humor

"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "

Holiday Hiesting
My brother is the roast master of the family. Roast pork, roast chicken, roast lamb - you name it, he'll roast it. For any major - or minor - family gathering, my brother is designated as head cook, a position that he does not take lightly. Wearing an apron like a badge of honour and whipping the signature tea towel of the experienced home-cook over his shoulder, he proudly struts around the kitchen, talking non-stop at the rate of easily a mile a minute. Every year for the holidays, he pain-stakingly prepares a roast that makes my mouth water as I write this. The roast meal that was cooked on the night in question was roast pork and it glistened as my brother pulled it from the oven and placed it on the bench. He grinned ear to ear like he had won a prize as everyone congratulated him.
By Jaimie4 years ago in Humans
Night Ops
Night Ops at the Boston Aquarium Their mission began at midnight as the last of the night guardsman made his final sweep of the aquarium before locking up. Little did he know that three teenagers had hid themselves under the stacks of plastic tubs that they usually used to hold fish. The doors clanked shut and knowing that the coast was finally clear, they lifted the tubs and crawled out. The three – Eric, Alexandra and Cameron, belonged to a super-secret society that they had created at their middle school. They had been inspired to start it after their recent visit to the aquarium for a school trip that left them feeling anguish for the trapped wild animals.
By KC Jones 4 years ago in Humans
Isn't It Bromantic?
Summer is the perfect time to kick back and relax with a good book. For me, summer reading has a different feel to it than winter reading. During the winter, I find myself getting cozy with a thrilling adventure or shocking mystery, but during the summer I want to sit by the pool with a nice steamy romance or daring drama. Beach reads, a popular subgenre of books designed to capture the ease of the summer spirit, are often a section of the bookstore that I overlook, but there was something about this book that caught my eye.
By Kurt Mason4 years ago in Humans
On Writing Imagery
Imagine selling whatever it is you’re writing — so well — that the reader feels as though they’re getting away with an all-inclusive vacation, for free. Do you think you can do it?
By Delusions of Grandeur 4 years ago in Humans
Doors (pt. 1)
When one door closes, another one opens. So goes the optimistic metaphor. I like it because I’m an optimist, and it’s simple. I don’t like it, because unfortunately for me it’s completely unrelatable. If I were to rewrite this saying to match my life experience it would go something like this:
By Maria Del Toral4 years ago in Humans
Not One Bean On The Floor
I have written several stories about my childhood when my brother and I were in an organization called The Sea Cadets of America. To refresh, it was an organization run by adults but geared for children beginning with their ninth birthdays. How long you stayed in the organization was left to the decisions of the children and their parents. Most children didn’t stay past their sixteenth birthdays unless they planned on becoming part of the team of adults who ran the group.
By Margaret Brennan4 years ago in Humans
Half Past Two
This morning I woke up. Again. As I always do. Eventually. Morning is a relative term as far as I’m concerned. Today, morning was around noon. And the first conscious thought I had that didn’t involve replaying the sporadic memories of a dream where I over-processed my hair and was now removing chunk after chunk, was wondering how long it would take to bleed out if I only cut through one of my wrists. This is a rather normal evolution I endure most “mornings”. Most people wouldn’t say that was normal. Most people would probably say normal involved something a little different. They might say normal was a full time job, a significant other, a family and a mortgage. Maybe a plan to go on vacation, a savings account and friends with similar interests.
By Shane Thomas4 years ago in Humans
Rising Need for Treated Water Augmenting Wood Vinegar Consumption
Wood vinegar or wood acid or pyroligneous acid is a dark liquid, which is derived from charcoal. It is obtained by heating biomass in a closed container. The smoke generated during charcoal production is cooled into a liquid and then separated into bio-oil, tar, and wood vinegar. The dark liquid is a combination of nearly 80–90% water and over 200 organic compounds, such as acetic acid, esters, formic acid, ketones, methanol, and phenol.
By DIVYANSH MISHRA4 years ago in Humans
The Lost Scrolls of Nestor & Tinka 2022
Getting warmed up The first Sunday morning, one of our favorite age-old traditions is 'the song' with our friends The Dregs at 9:30 AM. Right before the song begins, we are playfully warming up our voices. Nestor sings, "mi mi mi," and it slowly becomes an ego-maniacal, "Me. Me. Me...Me!"
By Tinka Boudit She/Her4 years ago in Humans
MAIL OVERLOAD
If you are sixty-five or over, it's a sure bet that your mailbox runneth over. Annually, from October through December, like clockwork, the old mailbox is daily overloaded with postcards and letters.
By Babs Iverson4 years ago in Humans
Meditation
Meditation) or #meditation practice is called "the inner circle" in the Buddhist tradition. By all accounts, meditators were better off on the spiritual path than non-meditator Buddhists who had nothing else to do with them (except perhaps a brief period of free time). And I suppose that happens when you go through it over and again during your life – one little thing turns into another giant step down towards mediocrity until eventually, everything has dropped out.
By Shohaib Pathan4 years ago in Humans
I've Got a Plan
“I’ve got a plan.” Sigh. Those were famous last words. “That’s what you always say, and then-” “And then nothing” he retorted, rather irritated. “This one’s going to work; I just know it.”
By Lindsay Dewolfe4 years ago in Humans