This blog was started in 2007 with a story written once a week for a year. It has expanded to included essays, and artwork, etc. I started writing and drawing with two hands around the year 2001 as a mental and brain development experiment on my own brain to restructure my brain's neurons, etc. again. Simply put, using two hands to write and draw forces both sides of the brain to connect together, to become a holistic, stronger, improved brain. I hope you enjoy my blog.

Friday, September 25, 2026

A Joke for Today. “A Drunk Almost Passes the Bar Test for Free Beer for Life.”

 A Joke for Today.  “A Drunk Almost Passes the Bar Test for Free Beer for Life.”

A man walks into a bar, and he sees a sign that says, “Free Beer for Life If You Can Pass Our Test!”

He walks over to the bartender and says, “I see that sign on the wall.  What is this test you have here to get free beer for life?”

The bartender says, “Well, first you gotta chug a gallon of pepper tequila.

Next, you have to go out back and pull the sore tooth out of our angry alligator.

Next, and finally, we have a girl upstairs who has never slept with a man; and you got to make things right with her.”

Laughing the man exclaims, “Well, that sounds like the stupidest test I have ever heard of!”

He leaves to get drunk with his friends.  Later that night, the man returns to the bartender absolutely hammered drunk.

He says to the bartender, “Ok bartender! Let me do that test!”

The bartender hands him a gallon of pepper tequila, and before he could warn him, the man starts chugging that pepper tequila down his throat.

Teary eyes and near the point of fainting, the man finishes the gallon of pepper tequila and slams the empty gallon jug on the counter.  Happy and drunk as hell.

Stunned, the bartender leads him to the back to the alligator.  A few minutes goes by, and after a bunch of screaming and clatter, the man stumbles back inside the bar.

His shirt is torn up, and his body is bleeding horribly and profusely, with cuts all over his body from the alligator.

He stares at the bartender and he says to him, “Ok, bartender, where is the girl with the sore tooth?”

A Joke for Today. “A Nun and 1,400 Men.”

 A Joke for Today. “A Nun and 1,400 Men.”


Three Italian nuns die and go to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, they all are met by St. Peter.

He says to them, “Sister, you all led such wonderful lives that I’m granting you six months to back to earth and be anyone you want to be.”

The first nun says, “I want to be Sophia Loren.” and poof she is gone.

The second nun says, “I want to be Madonna.” and poof she is gone too.

The third nun says, I want to be Sara Pipalini.”

St. Peter looks perplexed. “Who?”

“Sars Pipalini.” she replies.

St. Peter shakes his head and says: “I’m sorry, but that name doesn’t ring a bell.”

Then the nun takes a newspaper out of her habit and hands it to St. Peter. He reads the newspaper and starts laughing.

“No sister, the paper says it was the ‘Sahara Pipeline’ that was laid by 1,400 men in 6 months.”

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

A Joke for Today. “A New Hat and An Old Butt.”

 A Joke for Today. “A New Hat and An Old Butt.”


An very old woman is standing on a cruise ship, hold onto the rail, so she doesn’t fall over board.

She is also holding onto her hat tightly with the other hand because of the wind, so it doesn’t fall overboard into the water, and simply blow away onto the ocean’s waters.

A gentleman walks up to her and say, “Pardon me ma’am, I don’t mean to be rude, but did you know that your dress is blowing up into the wind?”

She turns her head around to see him with the response, “Yes, I know that, without letting go of her hat.”

“I need both hands to hold onto this hat and the rail.” she says to him.

He replies, “But ma’am,” the old man insists, blushing, “You are aren’t wearing any underwear, and your private parts are completely exposed!”

The very old lady looks down at her bottom, and she looks back at him and sighs, “Listen, mister. Anything down there is 85 years old. But I just bought this hat yesterday.”

Friday, September 18, 2026

A Joke for Today. "A Lady and Car Noise.”

 A Joke for Today.  "A Lady and Car Noise.”


A woman goes to a car repair garage because her car keeps making a strange noise.

The mechanic starts the engine.

Mechanic: “Hmm. ... He listens very carefully.

The woman says, “Is it serious?

Mechanic: I’m not sure yet.”

He opens up the hood, checks a few things, and then he gets underneath the car.  After about ten minutes, he comes back out from underneath the car.

The woman asks, “Well, is it serious?”

The mechanic wipes his hands off with some soap and water and says, “I found the problem.”

