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    Laugh A Little

    … on mothers day photo bombing, shepherd style

    It’s Mothers Day, which requires me to do my annual thing. Which is to check whether or not ‘Mothers Day’ has an apostrophe. And,... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, mother's day

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    Laugh A Little

    … on what it takes for photographic excellence

    Because I am a wicked professional photographer now, after taking my friend Jeff’s accelerated ‘How to be a Wicked Professional Photographer in, Like, 10... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on countrified signs of spring

    When I was a little kid living in Somerville, and even in the ‘country’ of Tewksbury, we were all the way past the beginning... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the old yankee man and the giant slalom

    The Old Yankee Man has quite a fan club and I get messages all the time asking about him. Usually these messages are sweet... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, old yankee man

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    Cry A Little

    … on mattering humans

    Some people just matter. And they don’t just matter once or twice, or in the past or you are sure they will sometime in... Read More

    Tags: track and field, musings, everyday life, family, humor, college graduation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the relationship between penises and string theory

    It’s a penis made of Skittles. Yep. A Skittle penis. Number-One-Son-Sam was home from college on his spring break for his birthday. You may... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing

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    Think A Little

    … on a good morning, due to a great ‘good morning!’

    Every morning that Sam is home, he texts me from his bedroom: “Ok Send Blaze”. Photographic proof (Sam has the grey bubbles, I am... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, yellow lab, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a dear, dear world

    Number-One-Son-Sam just ate a piece of celery. Stuffed with bacon. Because he can, because as of today he is 20. He has decided, now... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, kids, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on shoveling eggs

    So. I’ve been doing a little research on the whole scrambled egg thing. Yes there is a scrambled egg thing!  Where have you been?... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on disrespecting the dead, german shepherd style

    Last week, we celebrated Poop Day at the Dingle house. It was a good day. A productive day. It was sort of like a... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on me and georgia o’keeffe and robert frost (wHierd)

    This pic reminds me of a Georgia O’Keeffe painting that is not of a vagina. Oh, sorry, was that too graphic for you? This... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on poop day 2014

    Get that camel in your head. Got it? Okay. Also, let’s pretend your name is Mike. MikeMikeMike. What day is it? No. Not ‘Hump... Read More

    Tags: yellow lab, comedy, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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