Readers - do not be alarmed, but pay careful attention to what I am about to share with you. Yesterday, a convention full of North Dakota firefighters converged on West Fargo. I know this not because I was asked to be the honorary goodwill ambassador, a speaker, or even a mascot - I know this [...]
Tag: Humor
A lesser of evils?
I like the slideshow presentations regularly found in cyberspace that give you short lists of tips. It is like an old school Reader's Digest version - a short, concise summary with pictures. That is my speed. The most recent slideshow I viewed was titled: Pests, Be Gone! 10 Natural Ways to Make Your Home Critter-Free. [...]
Grading B-I-N-G-O
It is that time of year again - grading time. I always enter this period with optimism, but about halfway in my optimism starts to degrade and I begin thinking of quicker, less painful ways to grade. My favorite creative idea for grading when I hit this point in the grading crunch is to throw [...]
And the birdbrain is…
I am sure that in a world filled with factoids that there must be some data on the bird species that are fairly unaware of the threats they face. I am willing to bet, even though I have never read a single thing about this, that robins are on that list (better off than turkeys, but not [...]
My heart is a tiny piece of coal…
One of the things that college faculty become well-acquainted with are excuses. After teaching for a few years you recognize that the same old excuses come up again and again. I don't pay too much mind to excuses. My students know there are limits to my flexibility and my patience. They know that I will [...]
Die winter…die!
The word from the National Weather Service is that a wallop is coming our way. This looks like one that the whole state will be able to "enjoy" - well, yippee ki yay. Just what all us North Dakota folks wanted - more winter. All this extra snow will just make flood season that much [...]
IT WAS TENSE.
I like clever humor. The kind of humor that it may take folks a moment to appreciate...the kind of humor that is brilliant in its simplicity. This is the kind of humor you typically find on specialty t-shirts. Humor that you'll see someone wearing in passing and think - hmmmm, now that's clever. I am [...]
THE NEW FORTY 