The woman replies, “How much will it cost?”

The mechanic looks at her and replies, “Nothing at all.”

The woman looks shocked, as she asks, “Nothing?

“Yep.” replies the mechanic.

‘Nothing?” asks the woman.

The mechanic says, “Yep.Woman asks, “So what was wrong?”

The mechanic points to towards the driver’s seat, as he states, “Your phone was sitting in the cup holder, and every time you turned left, it vibrated against the dashboard.”

The woman stares at him; and says out loud, “You’re telling me that I drove 40 minutes to a mechanic because my PHONE was making the noise?”

The mechanic nods, “Yes.”

She laughs awkwardly.  “Please, don’t tell my husband.”

The mechanic smiles at her as he replies, “Don’t worry.  I am a mechanic, not a divorce attorney!”

Thursday, September 17, 2026

A Joke for Today. “To Fly in the Heavens or Pray like Hell.”

 A Joke for Today.  “To Fly in the Heavens or Pray like Hell.”

A young blonde pilot was in her first flying airplane lesson in a two-seater airplane, like a Cessna 152.

Her airplane instructor was explaining how to land the airplane in case of an emergency, when all of a sudden, he gets a heart attack and dies right there in the airplane next to her; to her amazement, of course.

So, of course, she calls it in, “May day!  May day! Help me! Help me! My airplane instructor just died, is dead and I don’t know how to fly or land the airplane. (Flying an airplane is easy.  Landing not so easy, esp. in windy and bad weather.)

She hears a voice over the radio saying, “This is Air Traffic control.  We hear you loud and clear.  I will talk you down to get you out of this; and get you back on the ground safely. ...

I have had a lot of experiences with this kind of problem.  Are you ready to follow my instructions?

Now, just take a very deep breath.  Everything will be just fine!  Give me your height and positions.”

The blonde replies, “I’m 5'7 and I am in the front seat.”

(After a very long pause.)

“OK. Says the voice on the radio ..... “Now repeat after me, ..... Our Father Who art in heaven,”


(Here is the full version below.)  The Lord's Prayer.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

A Joke for Today. ‘20 Years. Either - Or!’

A Joke for Today. ‘20 Years. Either - Or!’

A woman awakes in the middle of the night only to find her husband is not in bed with her. What he says to her when she finds him is absolutely hilarious.

A woman awakes in the middle of the night to find out that he is not in bed with her, so she puts on her night robe and goes downstairs to look for him.

She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot cocoa with a pinch of liquor in front of him.

He appears to be in very deep thought, just staring at the wall.

“What is the matter, dear?” she whispers to him as she steps into the room. “Why are you down here at this time of night?”

The husband picks up his drink, and he says to her, “It is the 20th anniversary of the day we met.”

She cannot believe he has remembered continues, “Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating? I was 18 years old and you were only 15 years old when we started dating.” he said solemnly.

Once again, the wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive to the memory. “Yes, I do.” She replies.

The husband pauses, the words not coming very easily. “Do you remember when your father caught us in the back of my car seat, fooling around?”

“Yes, I do remember that very special and fun moment.” said the wife, lowering herself into a leather chair next to him.

The husband continued, “Do you remembered when he shoved that shotgun in my face and yelled out at me, “Either you marry my daughter or I will make sure you spend the next 20 years in prison.”

With her eyes wide open, she replies, “Of course, I remember that moment. Dad was so mad his face was red like the devil's.”

The husband sighed as he wiped away another tear away from his cheek, as he stated, “I would have gotten out today!”

Sunday, September 13, 2026

A Joke for Today. “The Rooster is Awaiting.”

 A Joke for Today.  “The Rooster is Awaiting.”

A very old, little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says to her, “Please come over here and help me.

I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can not figure out how to get it started.”

Her neighbor asks, “What is it supposed to be when it is finished?”

The old lady replies, “Well, according to the picture on the box, it is supposed to a rooster.”

Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the old lady’s jigsaw puzzle.

The old lady lets her neighbor into her house and shows him where she has the puzzle set up and how it is spread all over the table.

He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box for a moment.  Then he looks at the box, and he turns to her and says, “First of all, no matter what we do, we are not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster.”

He takes her by the hand and says,

“Secondly, I want you to relax,” and he says, “Let us have a nice cup of tea,” and then, he says with a very deep sigh, he continues, “Let us put all of the Corn Flakes back into the box.”

