Tag: humor
group name: writerscafe
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April 26, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
Welcome 100 word stories members and anyone else who finds this story.
"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight." . . . more
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September 14, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
Hawks
Search for
Plump juicy chickens
For breakfast, lunch, and dinner
They crave fresh meat from daylight to dark
So at times they must settle for just a big black nasty rat
This is known . . . more
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June 10, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
When I was old,
yet in my youth;
I was taught a lie
and learned the truth.
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I lived each day,
while I was dead;
Full of joy,
which brought me dread.
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I was . . . more
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September 15, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
All bloggers are created equal. We start out with a blank template, an idea, a hope of words to come, but we do not stay equal. In my journeys around the blogosphere, I have noticed many different . . . more
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September 10, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
In our first Presidential Election, the candidate who came in first became President. The one who placed second was Vice President. But in our third Presidential Election James Adams, . . . more
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July 21, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
It was a dark and stormy night.
Silas Slovotsky leaned back in his chair and studied the words he'd typed into his computer.
He grinned. Perfect. The very words he needed to set the . . . more
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February 18, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
I've been reading the novels of a bestselling author, trying to figure out the secret of her success, and for the life of me, I don't see it. Perhaps it's hidden beneath her appalling . . . more
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March 24, 2008 12:05 AM EST --
In my green article for St. Patrick's Day, I wrote, "Owning a dark green vehicle supposedly means that you are traditional, trusty, and well balanced, but what it really means is that . . . more
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August 04, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
Like other construction worker, we creators of word worlds own toolboxes filled with necessary implements. We have hooks to hook the reader, glue to glue their attention, a feather or two to . . . more
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September 03, 2007 07:15 AM EDT --
Mao well lives up to his name.
Mao, I wanna go out.
I let him out the back stairs.
Mao, he whines, less than a
minute later, I wanna come in. It
is cold on the back stairs. Besides,
there are no . . . more
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September 16, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
With apologies to Judith Viorst.
Rewritten but originally written in 2006. Presented now for Back to School and Back to Pre-School.
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March 17, 2008 12:20 AM EST --
The colors at the ROY end of the spectrum excite us, the BIV colors calm us down, but green is neutral in its effect.
Green is the largest color family discernible to the human eye. Darker . . . more
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October 07, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
These came in on the e-mail today....you have probably heard some before. I laughed inanely over #5 and #22, don't ask me why!
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1. . . . more
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October 10, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
I recently read that San Francisco is considering banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail establishments. Every business that puts your stuff in a bag will have to use paper. . . . more
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September 01, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Near the milk counter
I saw a package of swiss
Land on the waxed floor
Fleeing from the country store
He thought he was free
Until he met an old tom cat
Consumed in seconds
Swiss Cheese has one . . . more
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October 12, 2007 10:44 AM EDT --
Yesterday, one of my neighbors was out checking her mail. I noticed she was hobbling a bit and asked what happened. She said she twisted her ankle about six months ago and it swelled (swelled or it was . . . more
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March 17, 2008 12:55 AM EST --
Welcome all Memoir members and anyone who should find this essay.
"An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination."
George Bernard Shaw
Saint Patrick's . . . more
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September 02, 2007 02:30 PM EDT --
Gamut of the alphabet is a repository
Of illustrious names in an honour roll
For accidental discoveries
Leading to fame and more.
Wise Archimedes, on lowering his mass
In a voluminous bathtub . . . more
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August 31, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Clearing the Writing Palate
Last night my wife and I had a long walk on a secluded beach in Maine. It was about
6 PM, 75 degrees, clear, . . . more
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June 09, 2008 10:28 AM EDT --
Men and women both check out the other sex, but who does it more?
Women. Recent research shows that women actually check out men slightly more than men check out women, but women are more . . . more
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