Category: Humor

The Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iS3pMBjK70 A family friend and his hilarious coworkers at Gig Harbor Fire made this video for their banquet this year. One develops a certain sense of humor when working in these fields, but I’m sure that everyone can appreciate a department poking fun at itself… In reality these guys risk their lives for total strangers, […]

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De Throne(d)

A couple of weeks ago I was driving down the road and saw red balloons out in front of someone’s house as if they were having a party. Wait—there were no festivities. They were recycling a toilet. I think. Instantly my brain turned to “caption this photo”and “classified ad” mode. With a Boston accent: There’s […]

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Silly Therapy

Today while running errands in Seattle, I decided to visit the Archie McPhee store at its new location in Wallingford. They moved to 45th and Stone Way from Ballard in mid-2009. I dooon’t liiikkkeee being in Seattle for long. There’s only a few places I ever go to in Seattle on purpose. I can’t stand […]

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Dream On

Some people who read my blog love trading or rehashing crazy family stories, and goodness knows my family has a lot of them. After hearing Aerosmith’s Dream On the other day, I had to write this one down. Early in high school my best friend spent the night. We came up with a practical joke […]

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Holen Sie schnell Hilfe!

I’ve always said that in cat theology, cats see God as God, but the devil appears as a vacuum cleaner. ************************************************************************************* German cat turns on vacuum, causes emergency alert Associated Press BERLIN — A cat home alone in Germany apparently turned on the vacuum cleaner, frightened itself half to death and wound up being attended […]

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Hot Toe Picker

The temperature may reach 90 degrees near Seattle today after a long stretch of unseasonably cool, wet weather. So it’s a good time to feature a classic clip from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. I can’t take credit for finding it, but it’s a family favorite: “Pick my toe, it’s hot!”

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