Recent Posts Tagged With 'observation'

• Becoming Audience

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 21:06 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, observation, Barack Obama, Government, Political Humor, animal rights, scooters, sunday school, feeds, feedburner

  This past Sunday I was attending Sunday School and the teacher was discussing ethics and the issues we face today. He had filled a whiteboard with words and phrases like: reproduction, abortion, education, creation, animal rights, the environment, ma...

• I’m Not A Politician, I Just Play One In DC

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 08:27 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, observation, Barack Obama, bbc, Government, Political Humor, chris matthews, topical, sanjay gupta, secretary of the treasury

  As I’ve mentioned before, topical humor has the lifespan of a fruit fly, but it is a good skill to develop. Here is a conservative slant on the cabinet. Well “Hollywood” Obama has named Sanjay Gupta as his nominee for surgeon genera...

• It’s A Wonderful Life - The Sequel

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 09:49 in observation, writing, medicinal marijuana, frank capra, topical, bedford malls

  Playing on the familiar is a great way to inject humor. The subject can be widely known or may be known only to the members of your audience. Since most people tend to take things at face value and not probe for what’s beneath, a little embelli...

• Splinters In Your Career

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 10:48 in observation, experience, instruction, past, cosby, bottle rockets, don rickles, damage control, random brilliance, techniques & principles, bunker buster bomb, lucky socks

  Chris at That Guy Over There pointed out that I had forgotten to call “No Backsies,” and followed up this friendly tip by tagging me again for The Seven Things Meme.  I promised some ideas about mining your past in There’s Gold in ...

• There’s Gold in Them Thar Ills!

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 13:03 in observation, addiction, cartoon, experience, speaking, william shakespeare, mel brooks, kahlil gibran, st peter, national speakers association, pearly gates, found humor

  Kahil Gibran the Persian author of The Prophet, wrote, “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.” Mel Brooks had a slightly different take, “Traged...

• Have You Heard The One About…

  Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 22:01 in observation, experience, speaking, instruction, joke story, random brilliance, techniques & principles, boys life magazine

  In my series on Jury Duty last week, Jaz from Off The Cuff made a comment regarding a story I used in the post Jury Duty - Oh the Drama! His comment was: “That’s an old joke that I have seen on the net for years. This sounds like you saw it y...