Humor and Entertainment

Observations of a newcomer to Dubai concerning how easy cultural misunderstandings can occur. Plus an attempt to become fleeced by an Italian.

You will always find “prosperity” after “progressivism.” That is, if by “always find,” you are referring to looking these two words up in the dictionary. In the real world, of course, it turns out to be just the opposite… and subversives in our culture, from those who own a business to those who support one-percenters like Mitt Romney, always seem to fall all over themselves pointing this out….

We are all funny in a way – some are just born with this talent, and being witty and entertaining comes perfectly naturally to them. As opposed to this, there are also people who don’t always succeed in making their interlocutors smile. They try, and try, and on their way to eliciting a smile, they have to go through all those awkward moments when no one is amused by their jokes, and face that terrible silence when people don’t respond to what should have been a funny story.

The ongoing “turf wars” in my neighborhood are demoralizing. Gangland unrest is rampant.

Dr. Seuss has passed on. But he left to his niece, for her garden, a wonderful, magical piece. This piece for his niece was so magical that you would have to say anyone’d want this small statue. But now it is gone. Purloined from the lawn! The niece says the piece is now gone from the lawn….

All my life I have had a bad sense of direction. The constant state of getting lost, and the fear of same kept me home from many events in my life. When I was younger I would go places if the directions were simple or I could go with someone.

OMG, I need an app to find out who my BFF’s are IRL and maybe we can join a virtual book club to finger flip through the ‘pages’ of our virtual books. It is a great way to kindle our imaginary imaginations. How did we ever survive before electronics?

Okay so, I am okay with pink slime and believe all the global warming alarmists should eat it instead of meat. You see, next time they fire up the BBQ or order a hamburger they should get half pink slime and half beef. You may think that I am kidding here, but I assure you I am not.

As a professional touring comedian for 25 years, the number one question I get from people in the audience–besides, “Why’s your breath stink?”– is “How can I be a comedian?” I am going to try to help you tackle that challenge in this article. This isn’t a fail-safe, but it could help start to guide you in the right direction.

This is a funny, true story that happened to me at a time when I was a single mom of two tweens, had a dog two cats a gerbil and of all things a duck. This is what happens when you are trying hard to please your children, sometimes you find yourself in a mess, read this story and see what happens, it has a surprise ending at least it was a surprise to me!