As with a few swipes of his hand, he pushed the Corn Flakes back into the cereal box.

So much for a puzzle of a rooster!

Saturday, September 12, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Someone Needs a New Lawnmower.”

 A Joke for Today.  “Someone Needs a New Lawnmower.” 

At a neighborhood yard sale down the street, Grandpa Earl is inspecting an old, rusted out lawn mower while Grandms Barb hovers over a table of costume jewelry.

Grandpa Earl says to Barb, “Look at this antique Briggs & Stratton lawnmower! The owner wants $15 for it.  I bet I can talk him down to $3 and a half-pack of mints for it.”

Grandma Barb replies, “Earl, that is not a yard sale item.  That is the owner’s actual lawnmower. He was just mowing the grass, and he went inside to use the bathroom.”

Grandpa Earl says to her, “Nonsense, Barb!  It is sitting on the grass near the driveway with everything else.  Everything on the grass is fair game!”

So, Earl pulls out of his pocket three old, crumpled one-dollar bills and leaves them on the table next to the lawnmower.

Grandma Barb yells out, “Earl, he left the engine running.”

Grandpa Earl replies to her, “That just means it is pre-heated, Barb.  It is a bonus feature.”

Earl grabs the lawnmower’s handles, and he starts pushing the running lawnmower down the street on the sidewalk towards his own house.

The neighbor sees what is happening from his window and jumps out the front door of his house with a sandwich in his hand yelling out loud, “HEY!  SIR! THAT IS MY LAWNMOWER. IT IS NOT FOR SALE.”

Grandma Barb turns her head over her shoulder towards the neighbor and yells back to him, as she trots behind Earl;

“NO REFUNDS, STEVE! ALL SALES ARE FINAL!  TAKE IT UP WITH OUR LAWYER!”

Friday, September 11, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Walking Home from School.”

A Joke for Today.  “Walking Home from School.”

An elderly couple who were childhood sweethearts had married and settled down in their old neighborhood and who were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

They walked down the street to their old school.

There, they hold hands as they find the old desk they had shared and where he had carved the words, “I love you, Sally.”

On their way back home, a bag of money falls out of an armored car practically at their feet.

She quickly picks it up, but they don’t know what to do with it so they take it home.

There, she counts the money, and it is fify-thousand dollars.

The husband says to her, “We have to give it back.”

She replies, “Finders Keepers.” as she puts the money back in the bag and hides it up in their attic.

The next day, two FBI men are going door-to-door in the neighborhood looking for the money and then they show up at their home.

They knock on their front door and say, “Pardon us, but did either of you find any money that fell out of an armored car yesterday?”

The wife says, “NO!”

The husband says, “She is lying.  She hid it up in the attic.”

She says, “Don’t believe him, he is getting senile.”

But the agents sit the man down and began to question him.

One FBI agent says to the husband, “Tell us the story from the beginning.”

The old man says, “Well, when Sally and I were walking home from school yesterday ... “

One FBI agent looks at the other FBI agent and says, “Let us get out of here!”


Wednesday, September 9, 2026

A Joke for Today. “That Poor Old Grandmother.”

A Joke for Today.  “That Poor Old Grandmother.”

A husband and a wife were all dressed up and ready for a lovely evening out - dinner and a show.

Having been burglarized before, they left a light on and put the cat out in the backyard.

When the Uber arrived, they stepped outside, ... but their chunky cat slipped back into the house and ran upstairs.

Since the cat loves chasing the parakeet, the husband ran back inside to grab the cat and put her back outside.

Not wanting the driver to think the house would be empty all night, the wife said to the Uber driver, “My husband is saying good-night to my mother.”

A few minutes later, the husband jumped back into the car, all flustered, out of breath, and a bit hugging and puffing.

He said, “Sorry that took so long, but that stupid old girl was hiding under the bed, so I had to poke her with a stick, and then a coat hanger to get her out from under the bed. Then, she tried to run, so I grabbed her, wrapped a blanket around her so she would not scratch me like she did the last time.”

“I then dragged her downstairs and tossed her into the backyard.  She better not crap in the vegetable garden again.”

The silence in the Uber was deafening, as the wife looked in the mirror to glance at the expression on the Uber driver’s face, holding back her own laughter.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

A Joke for Today. ‘The Pharmacist!’

 A Joke for Today.  ‘The Pharmacist!’

A young man walked into a neighborhood pharmacy to pick up some condoms.

