Tag: humor column
member name: Mike Ball
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May 06, 2006 09:33 PM EDT --
First published February 3, 2006
When I was a kid, my parents loved to humiliate me by hugging me in public, or to crush my dreams of glory by keeping me from sky-diving off the tool shed. Back then, . . .
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May 18, 2006 08:24 PM EDT --
As I've mentioned frequently in my column, 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 your little poodlie-cocka-whatever . . .
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July 21, 2006 03:19 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
July 21, 2006
With his new movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest breaking all box office records, cinema . . .
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May 02, 2006 11:57 AM EDT --
First published January 13, 2006
This is a little out of season, but I'm posting it at the request of Heather.
You know, to me the worst thing about a Midwestern winter is not the gray skies. It's . . .
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June 30, 2006 05:57 PM EDT --
The Sci Fi Channel recently produced a TV special, called "Countdown To Doomsday" in which experts consider ten really crappy ways human civilization might come to an end. Possibilities include . . .
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January 13, 2007 03:50 PM EST --
I got an iPod for Christmas. This proves that you can accomplish just about anything if you put your mind to it. And if you're willing to whine a lot.
Now, I realize that not too long ago I wrote . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
Driving by the high school parking lot last week, I was struck by the fact that every vehicle sitting out there that could be clearly and easily distinguished from a pile of scrap metal. Most of them were . . .
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May 23, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
The Gig is finished. My throat has recovered to the extent that I can croak out whole sentences. I've polished most of the flop sweat off the guitars. I've collected my check. And through the whole . . .
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May 07, 2006 12:25 PM EDT --
First published February 10, 2006
Last week in this column we tackled the use of "blogs" by "Generation Y," or "Generation Z" or "Generation Shrek" or whatever . . .
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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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April 28, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
First published April 28, 2006
I just got off the phone with my son. He's twenty-four years old, he's not sick, and he doesn't need money (at least not from me). Under these circumstances . . .
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April 29, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
It was just after a session of sunset barefooting, and two of my friends were carrying me up the dock from the lake. My wife was standing on the shore with her hands on her hips in that universal wife-pose . . .
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June 01, 2006 11:14 PM EDT --
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
June 2, 2006
Three separate research papers published in the June 1, 2006 issue of the journal Nature all indicate that 55 million years ago the Arctic enjoyed . . .
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June 08, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
June 8, 2006
In the immediate aftermath of terrorist leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi's death, there is a rumor that the . . .
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July 19, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
July 18, 2006
A new ring tone has been developed that is out of the hearing range of most adults, but which can be easily . . .
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August 04, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
I love my grill.
Admittedly, this statement coming from an American male is about as shocking as saying, "When it comes to breathing, I lean toward air." But there it is - I'm a dedicated . . .
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August 18, 2006 05:55 PM EDT --
Spokeswoman says, "This Explains A Lot."
What I've Learned So Far... Today
August 18, 2006
A team of female scientists at the prestigious Petaluma Institute For . . .
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December 24, 2006 02:42 AM EST --
Well, we’re in it now. There’s snow on the ground, and every public building you walk into has either Bing Crosby or Weezer crooning about it. Holiday cards have started coming in from all . . .
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January 21, 2007 06:48 PM EST --
My son and I recently went into a candle store to buy my wife a candle for a gift. On purpose. Just the two of us guys.
What could we have been thinking?
When I was a kid, there were two kinds of candles . . .
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May 16, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
I have a gig coming up. How cool is that?
For those of you who are not rock legends - or who have never watched a television show or a movie about rock legends – or who have been living on one of . . .
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