Tag: award-winning humorist
member name: Mike Ball
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April 09, 2006 10:19 PM EDT --
First published May 6, 2005
In my opinion, the two greatest inventions of all time are cell phones and those little plastic dealies on the end of shoe laces (those of you who think I should promote things . . .
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April 15, 2006 11:48 AM EDT --
First published April 22, 2005
The Egyptians engineered the Pyramids. The Romans engineered the Coliseum. Somebody or other apparently engineered Stonehenge. And a couple of weeks ago, my friend Tom . . .
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October 06, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
I want an iPod.
Really. In fact, I believe that I might be the only person left on the planet who truly comprehends the cultural significance of the iPod and yet still doesn't have one.
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December 22, 2006 12:18 AM EST --
The holidays are here again, and throughout the land families are getting ready for the fun. The average mom is working day and night, addressing the cards, planning the merry-making and doing everything . . .
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April 09, 2006 08:59 PM EDT --
First published July 9, 2005
As I mentioned in this column a few weeks ago, I have a Doberman named Brenna, who happens to be the biggest baby of all dogs. Ok, I know what you're going to say; that . . .
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May 15, 2006 12:23 AM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (Almost) Dose of Satire
May 13, 2006
One of the most common bumper stickers seen on the road in the past year or so reads, "Don't Blame Me, I . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Satire from What I've Learned So Far...
May 15, 2005
Legendary Rolling Stone Keith Richards was released from a New Zealand hospital yesterday following brain surgery to repair injuries incurred . . .
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May 18, 2006 05:31 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
May 18, 2006
The eagerly-anticipated movie version of the DaVinci Code is scheduled to debut in the U.S. on Friday, . . .
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February 23, 2007 12:22 AM EST --
If there is one recurring theme in my column (and I can assure you there is at least one, since recurring themes can save a busy writer like me many hours of tedious work, like research or coming up with . . .
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September 27, 2007 01:24 PM EDT --
On Sunday, September 23, we experienced the magnificent Autumnal Equinox, one of the two days out of every year when we enjoy exactly equal amounts of day and night. It also marks the beginning of Autumn, . . .
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April 21, 2006 06:39 PM EDT --
A while back, this column featured a primer on youth ice hockey. As I write this, the NHL Playoffs are just getting into full swing, and they will keep on swinging, landing some pretty good blows, until . . .
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December 20, 2007 01:06 PM EST --
What do you suppose Paris Hilton wants for Christmas?
I recently read in the New York Post (sometimes I like to go slumming - what can I say?) that the girl who is Famous For Being Famous just wants . . .
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October 01, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
Not too long ago I got my first real massage.
Ok guys, get all the stupid "Lucky Lotus Massage Parlor" and "Happy Ending" jokes out of your system. I'll wait.
Finished? . . .
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July 22, 2009 03:51 PM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that someone had replaced my home page with a picture of a monkey holding a gun, despite all sorts of server and network security. I have passwords for my passwords, . . .
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September 21, 2007 01:07 AM EDT --
My friend Mary recently showed me a photo she took on vacation. It's a close-up of a blue sign with white letters, painted on steel and a little rusty around the edges, nailed to the wooden siding . . .
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December 09, 2007 02:44 PM EST --
You know, I'm willing to bet that there's some guy in your neighborhood whose roof is literally sagging under the weight of a giant Santa, a small herd of reindeer, and a life-sized nativity scene . . .
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August 06, 2009 05:02 PM EDT --
OK, this is going to come as a shock to a lot of you. It is not the kind of thing I ordinarily discuss here. In fact the only reason I'm doing it at all is that, now that President Obama has everything . . .
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January 30, 2008 03:44 PM EST --
Our lake finally froze.
Actually, this year we had the earliest hard freeze I can remember, followed by a complete January thaw. You know, it seems like everywhere you look, the weather is doing . . .
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October 29, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
Emerging from Penn Station with their wheeled luggage rattling along behind them, a balding and vaguely frightened-looking father speaks in excited German over his shoulder to his bewildered wife and . . .
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July 01, 2009 03:25 PM EDT --
Well, here it is – the Fourth of July Weekend!
Sweaty Americans from sea to shining sea will be dumping something like 150 million bags of crushed ice over 1.1 billion cans of beer in coolers, . . .
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