Thursday, July 17, 2008

A blog post about blogging for bloggers

Jeff from View from the Cloud wrote some helpful tips for new humor bloggers (which I am not) recently. His well-written post covers a wide variety of topics but basically tells new blogger not to take yourselves so damn seriously, remember that self-deprecating humor is nearly always a winner, have fun with it, don't get too damned long-winded and write about what you know. I'm always open for some help and inspiration because my job often times soaks up all of the creativity that I have and I'm left with nothing more than a stack of abnormally dry rice cakes when it comes to material for this here messy and confusing place.

However, I can do the whole "write what you know" thing. Take, for instance, Saturday afternoon. I was mowing the lawn wearing only my wife's frilly underthings. Now before you get all judgmental on me, I have to say that her lacey items are remarkably comfortable and kept me cool even under the scorching sun that was relentlessly beating down on my sunbaked lawn. Sure, the wife had the time of her life laughing up a storm and filming the whole series of events. As for the neighbors, I am sure I didn't make any new friends. To them, I say if you can't accept a modern man who is comfortable with himself in women's underthangs, close your damn curtains, shield your children's eyes and accept the fact that the neighborhood has finally gone to hell. Actually it was already going to hell over three years ago when we moved in but we were the final nail in that coffin.

All this great information and I didn't even break my "no more paragraphs than digits on my hand" rule because every time I break that rule I have promised myself that I'll have to watch an entire Carrot Top performance as punishment. Thank GOD I'm not terribly long-winded.

Have I made anyone wonder about the bulging guy in the lime green underthings? What's your favorite way to keep life fresh?

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8 comments:

Memarie Lane said...

I knew a girl that dated Carrot Top and she was always bragging about it, like it was something to brag about. We all felt bad for her.

spleeness said...

ha! I want video footage!

I have the same problem, job sucks me dry, I come home feeling too bland to write. But apparently you're overcoming this, your posts make me snicker.

Hammer said...

Carrot top looks like he has a steroid/glandular problem.

My nephew doesn't give a crap what he wears and I've caught him out in public wearing his wife's hello kitty shirt or pink flip flops with hearts on them and he didn't even realize it...he often forgets his morning pill...

The Future Was Yesterday said...

I myself would not be a pinup in similar circumstances, so I offer no criticism. Perhaps your neighbors weren't aware your only goal was to be physically cool.

A lot of Repulsives are found in that attire....and the story goes south from there, pardon the built in pun...(:

Bee said...

I would like your address and the exact time when you mow the lawn please.

Also, I've come here and laughed before...

Michelle Ann said...

You can't make reference to sporting your wife's lacey underthings and then not post a picture or a crude artist rendition...

Jeff said...

I did notice the large bottle of Budweiser sitting on the desk next to the guy in the bikini picture. I imagine that had something to do with the development of that situation.

No said...

That's you, isn't it, dressed up like Carrot Top? Don't see the lime green underthing, though....