June 19th, 1978 saw the birth of one of the most beloved and best known comic strips of all time, Garfield, a tale of an ornery but lovable orange tabby cat, his owner Jonathan Q. Arbuckle, better known simply as Jon, and the long-eared but equally adorable Odie the dog. Garfield was the brain child […]
The satirical and edgy comic strip “The Boondocks,” created by Aaron McGruder, involves two young African American brothers from inner-city Chicago who explore life living with their grandfather in an unassuming suburb of the big city. The strip, which ran in syndicate from April 19, 1999 to March 26, 2007, was certainly no stranger to […]
Robin Williams’ manic style of comedy earns him the honor of being called a living legend. His wild improvisational skills bring both humor and excitement to his performances, and his impersonations are truly unique. Williams has the rare gift of taking on character traits with apparent abandon, moving in and out of personalities with ease […]
Time flys - even when you’re not having fun. Everyone talks about it, but talking is all we do. According to the Oxford Dictionary, talking about time has made it the most frequently used noun in the English language. Year is the third most frequently used noun, day is the fifth and week is the […]
Everyone has an opinion about cooking. Robert Frost said, “There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will”. Buddy Hackett said, “My mother’s menu consisted of two things: take it or leave it” and Phyllis Diller said her meals were so […]
The comforts of home depend on where home is. I’ve lived in a trailer, an apartment, a condo, a house and with my in-laws. Everywhere I’ve lived I’ve known that home is where the heart is. What I’ve learned is that neighbors can give you heartburn.
Now I live in Los Angeles, where they want […]
The magician asked me to pick a card, write my name on it and shuffle it back into the deck. The next time I saw that card it was in a sealed bottle of Fiji water. If you know how he did it, don’t tell me. I like to be tricked.
I like to watch magicians […]
Charlie Chaplin’s comedy was rich in creativity and cleverness. His ability to make his audience laugh while touching universal chords of emotions was a rare gift. Perhaps his childhood made him sensitive to the thoughts of other people, or maybe his sad upbringing gave him the motivation to move beyond the limits of poverty. Whatever […]
As a child, I played hopscotch. Throw a stone, hop, pick up a stone, repeat. It was a simple game that passed the time and fed my competitive nature. When I took my first cruise, I discovered adult hopscotch - shuffleboard. You play shuffleboard when your hopping days are over - when you shuffle instead […]
With the advent of digital photography and the latest in digital cameras that come out with new innovations almost every year, it’s no surprise that the average photo enthusiast can do some amazing things to their photographs and even add funny effects and touch ups.
With the new software technology that has come out in recent […]
