Category Archives: Humor

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Thank You, God, For Not Making Me a Star

Posted on February 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

Above: The Daily Planet – Mitch (top), Jeph (L), Joey (middle), Marc (R), B of A Achievement Award, stream-of-conscious notebook pages (no actual writing class assignments have survived) My Real Memoir I was imploding with unfulfilled and unrecognized yearnings. I’d … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day Reminder

Posted on February 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

Wednesday is Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to buy something for that special creep in your life. Thought for the Week “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ~Stephen Chbosky “Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless … Continue reading →

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Happiness Delayed

Posted on February 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

“As nearly every Hallmark movie ever made has taught us, well-intended deceptions can only delay happy endings.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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A Well-Intended Deception

Posted on February 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

Painting by Alex Garant The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina was searching for her brother Zack. Meanwhile, Zack was … Continue reading →

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Running On Empty

Posted on February 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Warren My Real Memoir We’d moved to a custom-built home in the Coyote Hills, sandwiched between the abandoned oil refinery I’d explored as a kid and the Los Coyotes Country Club where my band had played from the … Continue reading →

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Crazy Traditions

Posted on February 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

To honor my country’s silliest holiday (Groundhog Day), I’ve gathered this collection of odd, wildly inventive (see Body Painting Festivals), whimsical (see Mike the Headless Chicken Festival), and in some cases surprisingly beautiful traditions. Enjoy! Click on any image to … Continue reading →

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The Most Momentous Day of the Year! (Or Not)

Posted on February 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

You may have seen this before: Tomorrow, February 2nd is known for no less than three major (or not-so-major) annual events: First, it’s Groundhog Day, a day which reminds the world that Americans still dominate the very pinnacle of absurdity: … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Do Drugs

Posted on January 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

A short time after doing drugs for the first time, I scribbled the above anxiety-fueled meditation (and accompanying doodle) about looking into one’s own brain and never being able to look out again. My Real Memoir I’d turned nineteen, and … Continue reading →

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Weird Wonderful World

Posted on January 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

How boring the world would be if everything made perfect sense the moment we saw it. Sometimes you see something, and you think, “Ohhh, I get it.” But other times you see something and an hour later, a week later, … Continue reading →

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A Note to My Virtuous Friends

Posted on January 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

“To do good is noble, but to teach others to do good is nobler…and much less trouble.” ~Mark Twain Many of us who are writers and teachers hope, I suspect, to affirm our own nobility by telling others how to … Continue reading →

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