Very Precise Fortune Cookies

I cracked open the fortune cookie and read the little slip of paper on the inside. Immediately I realized that it had been written by a weather forecaster.You will be approached in the late afternoon...Full Article

Playing Go-Between in the Digital Age

NOTE: This article was originally published in May 2000 at *spark-online.com when my grandmother was alive. I came across the link from my Web site and, after debating whether or not to change anythi...Full Article

Silver Linings Are Everywhere

Viagra. That one word packs a lot of punch. Lets face it; there is little that has been derided more than Viagra. On the talk shows, it has been the butt of more jokes than Michael Jackson and Sadda...Full Article

Internet is My True Agent

You know the type -- that doodling type. Every time there is a pen and paper on the table, they will be sketching something down, with a mysterious smile, giggling quietly and making funny faces. Vlad...Full Article

Cloning Advantage Super Families

As the cloning debate of humankind continues we find ourselves in an interesting predicament. We see the need of self to extend past ones own lifetime as an innate characteristic; self-preservation ha...Full Article

Lactose Intolerant? It could be a good thing

Lactose Intolerant Individuals may prove a bonus in Space Missions. Lactose intolerant individuals have huge problems with gas from the inability to process certain dairy products and foods. Therefo...Full Article

If Real People Ran the Bank - I (a spoof for the heart)

Banish Loans ForeverIf ordinary, hard-working, people ran the bank... the very first thing to get rid of would be loans. Absolutely no more loans!Because once theyre gone, there wouldnt be any more:- ...Full Article

3 Surefire Ways To Combat Rising Gas Prices

I have heard the rumblings of many of you inReaderland about the recent spike ingasoline prices. In fact its all I seem to hear about lately. But at least it keeps you from rumbling about the infreque...Full Article

If, An Online Marketers Internet Addiction Poem, Can You Relate to This?

IF, An Online Internet Marketing PoemIf before you have turned on the coffee,or got your kids fed,If you are the last one dressed and ready to leave the house,While others in the family get ready,your...Full Article

Pee Here Now

Several years ago, I switched health insurance companies and my new insurer sent a uniformed nurse with short black hair to my house to conduct a health assessment. We sat at my kitchen table and she ...Full Article

Saving SpongeBob Using High Tech

Put Active RFID Satellite Tags in SpongeBobsSpongeBob has been in the news a lot lately, he has been a kidnapped Victim. Instead of wasting time with an Amber Alert for SpongeBob, why not put an Activ...Full Article

I Got to Play an April Fools Joke Before I was Born

I will start this by saying that yes, I did miss being an April Fool, but only by a tiny margin. I was born just twenty minutes after midnight on April 2nd, and the events of the prior day in my ho...Full Article

Humor Under The Keyboards

For me, the piano is the symbol of what is stiff, proper and elegant. It doesnt have faults, it is perfect. Pianists are the most perfectionist people in the world. They should not and can not make mi...Full Article

Short Story: Take a Trip To The Temple Of The Great Tomato

Jimmy Jenkins Jr. is not an adventurer, traveler, or pioneer. Far from it, Jimmy has had the same job, in the same office for 15 years. Hes got about 2 years of holiday time built up because he never,...Full Article

Norm Goldman Interviews Comedienne Fran Capo,the Guinness Book Worlds Record for the Fastest Talking

Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel & Bookpleasuresis delighted to have as a guest, Fran Capo.Fran is quite a "cool person," as she is an eight-time author, humorist, voiceover ar...Full Article

Painful Lessons from the Maternity Ward

Whoever dubbed New York, New York the city that never sleeps should visit The Maternity Ward. My recent visit included a drop-in on several screenings of A Star Is Born at the late-show theatre, righ...Full Article

Humor Quotations - Top 35 Funny Quotations by Famous Comedians

Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer.-- Grace Allen (Gracie)Its foolish to bet on a ...Full Article

Laughing Toward Truth: Six Tips for Lighthearted Thinkers

Do you believe in the power of your convictions?Its time to lighten up.People love attaching themselves to ideas. We can get pretty feisty when one of our beloved beliefs is challenged. Were too busy ...Full Article

The Work-from-home Fashion Primer

Last week, I reported how writers, stay-at-home parents and online marketing geeks had chosen careers as hermits:http://www.thehappyguy.com/hermit.htmlThousands of work-from-home hermits responded, co...Full Article

The Spare Parts Gremlins

Dont you just love getting a little something extra? Sure you do. Everybody does. Thats why Online marketers throw in 36 bonus ebooks with that little software item they are peddling.But a little s...Full Article