“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.”   ~ Rodney Dangerfield

My 13-year old swatted at a fly and said, "Go away, Frederickson." I asked her why she called the fly Frederickson. She said she calls all flies Frederickson and all gnats Georgio, because she once named a fly Frederickson and a gnat Georgio and is not sure which one...

"The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds."   ~ Lenny Bruce

I'm pumped about a job opening for a van driver listed on the state employment board. One of the job requirements is to, "Maintain strict confidentiality regarding [blank's] business secrets." Finally, a chance to use my sick spy skills to uncover nefarious secrets...

"One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged individualism, is the quality that most characterizes and preserves it, then it will have achieved itself and outlived its origins. Then it...

Hip fashionistas are eschewing Omaha Fashion Week for Helper Fashion Week, where stylish mash-ups of railroad and mining togs rule. #HelperCouture   ~ Emery Lamb    

"Silences are the most underrated part of comedy."   ~ David Steinberg, Fast Company 2/12/13

Hazleton, Pennsylvania is a city of coal mounds infiltrated by houses.  ~ Emery Lamb

"And another thing I've been wondering lately Am I crazy to believe in ideals?"   ~ Hoodoo Gurus, What's My Scene?

My friend was going on and on about a detective show with gritty plot twists starring Kenneth Branagh. She told me it was set in Sweden, which I thought was very convenient for Branagh who was also starring in a Swedish tv program I loved that showcased Scandi...