So I’m humble, grateful, and dancing my little arse off! — Yes, indeedy, Sweetie! I did it! Not by myself. I had a lot of help from my friends. But still! My new book went live on Amazon Sunday, August first, selling 96 copies! Ninja Writers Guide to Character Development: Creative Blogging got its start right here on Humor! Authenticity! Magic…

Says, “Folks hanging upside down from a giant ass gives us a bad rap.” — Yesterday, the National Association of Itinerant lumberjacks in Limbo (NAILL) filed suit against Canada’s Undies Land Theme Park in Vain, Ontario. Their issue was not so much the fact that almost a hundred people were left hanging. And by left hanging, we mean they were hung upside down when the…

The stories just keep coming and coming! — We editors at Middle-Pause are ecstatic! We’ve been getting lots of new writers and their stories to keep us out of mischief and gainfully occupied. Welcome aboard! We are so glad to have you! And if you are new, save yourselves and ourselves a lot of time by reading the…

But now I realize I’m in no hurry to finish the darn thing — I used to go to my friend Audrey’s once a month for Puzzle Night. It all started when an aunt of hers gave her a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of a fluffy white cat she wanted assembled so she could frame and hang it on her wall. When told that copious…

Book learning can’t replace getting to know someone up close and personal — How did you respond to George Floyd’s cold-blooded murder? At my church, we did a lot of praying. But we didn’t stop there. There’s a saying that goes, If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Most of us are white, and in addition to marching…

It’s about time we got off our asses and honored National Punctuation Day!!! — First of all, do punctuation marks even have a soul? What the hell kind of question is that? A question for marks, obviously. But for the sake of argh-uement, let’s take it as a serious (!) question and explore its theological ramifications. (After all, theology wouldn’t exist if it weren’t…

Sometimes we need to just pray; other times we need to also take action — I’m a firm believer in the power of prayer. And I write about it a lot, especially here in this pub, and did so here recently. Change your mind, change your life, right? I’ve seen it change lives–mine in particular. Wait, isn’t praying an action? Am I saying we have…

Otherwise known as the inferno, but hell sounds better to me — That was our first round actually. Dante and I had a huge argument over what to call where we played. He insisted I call the joint, the Inferno. When I asked him why he rolled his eyes and started swearing in rapid-fire Italian. But when he came up for air…

Not only that, it’s proven effective in reducing pain and stress — “Can I have…some water?” A simple request. By a patient in the rehabilitation hospital where I worked for twenty-one years. Except that it was sung. To the tune of Bali Hai, from the musical, South Pacific. …