HOLIDAY EATING TIPS Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they’re serving rum balls. . Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It’s rare… You cannot find it any other
In 1997, Jerry Seinfeld and his team created a great holiday for the folks who are challenged by the concept of Hannukha and Christmas and perhaps even Kwanzaa. Many of us believe that it was the Seinfeld show that created Festivus but actually it was created by Dennis O’Keefe in 1966. O’Keefe is a comedy writer
Peace and Tranquility I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, “The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all
“If the enemy is in range, so are you.” Infantry Journal “It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.” U.S. Air Force “Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.”- General MacArthur
It was a few years ago that the toll on I-90 at Randall Road near St. Charles Illinois was 40 cents. I did not have an iPass, nor an iPhone or iPad at that time. It always angered me that tolls were collected as the damned toll booths typically slowed traffic so that we, the
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Grandmothers and Grandfathers? Well, here it is: There was this loving grandfather who always made a special effort to spend time with his son’s family on weekends. Every Saturday morning he would take his 7-year-old granddaughter out for a drive in the car for some quality time –
When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three
It was in Winnipeg many years ago. I was a bright young salesman for Varian Canada. It was probably 1975 or so before I was promoted to sales manager. A sales manager would never make this mistake. As I recall I arrived in Winnipeg late one evening and had plans to visit several customers the
A nostalgic moment! Today I came across an article on Facebook leading to a photo of Queen Elizabeth II wearing purple. As my mom got older she loved a poem that’s called “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple” I am seeing that the Queen is also a lover of purple, I
An oldie but goodie. Balls are like Pussies, there’s always a joke somewhere. After a 2 year study, the National Science Foundation announced the following results on America’s recreational preferences: The sport of choice for unemployed or incarcerated people is: basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is: bowling. The sport of choice
My wife Cheryl and I own a small business. It's called AMJO. Our two kids were named Amy and Jody. Maybe you can figure out where the name came from?
Many years ago in the early nineties, before my dad passed away, he was in hospital in Sherbrooke Quebec. He was having some blood flow issues and he had just had an operation on his carotid artery and was slowly recovering. The operation itself was not painful but the recovery was. The operation required that
In high school, I was president of the Drama Club and one year we put on a British play, my brain is scrambling to remember the name of the play. The story that follows is still funny and TRUE. The play requires a picture of the queen to be on the wall of the set.
I did write a book a few years ago and it opens with this tale of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The book is still available at Amazon and a few other online stores. Even WH Smith in the UK used to have it! I was six years old; the year was 1953 and
We hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some of whom we hadn’t seen for ages and everyone was encouraged to bring their children along as well. (Sorry, if you were not invited.) All throughout dinner my wife’s best friend’s four-year-old daughter stared at me as I sat opposite her. The girl could hardly