Category Archives: Humor

The Christmas Goose Comes Early

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Saturday shoppers strut through Tyson’s Corner mall. Christmas is in two weeks. You can see the building stress in their faces. The line for Santa is long and coughing and features a juggling elf amid a gauntlet of snotty sleeves … Continue reading →

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Let’s all gather around the fake tree – the tattered Tannenbaum that no one will want to take down in January – and pretend we can’t wait to watch “A Christmas Story” for 24 straight hours on tbs. Fah-ra-ra-ra-ra. It’s … Continue reading →

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Our Rotten Turkey

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Thanksgiving is built around the idea of being thankful, and that premise worked right up until I ripped open the plastic sheathing on our fresh bird to find something truly foul. Eating turkey on Thanksgiving this year will be difficult.

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Squirrels Are Eating My House

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Squirrels ate our tomatoes, yanking them from the vine, taking one bite and tossing them across the yard like a redneck throwing beer bottles and candy wrappers out of a truck window. Squirrels ate everything in our neighbor’s garden this … Continue reading →

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There, I said It

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Terry Taylor

I’m going to have to admit something I do not want to fess up to. No, I did not DVR today’s episode of The View. I’m not that beat down. Yet. It is almost as embarrassing, though, and shameful, as … Continue reading →

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What Will You Be This Halloween?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Halloween is big business. This year it’s bigger than ever. In a recent survey, over 40 percent of respondents said they will be wearing costumes. Americans plan to spend an average of $66.28 each – or upwards of $20.4 billion. … Continue reading →

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It Happened At The County Fair

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

After reading an article about state fairs in the New York Times, I was reminded of the smells of a fair. It is a wholly unique aroma; part cotton candy, part funnel cake, part hot dogs, part candied apples, part … Continue reading →

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Death and Entertainment

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A story this week in the Wall Street Journal (thank you Jan Crable for finding this) tells of cemeteries across America hosting concerts, barbecues, dances and cookouts to attract new customers in tough times. Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419263519517820.html After … Continue reading →

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My Neighborless Behavior

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Terry Taylor

I wake up early and nudge Rudy from doggy sleep inside his beloved crate where he snoozes like Bill the vampire on True Blood. Rudy stretches and runs immediately downstairs grabbing one of his dozens of tennis balls, some broken. … Continue reading →

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I Write Like

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Jeff Johnson sent me a website I have not seen before. He is like a Google bot when it comes to rooting around the Web. It was featured on Holy Kow, Guy Kawasaki’s content aggregation site. The site purports to … Continue reading →

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