The pharmacist behind the counter explained, “They come in pack of 3,9, or12.  Which size would you like them in today?”

The young guy puffed out his chest and smiled smugly, “Well, I have been dating this gorgeous girl for a couple of months now, and tonight is the big night.  I am having dinner with her parents first, and then we’re hitting the town later.  I got this great feeling I am getting lucky tonight, and frankly, once she gets a taste of me, she won’t be able to get enough of it.  So, better make it a 12 pack.”

He paid for his purchase and then he swaggered out the door.

The evening, when he arrived at his girlfriend’s home, he took a seat at the dining room table across from her parents.  Before eating, he politely volunteered to say grace over the meal.  The parents gladly bowed their heads to pray for their blessings.

The young man closed his eyes, clutched his hands tightly together, and he began praying.

Five minutes went by, ... then ten minutes went by.  He kept praying and praying, with his head so low his forehead was nearly resting on the tablecloth, as he was sweating bullets.

Finally, the girlfriend leaned in very close to him and she whispered under her breath, “Sweatheart, you never told me you were such a devout religious man!”

Without lifting his head a single inch, he whispered back.

“You never told me that your dad was the pharmacist!”

Monday, September 7, 2026

A Joke for Today. ‘The Super Jerk!’

 A Joke for Today.  ‘The Super Jerk!’

A guy walks into a towering rooftop bar and he immediately orders a drink.

He then notices a guy next to him, who casually takes a shot, and then he sprints to the edge of the building, and he jumps off the building.

The first guy watches in horror, but ten minutes later, the jumper casually walks back into the bar, completely unharmed.

Astonished, the first guy asks the jumper, “How did you do that!?”

The jumper smiles, “It’s the magic of this building.  If you take a shot of tequila, the updraft from the street below is so strong that is slows your free-fall so you can land upright on your feet.  You just float down gently to the sidewalk.”

Skeptical, but very intrigued, the guy orders a shot of tequila, slams it down his throat, runs to the edge of the building, and leaps off the building, free as a bird.

He plummets twenty stories and rapidly smashes into the pavement below; you know, not complete anymore.

The bartender shakes his head, walks slowly over to the edge of the building, and looks down at the jumper; and he sighs.

“You know, Superman, you’re a real jerk when you are drunk.”

Sunday, September 6, 2026

A Joke for Today. ‘The Professional.’

 A Joke for Today.  ‘The Professional.’

An elderly woman rushed to the pharmacy to pick up some medication, but when she returned to her car, she realized she had locked her keys inside her car.

Looking around, she spotted an old rusty coat hanger on the ground.  She picked it up and she whispered, “Lord, I have no idea how to use this coat hanger on my car to get it unlock.”

So she bowed her head and prayed, “Please, God, send me someone to help me.”

Just minutes later, a beat-up old motorcycle pulled into the parking lot.  A bearded old man in a biker skull helmet got off and asked her, “Need some help, ma’am?”

She explained, “My daughter is sick, and I have locked myself out of my car by locking my keys inside the car.  But I need to get home as soon as possible.  Can you help me by using this coat hanger to unlock and open my car door?”

The biker smiled and said, “Sure.”  In less than a minute, her car was unlocked.

Overcome with emotion, she hugged the man and cried, “Thank you, God, for sending me such a kind man!”

The biker chuckled and said, “Lady, I’m not a good man.  I just out of prison yesterday, ... for car theft.”  (Or grand theft auto)

The woman hugged him even tighter and sobbed, “Oh, thank you God, ... you sent me a professional!”

Saturday, September 5, 2026

A Joke for Today. “A Horse Ticket and a Frying Pan.”

 A Joke for Today.  “A Horse Ticket and a Frying Pan.”


A man was relaxing in his favorite living room armchair, reading his favorite evening paper, when his wife all of a sudden stormed into the room, and smacked him over the head with a heavy frying pan.

“Ouch!” He yelled out, rubbing the sore bump.  “What was the for?” he asked her.

She held up up a crumpled white piece of crumpled paper as a note with a furious glare.

“I found this in your pocket with the name ‘Mary Lou’ on it, with a phone number on it too.

The husband chuckled and shook his head sideways.

“Honey, you’ve got it all wrong!  And that was just the ticket details.”

Embarrassed, his wife apologized profusely.

Three day later, he was reading his favorite evening newspaper again in the same living room chair, when she snunk up behind him and she knocked him flat again with a bigger, massive cast-iron skillet.

