tagged with: humor

2016

October
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humor

The Saddest Letter I Ever Received

On the eve of Halloween, from the heartland of a nation gripped by political flapdoodle, an entreaty for sage counsel arrives at the desk of the inimitable Ghost of Mark Twain...

March
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advice humor

You, The Magician

It’s absolutely possible to retrain your inner voice, no matter what your age. We're magic!

2015

May
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history humor

Is Shakespeare Dead?

Whoever wrote Shakespeare's plays certainly did knock the spots out of any literature since Cervantes and, to my mind, knocked the spots out of any literature right up to the day Mark Twain arrived on the scene.

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humor lifestyle

Coffee Talk: The Legend of Kaldi

Have you ever heard the legend of Kaldi and the Dancing Goats? One legend tells us that while Kaldi was tending his goats one day, he noticed several of his herd eating bright red “berries” from a nearby tree...

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humor personal

Josephine

In pouring over this morning’s photos of the reenactment of the battle of Appomattox, I had to think of Josephine Baldassare, as behind every one of those living history reenactors is a talented, dedicated and caring seamstress who is able to take an ordinary man, and turn that man into General Grant, or General Lee, a soldier, or a young drummer boy.