Category Archives: Humor

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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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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Riding the 4th of July Stretcher

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Clear, blue skies pushed choking humidity to the last 20 feet above the crabgrass. That way, even tall people on a ladder or a drunk sitting in a lawn chair on top of his RV could feel it. Temps flirted … Continue reading →

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Monkey Porn

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Terry Taylor

On a recent trip to a large, well-known zoo, my family and I strolled into the funky-smelling monkey house. Apes and gorilla’s of every brand lounged and hung, one-armed, from limbs behind the fences, moats and glass. When we got … Continue reading →

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The Art Of Crust

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Terry Taylor

I’ve often spoken of my bizarre Forest Gumpian past as it relates to famous people (especially Southerners), and I will not rehash that list of historical and cultural figures yet again. It is just not that interesting anymore, at least … Continue reading →

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Civets Coffee

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Perhaps you’ve read about the Southeast Asian Civets’ droppings coffee. Very rare poo, indeed – literally. A cat-like Civet eats the coffee beans, digests them, craps them out and people gather the caffeinated civet turd mixture and sell it for … Continue reading →

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A Brilliant Alternative To Retirement Homes

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Over the weekend, I heard about a brilliant piece of thinking from a man in Florida. His name is Ricardo. I hate to use peoples’ names in this space since sometimes my writing attracts unsavory elements and angry retorts, but … Continue reading →

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The Fall and Rise Of Rudy

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Our backyard lies in the shade in winter. Snow is still two feet deep back there. The slow melt of day freezes into a hockey rink every night. Icicles the size of Darth Vader’s light saber flow off the eaves … Continue reading →

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My Sign Sucks

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Terry Taylor

We all have to be something. Aries, Tarus, Winnebago. I am a Sagittarius. I have never put even a remote amount of faith into such things. I’ve always figured our fortune was guided or blunted by our own actions, not … Continue reading →

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Whuzusayinbutmebo?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Terry Taylor

 On a recent trip to the Deep South to take care of some unpleasant business, I began to notice a few incidences of the famous Southern accent evolving into something akin to a foreign language. Not everyone speaks it, but … Continue reading →

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Fast Food

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I hate to admit this, but I have eaten an animal we hit during a rainstorm as we were driving down the road. Truth is, I have eaten more than one. It’s been a long time, and it was … Continue reading →

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Sniffing Around The Christmas Tree

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  Christmas morning 1972. Smells of link sausage hang above a table filling with grits, eggs, cathead biscuits and homemade jelly from the blueberry bush out back. The aroma of Prell shampoo sneaks out from under the bathroom door and … Continue reading →

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Meat? Log? Both?

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I get a lot of catalogs this time of year. They are filled with fruitcakes, hams, smoked turkeys, cheese, jelly, cookies shaped like Santa, etc. So what do they do with this stuff come January? Hopefully they don’t save … Continue reading →

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Lights and Kremes

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Terry Taylor

When I was growing up, we weren’t exactly wealthy, to say the least. For entertainment during the holidays, my family (and sometimes friends) would brew up a Thermos of strong coffee, pile into the old Bel Air, fog up the … Continue reading →

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