Dazed, he groaned, “What was the for?!”

She glared down at him and said, “Your horse just called!”

Friday, September 4, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Where is the Money?”

 A Joke for Today.  “Where is the Money?”


A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Guido, has cheater him out of $10,000,000.

Not good at all!

His bookkeeper is deaf and dumb.  That was the reason he got the job in the first place is because it was assumed that Guido would hear nothing, so he could never testify in court.

When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing $10,000,000, he takes along his lawyer, who knows sign language.

The Godfather tells the lawyer, “Ask him where the money is!”

The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, “Where is the money?”

Guido signs back, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido’s head and says, “Ask him again or I will kill him!”

The lawyer signs to Guido, “He’ll kill you if you don’t tell him.”

Guido trembles and signs, “OK! You win!  The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno’s house.”

The Godfather asks the lawyer, “What did he say?”

The lawyer replies, “He says you don’t have the guts to pull the trigger!”

Thursday, September 3, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Which Lottery was Won?”

 A Joke for Today.  “Which Lottery was Won?”

An older married couple is sitting on the couch watching TV in complete silence.

Suddenly, the husband turns to his wife and he asks her, “Honey, if I died tomorrow, would you remarry?”

The wife thinks for a long second and replies, “Well, I would live alone, I hate cooking just for myself. And honestly, having a man around to handle the heavy lifting, fix the leaky sink, and pay half the bills is pretty practical.

So, yeah, I probably would remarry eventually.

She turns to him and asks, “What about you?  If I died, would you remarry?”

The husband shrugs and says, "Probably not.  I mean once you’ve won the lottery, you don’t usually go stand in line to buy another ticket.”

The wife just stared at him in absolute silence.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

A Joke for Today. A Bridge to Hawaii.

 A Joke for Today.  "A Bridge to Hawaii."

A man was walking along a beach, deep in prayer, when he suddenly said out loud, “Lord, grant me one wish.”

A voice boomed from above, “Because you have been faithful, I will grant you one wish.”

The man said, “Build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive there anytime I want.”

The Lord replied, “That is a bit much ... think of all of the engineering, the materials, the miles of ocean.  I could do, but it is a lot to ask for.  Ask for something else.”

So, the man went into deep thought for a while.

Then he said, “Okay. I want to understand women.  What they feel, what they think, why they say, ‘nothing when there is something wrong ... and how to make them truly happy!”

There was a very long pause from the Lord.

Then the Lord said, “So ... about this bridge.  Do you want two or four lanes?”

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Where is the Hat?”

 A Joke for Today.  “Where is the Hat?”


Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down when he saw him.

Murphy had never been seen in church his whole life.

After Mass, the priest caught up with Murphy and said, “Murphy, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass.  What made you decide to join us this fine Sunday morning?”

Murphy said, “I got to be honest with you Father, a while back, I misplaced my hat and I really, really love that hat. And I know that McGlynn had the same hat as my hat; and knew that McGlynn came to church every Sunday.

I also knew that McGlynn had to take his hat off during the Mass and I figured that he would leave it in the back of the church; so, I was going to leave after Communion and steal McGlynn’s hat.”

The priest said, “Well, Murphy, I notice that you did not steal McGlynn’s hat.  What changed your mind?”

Murphy said, “Well, after I heard your sermon on the 10 Commandments, I decided that I didn’t need to steal McGlynn’s hat after all.”

The priest gave Murphy a big wide smile and said; “After I talked about the Commandments, ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal.’ you decided you would rather do without your hat instead of burning in hell for eternity. Right?”

Murphy shook his head and said, “No, Father. It was after you talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, I remembered where I left my hat."

Monday, August 31, 2026

A Joke for Today. “How Much is a Wife Worth?”

 A Joke for Today.  “How Much is a Wife Worth?”


A newly married couple, John and Karen, were walking along the beach during their honeymoon.

Suddenly, John tripped over an old, dusty oil lamp.

He picked it up, rubbed it, and POOF! A magical Genie appeared in a cloud of smoke.

The Genie smile and said, “Thank you for freeing me! I can grant you three wishes. However, because you are newlyweds, there is a special marriage rule: Whatever you wish for, your wife will get ten times (10) times more!

John looked at Karen, smiled, and said, “That is OK.  That is just wonderful! She is my wife, I love her, and I don’t mind sharing.”

