Tag Archives: Humor

Five Years Ago: A Symbol of Our Resistance

Posted on May 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

The world was at war with COVID 19, and under quarantine. In an effort to lighten the mood, I suggested we adopt this Rosie the Riveter-inspired badass, Quaran-Tina, as a symbol of our resistance! Now that the War on COVID … Continue reading →

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A Real-Life Murder Mystery – with a Twist

Posted on November 3, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Ekrulila My Featured Blogger this week is Thomas Bonich of Common Sense Tom. Tom’s overall theme is right there in his title. But more specifically, his stated goal is to “champion critical thinking, human dignity, equality, levelheadedness, even-handed, … Continue reading →

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How to be Funny

Posted on January 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Why Funny Matters Whether you’re a writer, teacher, politician or mortician, this three-part series will help you be wittier–or I’ll refund every penny you’ve paid! My first career was about funny. I spent 13+ years in sketch comedy (Isaac Air … Continue reading →

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Summer’s Here!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by mitchteemley

When I was a teenager, my dad used to chant, “Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, wonder where all the little flowers is.”  So I said I’d come up with something for summer.  Here it is.  Not terribly original, … Continue reading →

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Freestyle Writing Challenge

Posted on June 5, 2015 by mitchteemley

So my friend Author Erika Kind nominated me for the Freestyle Writing Challenge!  Woo-hoo!  Yay! What?  Thank you, Erika, for honoring me and/or cooking my goose (possibly both).  Erika is a  glass-is-half-full sort of girl who generates more positive energy than … Continue reading →

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Mitchellaneous!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by mitchteemley

Picking a Blog Name, Part Two After officially abandoning the blog title Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Him! I did what any creative guy would do: polled my Facebook friends for steal-able ideas, explaining that I needed a name … Continue reading →

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