Category Archives: television
BEE-Hind Revisited
Listen and laugh along… TODAY’S LAUGH: Okay, true confession time. I’ve been walking on the treadmill a lot lately but just walking on the treadmill has got to be the single most BORING way to exercise. So to distract myself … Continue reading
A Kick in the BEE-hind
Listen to “A Kick in the Bee-hind” blaudio. TODAY’S LAUGH: On January 2nd, I weighed myself. Ugh. Six years, a half dozen diet plans and the end result? Nothing! Nada! Zip! Zilch! And according to The Chart, I’m twenty pounds … Continue reading
Wild Oats
TODAY’S LAUGH: It’s been hard enough to have my Barbie-dreams became Mrs.-Potato-Head-reality. Now friends saw a bumper sticker that takes my mid-life lament to a new level: “WHEN DID MY WILD OATS TURN INTO SHREDDED WHEAT?” (Why they told ME … Continue reading
Dancing with DaMama
TODAY’S LAUGH: DaMama (she’s 94) sat in her room on Saturday afternoon watching a rerun of the old Lawrence Welk Show. (Mr. “A One and a Two” is one of her favorites.) I passed her door on my way back … Continue reading
I Led Three Lives…and it was exhausting!
TODAY’S LAUGH: A friend complained about her brother the other day. “He’s miserable every moment, complaining about what ‘coulda, shoulda been’ and dreading what might come next–all at the same time! He’s just like that old TV show – ‘I … Continue reading
Traffic Report
TODAY’S LAUGH: In our little town (pop. 60,000), one local morning TV weather includes shots from the station’s roof-mounted “Sky Cam.” Last week, the Sky Cam showed one lonely car on the street in front of the studio and the … Continue reading
The Twilight Zone
TODAY’S LAUGH: I was in my car waiting at a red light here in our town (pop. 60,000) when the driver next to me started honking. I looked over at him. He smiled and waved, obviously very glad to see … Continue reading
What’s on YOUR Nightstand?
TODAY’S LAUGH: I stumbled onto a blog that asked the burning question: “What’s on your nightstand?” It was aimed at “what books are you reading?” but I thought a look at the nightstand could tell a lot about the person. … Continue reading
“Happy New Year… You’re FAT!”
TODAY’S LAUGH: This new year brings the usual gazillion TV commercials for diet plans and miracle body-shaping gizmos, but also new TV shows like Canada’s “X-Weighted” and the “National Body Challenge” on the Discovery Health channel. Both feature folks who … Continue reading
As Seen On TV
TODAY’S LAUGH: I headed out Monday morning at 6:15, due at the local TV station by 6:30 for an interview plugging my new book at 6:45 a.m. By 6:48 it was over. My three minutes of fame. Done. Did I … Continue reading