Humor

Need a Good Laugh? Check Out These Videos:

by Shawn January 18, 2012

Sometimes Wednesday feels like the middle of nowhere. Check out these videos and laugh your way into Thursday: The first two are by Tripp and Tyler. Their “Sh*t No One Says” video may or may not be on The Today Show at 10am this morning. The hilarious bears video was created by Bryan Allain. For [...]

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Cade and I Discuss the Merits of an Invisible God Who Often Doesn’t Seem to be Listening

by Shawn January 17, 2012

“Hey, Dad, how come hard things happen in life?” I stared into the rear view mirror, peering through the darkness to catch a glimpse of my 8-year-old son in the back seat of the minivan. After the meal at Friendly’s, I felt stuffed. Heat rushed from the dashboard, trying to put me to sleep. My [...]

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Five Writing Secrets Found in the Movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

by Shawn January 13, 2012

I don’t remember the first time I watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but (as I’ve explained while pulling writing secrets from other 80s movies) I was only nine years old for most of 1986 and there’s no way my parents were going to let me watch a PG-13 rated movie at that point. But it [...]

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My Plans For Next Halloween

by Shawn November 1, 2011

Halloween is less than a day behind us, but I’ve already got some great plans for next year. First of all, I’m going to build one of these: And when it comes to pumpkin carving next year, this is definitely the way to go (thanks to Brandon Fisher): But if I tried to blow something [...]

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Can You Solve Today’s Story Riddle?

by Shawn October 27, 2011

She sat there, in bed, looking around at the others. She tried to act normal, tried to disguise the panic slowly rising. Nothing out of the ordinary had happened to them that morning – they went about their routines. They stretched and eventually stood up, grabbed a bite to eat, took their time getting a [...]

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My Human Alarm Clock

by Shawn September 13, 2011

Nearly every morning these days I wake up to the sound of little feet. I can hear them coming through the living room, scratching on the carpet, practically prancing with energy and excitement at a new day. It’s our little Abra, and she comes into our bedroom, climbs up up up into our tall bed [...]

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The Debt Ceiling According to Dr. Seuss

by Shawn August 2, 2011

I’m Uncle Sam I’m Uncle Sam Uncle Sam is who I am That Uncle Sam! That Uncle Sam! I do not like that Uncle Sam! Do you like your debt with ham? I do not like it, Uncle Sam. I do not like my debt with ham.

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