Humor Writing

If you haven't been to the zoo in a while, join Andy and friends for a whacky tour through the whackiest zoo you've ever seen.

My first attempt at satire for a while, inspired by a furniture shopping experience. Hope you enjoy!

Dear Andy has had a lot of laughter in his recent installment.

It's surprising what kind of recipes a vegan will slip to her carnivore husband. I took this for being an experiment in slow cooking, which turned into a robust tasting meal with very cheap ingredients. All you need is a crockpot that will cook low and slow for eight hours. This is not health food.

Dear Andy is an advice column, pun style. Today, he answers more personal questions his readers have asked about his private life. It is chock full of Andy trivia, the Beatles puns woven throughout.

If you've always wanted to know Dear Andy better, this is the time to learn about him. He answers personal questions asked by people who write in.

Do your friends think of you as smug, arrogant, a blowhard? Do you have an opinion? Do you enjoy controversy? Then you too can be a Tv pundit!

I suppose every phylum has one, a species that just can't seem to make up their mind what they want to be. No one does this better than the platypus.

Just when you thought it was safe, those pesky aliens are abducting earthlings. How would you handle a delicate intergalactic situation? Read my informative How-to Guide on Alien Abductions!

Have you ever wanted to be a TV doctor? It's not as difficult as you think. Read my How-to guide collected from over forty years of television-induced stupor. Don't underestimate yourself! You too can be a TV doctor.

The older you get, the more you become a caricature of yourself. Growing old is like staring into a fun house mirror. Is that really me, you ask? Careful who you laugh at, you too may one day resemble the object of your scorn!

A Satirical tale taking place in 2055. Two parents give their daughter a history lesson about the Great Apocalypse of 2020 when the global pandemic of the Coronavirus broke out. People in their panic did some pretty wild things.

My quality time with my husband and my pets has increased substantially by being home all day every day. I have been married to my husband for 30 years. Yet, by being home during this time, I have learned things about him -- and my pets -- I never knew.

Recess. Third grade. This was serious stuff. Careers were made, reputations lost at recess. One day, one play. That was all it took to go from hero to zero. "Harold has the measles", they said. "You're in left field. Don't screw it up" In the back of my mind I knew Mary Kay was watching!

Dear Andy's advice column has gone viral.

Want to get away with any crime, any infraction big or small, or just generally want to be perceived as a good person despite your terrible behavior? Well I have the ultimate guide right here for you. With this helpful guide you'll learn how to be squeaky clean while rolling in the filth.

A slight lapse of concentration and a word spills onto the page that can cause embarrassment and cost a lot of money.

The strangest (and sometimes funniest) Coronavirus headlines, articles and other news items

Mercury retrograde poses a great threat to humanity and for too long we have let it go unchecked. No more! We must band together and demand our leaders take action. We must push Mercury into the Sun for the good of all! Mercury Delenda Est!

If your kids are like mine, the fighting Never Ends. Someone is always “looking at me funny” or “breathing near me”. Here 10 ways to stay Blissfully Optmistic even during an “It was my favorite color first” argument!

I have organized and managed teams of mechanics that were beyond skilled, and never had so much as a hiccup in terms of managing teams of men as a young female in manufacturing and transport management. But my dating life? It couldn't manage it's way out of a paper bag. What if I did this....

This is a huge collection of inspirational quotes and sayings that will not only raise your spirits, but also make you laugh.

This poem is about a man who gave a woman a single beautiful rose. But that woman wasn't his wife. I hope you enjoy it and have a laugh.

103 daily thoughts of Mom.

Sometimes rage'n just feels so good.

Dear Andy has a lot of canine in his letters this week from weirdos and kooks.

Who doesn't love a refreshing bath in the afternoon? After this, I had reservations.

Recently, amidst the gun debate, a serious question was posed about how one was supposed to deal with a herd of 30-50 feral hogs if one did not have access to assault weapons. Here are a few solutions.

If someone hurts your feelings or destroys your life the best way to repair the damage is by finding ways to heal. If you are interested in helping the person who hurt you by furthering the hurt by holding onto a grudge for life, this article is for you!

Our advice columnist Dear Andy has returned from a few weeks of R&R. It seems his readers have to.

Aristotle once said, "Speak so that I may see you," and like it or not, fair or not, we are judged according to how we use language -- increasingly, nowadays, how we write. That's why using what is called "correct" grammar is important in our business and social lives.

As I browse through offers and products on Amazon, some things bring a smile to my face and enlighten my life!

Here is an alphabet’s worth of words that you would be wise not to use for fear of being labelled a vocabulary snob.

Dear Andy's writers this week speak strangely in Malapropisms. They use the wrong words and it makes for some good laughs.

It's the 2020 election season. The candidates are all trying to get advice from Andy or to cull his favor and support. It's rather silly what lengths they will go to to be heard.

Dear Andy has another array of weird and silly letters. He goes around the world without leaving his desk. This weeks theme is other countries. Hope you get a good laugh.

I write about five kinds of people that deserve some special praise.

Dear Andy's advice column this week is as whacky as all the others. This week Andy's writers are caught up in technology jargon. Start your Monday with laughter.

Dear Andy is back and his advice is music to the ears.

Dear Andy gets some pretty funny writers with weird stories and questions. This week he nearly died laughing as he gave advice.

Dear Andy hears from some real bird-brains this week. Join the fun but don't join the flock.

The English language is universal, but it needs a revamp. With my tongue firmly in my cheek, I identify aspects that need to be overhauled. Let's dispense with the ceremony of correct grammar and jump straight into how much damage we can do with my recommendations.

You may think that the innocent-looking banana is everyone’s friend. Not in a hundred years could such a piece of fruit cause anyone any trouble. But in the darkness, it happens.

A short, descriptive, anxiety-driven and humorous story about an awkward moment in my life.

Dear Andy has plenty of entertainment in this weekly installment of his advice column.

My satirical take on what it is like living on my own and having to cook for myself, and how I would cope if the day come that I ever had to entertain guests.

Cats can write blogs? Well, no, but it's fun to pretend, and some serious beneficial work is done behind the scenes.