Tag Archives: wordplay

Writers: Here’s How a Colon Works

Posted on August 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

Tips for Writers Colon [ˈkōlən] – Noun – A punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items or words. Also useful as a means of eliminating unnecessary words. Illustration: Note: My Real Memoir will be back next week. … Continue reading →

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This is Why Time Cannot Be Kept

Posted on April 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Salvador Dali had it right: Clocks cannot be trusted. Not because they keep poor time, but because time cannot be kept. Instead, it keeps us in cages made of minutes. And yet the solution is not to escape, but to … Continue reading →

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How to be Funny: Using the DRIP Method

Posted on March 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

How to be Funny Whether you’re a writer, teacher, politician or mortician, this three-part series will help you be wittier. In the previous post, I talked about the why of being funny. Now let’s look at the how. First and foremost, … Continue reading →

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“Complete” or “Finished”?

Posted on October 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

A linguistics professor was asked to explain the difference between the words complete and finished. “Well,” he explained, when you marry the right woman you are complete. But when you marry the wrong woman you are finished. And,” he added ominously, “if the right … Continue reading →

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Filling My Glass

Posted on March 31, 2019 by mitchteemley

Ah, the incessant question: Is my glass half empty or half full? But the real question, I think, is Who’s filling it? (or emptying it) Therefore, I choose to see my glass (if it’s really even mine) as neither half … Continue reading →

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Wordplay

Posted on March 23, 2019 by mitchteemley

I’ve been awfully serious of late. So here, for a break, are few bits of thoroughly silly wordplay. Note: I’m not a particularly skilled cartoonist, but sight gags require pictures (so be kind). Quasi-Motors Technical Fowl The Abdominal Snowman

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Wordplay

Posted on January 26, 2017 by mitchteemley

Quasi-Motors Technical Fowl The Abdominal Snowman

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