Tag: monday moring humor
member name: Greg Schiller
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May 19, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
After four hours of touring the flat expanses of Eastern North Dakota, I told my buddy I'd seen empty parking lots with more scenery.
At least parking lots have interesting stuff like white . . .
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July 07, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
Obviously the Humor Gang has recovered from the long July 4th weekend. (For those living at latitudes and longitudes not tormented by American electoral politics, there is less of an excuse, for instance . . .
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July 14, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
The happiest man in the world is a pink little guy I used to care for at the Faribault State Hospital in Minnesota. "The Colonel" was born with severe Down's Syndrome, yet he enjoyed . . .
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July 21, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
Sorry, I am late and lean with today's update. I just got off a conference call with Gather Central, where I had a sneak peek at the new format you will see tomorrow. I . . .
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March 17, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
Bud asked Irene, "If gambling is so fun, how come no one here is smiling?"
She didn't have an answer for that, neither did she have an excuse for dragging him into Ceasar's Palace. . . .
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March 24, 2008 08:13 AM EDT --
In January of 1976, Jimmy Carter smiled his way toward the presidency, I worked third shift in a steel foundry, a communist army occupied Saigon and the coldest winter in decades gripped the Twin Cities. . . .
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April 14, 2008 07:17 AM EDT --
I have been told by experts in such matters that on a golf course I am a clear and present danger to all living things as well as any inanimate object within the range of half a mile.
Much of this . . .
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May 12, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
My ex-wife waged endless war over the mess in our kid's bedrooms.
She was a master of command and control who viewed every tiff over cleaning as the final battle of Armageddon. . . .
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June 30, 2008 06:23 AM EDT --
Yesterday, I broke new ground for workers rights.
It occurred near the coffee machine where I did a little dance with a new employee. I was so preoccupied with the "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" postings . . .
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August 11, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
Good Morning Gathered,
First, allow me to thank John Philipp for filling in last week as Gather Essentials: Writing Member Editor. He did a fine job (as you may have noticed by the uptick in the quality . . .
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October 20, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
There are a number of books that I read and re-read. Some I read because when I read them, I want to write like that. Others I read because when I read them, I learn the way to . . .
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December 08, 2008 12:48 PM EST --
We all have our morning rituals. Mine is waking up well before sunrise and padding into my home office to fire up the computer. While it struggles from slumber, I make coffee and argue with the cat. . . .
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February 11, 2008 12:02 AM EST --
My brother is looking for a house. A month ago, he handed me a picture of a beautifully restored Victorian for $850,000. He teased "Should I buy it?"
It was the house we grew up . . .
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February 18, 2008 08:12 AM EST --
On bitter cold days like we have had this last week, the world locks up and shuts down. Nothing moves that does not have to move and what does move, complains about it. Even the mercury at . . .
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February 25, 2008 12:04 AM EST --
I pondered reincarnation the other day.
The reason was simple, I am the notorious procrastinator who neglected to empty the cat box on garbage day. Now both my wife and cat are making . . .
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June 09, 2008 07:36 AM EDT --
Last weekend, summer stopped by for a short visit.
I planned to greet it on the patio with a book and a beer but my wife, a zealous crusader against relaxation, insisted we go to Grand Old Days, . . .
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September 01, 2008 12:07 AM EDT --
I love me wife. She is my partner. She is my best friend. I rely on her for advice, support and solace, but there are times when I don't like her that much.
This may seem a paradox, but . . .
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September 22, 2008 12:06 AM EDT --
Obama wants change. McCain wants change. Everyone wants change but me.
It is not so much that I am stuck in the what-is as I am deeply suspicion of the angst that drives - what-if.
The truth is . . .
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October 13, 2008 12:06 AM EDT --
My first love was my first car.
Oh, I've had crushes before but never anything close to love -- but that car, that was love.
She wasn't much to look at, just a snot-green . . .
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November 03, 2008 12:06 AM EST --
Last Thursday, I wasted much of the day in quiet desperation.
I started out small, moping over the sinister new howl in my transmission and worked my way up through the hierarchy of daily worries. . . .
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