult. When Jesus entered the temple toward the end of his earthly ministry, He was confronted by the religious gate keepers of His day…

  • Congratulations to the winner of the recent Caption Contest 2012.6! Here is the winning entry: Mark Mester said… Urine trouble now! June 13, 2012 at 06:03 PM Mark: Simply comment on this blog with your mailing address (which will remain confidential) and you'll receive a free, autographed copy of my latest book, A Month of…

  • As I depict in my book, A Month of Italy: Rediscovering the Art of Vacation, one of the most interesting aspects of travel is the chance to notice things that are usually obscured by the bustle of daily living. This is even more true when traveling internationally, when so much is unfamiliar, and, well, foreign.…

  • Ok, Ok, I know, it's been a while since we've had a caption contest and you're just dying to know who won the last one, right? Well, the truth is, those of us who administer this blog of lofty literary renown have been busy laughing at the many great captions turned in for the last…

  • I have received several requests to post the "Play on Words" puns and such that I gave in one of my talks at this past weekend's Spring Leadership Convention. These are not original, to be sure, but funny! I changed my iPad's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. I know a guy who's addicted to…

  • There seems to be a little confusion lately regarding the proper color for off-road motorcycle boots. I believe that this mix-up is typical of amateurs new to a sport, who confuse details such as ON ROAD and OFF ROAD motorcycling. This is unfortunate, but what can be done? Sometimes people with little-to-no experience in something…

  • Over the course of my life I've been fortunate enough to find myself with a vantage point on the behavior of all types of people under all sorts of circumstances. An enormous benefit of this has been the sheer entertainment value provided therein. One example of this is the contact sport which has provided hours…

  • Finally, the winner of the last Caption Contest has been selected! It was a tough choice, but ultimately, the panel of judges was most entertained by the following submission: iCute! Posted by: Tony Hendricks | February 21, 2012 at 05:53 PM Congratulations to Tony! Just comment on this blog with an address (which will remain anonymous)…

  • The other day I was playing around on Twitter and sent out some "one-sided" words. Among the many other peculiarities of our language, one-sided words are those we use in one form, but never in the other.  As you read through these, see if you can think up some more and add them to the…