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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Food: 12 of 130

The Mushroom Incident Ever since I was a little kid, I could spot a hair on my plate. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see it if it was halfway buried under the food. They were usually from cats or dogs, since we always had one or two of them running around the house. When I owned a restaurant in New Jersey, there were a...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Deciding to euthanize a pet: 4 of 28

When It's Time I believe it was George Carlin who observed that human beings are remarkably funny when it comes to pets. You get one, it lives for 15 years, it dies and you mourn. You get another one, it lives 15 years, it dies and you mourn again. And so on and so on, until you get so old you get a pet to take care of and c...
Health & Fitness > Nicotine Dependence An overview on giving up tobacco: 1 of 7

Up In Smoke (Author's note: The date of this article is not important. Quitting smoking is always timely.) Tomorrow is a great day to celebrate a milestone. It will be one month since I stopped smoking after almost 40 years. For the longest time, I've wanted to, but it is not an easy task. People who have never smoked don't ...
Food & Drink > Dining & Restaurants (Other) Should restaurants be required to list calories and fat grams on their menus?: 20 of 93

Should restaurants be required to list such information on their menus? I can think of a simple way to circumvent that problem. Have the wait staff memorize and recite each item instead, but then I would probably have to listen to all sorts of disclaimers about the increased risks of heart attacks and strokes from consuming ...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Things people do when driving: 6 of 27

Is that a Verizon on the horizon? When I was a young boy, one of my grandfathers was a TV and appliance repairman. Because of this, we had televisions before most people with money had them. My older brother and I shared a bedroom. We even had one. It was fascinating to wake up and go to that giant box with the little round ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Fishing: 11 of 48

Fishin' with Frank on Cable 68 When I moved to Orlando from New Jersey, my old friends from up there came up with the idea that we should have an annual party, like The Big Chill movie. For years after that, many of my good friends would meet every summer at the beach house in Beach Haven, NJ. My best friend, Stew's, parents...
Health & Fitness > Prescription & Medication Prevacid side effects: 1 of 4

Prevacid and Low Platelet Counts In February of 2005, I was diagnosed with GERD, which is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. I think it's just a fancier term for acid reflux. My doctor put me on Prilosec OTC, but after a few months, I started taking Prevacid and continued to do so until now. He was a good doctor and ran period...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Work: 50 of 189

Years ago, I was a hard-line artist for an ad agency here in Orlando. I also designed ad layouts and did paste up work for a department store chain that ran in various newspapers throughout the state. Previous to that job I was mostly in the restaurant business. Soon after I started working there, I saw a sort of fast food p...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Travel: 22 of 83

The Road Trip A little over two years ago, my brother-in-law underwent a bone marrow transplant for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. (He has been in remission since.) He and my sister were living in Houston, where he was a long term patient at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. They'd been there for quite some time while he underwent...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Will the character of the presidential candidates affect your vote in November?: 2 of 7

Change. Change. Change. Rhetoric. Rhetoric. Rhetoric. Change We Need. Of course, there will be change soon. George W. Bush will no longer, can no longer, be president. No doubt about it, he will go down in history as a very unpopular president and rightfully so. After all, who ignores the citizens that elect you, only to sho...