Tag: writing
group name: dimmerswitch
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May 26, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
I have a question. This particular question has plagued me for the past month, tried my wits and patience, and left me feeling uncertain about my mental faculties. I'm stumped. So I pose this question . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:37 PM EDT --
Today is a sad day for the English language. Extreme, a word that has long been associated with sporting activities that are borderline suicidal, died earlier today in a tragic accident. Born in the late . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:08 PM EDT --
I want a theme song, written about me, just for me. My theme song should highlight all of my positive attributes and make no mentions of my flaws. On second thought I have no flaws, so the song . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:34 PM EDT --
Spring has finally arrived in my neck o' the woods. The calendar may say spring started over a month ago, but I doubt that mother nature received that text message. Besides, the start of spring isn't . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:12 PM EDT --
Hello. My name is Chris, and I'm a bad neighbor.
I never thought of myself as a bad neighbor. The crazy neighbor? Perhaps. I believe I achieved crazy neighbor status last Halloween. I handed out . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:17 PM EDT --
I recently found myself in the market for a new razor. It wasn't a planned razor change; I was extremely happy with my previous razor until it unexpectedly offed itself last week in an act of "toilet . . . more
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May 26, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
(The Dimmer Switch was recently the subject of a focus group to assess its overall humor capacity. 74% of the participants in the study said they found the content of the Dimmer Switch to be entertaining . . . more
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June 01, 2006 07:19 AM EDT --
My wife and I took the kids to the zoo this weekend. The zoo wouldn't take them so we had to bring them back home with us.
ba-dum-bum-CHING!
(That joke never gets old. Never gets funny, either.)
So . . . more
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May 26, 2006 10:33 PM EDT --
I've noticed a disturbing trend on restaurant menus lately. This is probably the most distressing change to casual dining since the Restaurant Free Trade Act of 1998 made it mandatory for each restaurant . . . more
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June 15, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch. Link to original article.)
As summer comes barreling in with its stifling heat and humidity, children all across the country take up . . . more
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May 30, 2006 09:23 PM EDT --
I've lived in Ohio all of my life. Born in a small town, raised in a small town, for a change of pace I went to college in a big town, then returned home and currently live in another small town not . . . more
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June 06, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch. Link to original column)
Have you ever read one of those men's health & fitness magazines? As a rule of thumb I try to avoid . . . more
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June 07, 2006 10:31 AM EDT --
(Originally posted to my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch, on 2/21/06. Link to original column .)
Note: Originally I wanted to call this Air Travel for Dummies, but the publishers of the "For . . . more
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June 07, 2006 10:39 AM EDT --
(Originally appeared on my online humor column, The Dimmer Switch, on 6/23/05. Link to original article .)
I am an easily distracted person. Look, bunnies!
Ok, where was I? Ah yes, my condition. . . . more
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March 06, 2007 06:41 PM EST --
Sunday March 11 at 2am will mark the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. I don’t know the complete history of Daylight Savings, but I believe it began in the late 1800s as a measure to protect early . . . more
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April 24, 2008 04:05 AM EDT --
"Scream at the top of your lungs until someone pays attention." That's great advice if you've fallen down a well or an elevator shaft. If you're a parent with young children, it's . . . more
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August 01, 2006 11:02 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my weekly online humor column, The Dimmer Switch, on 8/1/06. Link to original article .)
Last week, Lance Bass shocked the world with the revelation that he is, in fact, still . . . more
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March 20, 2008 01:40 AM EDT --
Like most pet owners, we try to include our animals in our holiday celebrations. For example, every Christmas our pets get a stocking full of treats and all of the candy canes hung from the lower branches . . . more
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June 20, 2006 11:30 AM EDT --
(Cross posted from my weekly online humor column, The Dimmer Switch on 6/20/06. Link to the original article.)
Those of you who visit the Dimmer Switch each Tuesday to get your weekly fix of a . . . more
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August 09, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
(Originally posted at my weekly online humor column, The Dimmer Switch on 8/8/06. Link to original article.)
You know what really bugs me? Fake buttons.
I'm referring to the buttons on shirts, . . . more
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