For his first wish, John said, Genie, I want to be the richest man in the world. I want 100,00,000 dollars in my bank account.”  (In yesteryear’s dollars of course.)

Genie snapped his fingers. “Done! You have 100 million in your bank account.  But remember, your wife now has 1 billion dollars in her bank account!”

John smiled, “That is perfectly fine with me. What is mine is hers, and what is hers is mine.”

For his second wish, John said, “Genie, I want a fleet of the most luxurious sports cars in the world. A Ferrari, a Lamborghini, and a Rolls Royce!”

The Genie snapped his fingers again. “Done! You have 3 luxury cars, but your wife has now has 30 luxury cars as well, along with a massive garage.”

John nodded happily, “No problem at all! We can all go on road trips together.”

Then, the Genie looked at John very seriously. “Now, think very hard and carefully, young man. This is your third and final wish.  Remember the rule” whatever you get, your wife gets ten times more, as in (10x) as more.”

John closed his eyes, thought for a very long moment, and then he smirked.  He looked at the Genie and said:

“Genie, for my last wish ... please give me a mild, non-fatal heart attack.”

The Genie froze. Karen’s jaw dropped in absolute horror, and John lived happily ever after, as a very, very wealthy bachelor.

Sunday, August 30, 2026

A Joke for Today. “Who are the Fallen?”

 A Joke for Today.  “Who are the Fallen?”

There’s this old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish who kept confessing to committing adultery.

One Sunday, in the pulpit, he said, “If I hear one more person confessing to committing adultery, I’ll quit!”

Well, everyone like him, so they came up with a code word.

Someone who had committed adultery would say the word, ‘Fallen.’ instead of the word adultery.

This seemed to satisfy the old priest, and things went well, until the priest died at a ripe old age of 92 years old.

About a week after the new priest arrived, he visited the mayor of the town because he was very concerned about something weird happening in town.

The priest said, “You have to do something about the sidewalks in this town.

When people come into the confessional, they keep talking about being, ‘fallen.’

The mayor started to laugh, realizing that no-one had told the new priest about the code word.

Before the mayor could explain about the code word, the priest shook his head and with an accusing finger at the mayor said,

“I don’t know what you are laughing about, because your wife fell down three times this week.”

Saturday, August 29, 2026

A Joke for today. "Learn how to pronounce words."

 A Joke for today.  "Learn how to pronounce words."

During the service, the pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for prayers, which had been answered.

A lady stood up and came forward.  She said, "I have a reason to praise the Lord."

"Two months ago, my husband Jim, had a very terrible bicycle wreak and his scrotum was completely crushed.  The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

You could hear an audible gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Jim experienced.  She continued, "Jim was unable to hold me or the children, and every move caused him terrible pain."

"We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation."

"They were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Jim's scrotum and wrap wire around it to hold it back in place."

Again, the men if the congregation squirmed uncomfortable as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Jim.

She continued, "Now Jim is out of the hospital and the doctors say, with time, his scrotum should recover completely."  All of the men sighed with relief.

The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had anything to say. A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium.

He said, "I am Jim and I would like to tell everyone including my wife, the word is "sternum."

A Joke for today. "A Night Not to be Forgotten!"

 A Joke for today. "A Night Not to be Forgotten!"

A Couple wants to enjoy their very first night together, but they never expected this.

Fred and Mary got married, but they can't afford a honeymoon, so they go back to Fred's parents' home for their very first night together.

In the morning, Johnny, Fred's little brother, get up and has his breakfast.

As he is going out the door to go to school, he asks his mother if Fred and Mary are up yet.

She replies, "No."

Johnny asks her, "Do you know what I think?"

His mom replies, I don't want to hear what you think, so go to school.

Johnny comes home from school for lunch and he asks his mom, "Are Fred and Mary up yet?"

She replies, "No."

Johnny says, "Do you know what I think?"

His mom replies, "Never mind what you think. Eat your lunch and go back to school."

After school, Johnny comes home and asks again, ""Are Fred and Mary up yet?"

His mom says, "NO."

He asks again, "Do you know what I think?"

His mom replies, "Ok, tell me what you think?"

He says, "Last night Fred came into my bedroom for the Vaseline, and I think I gave him my airplane's SUPER GLUE."

Friday, August 28, 2026

RAINBOW. 8.28.2026. 7.45.2026.

 


SUNSET 8.27.2026

 A Most Remarkable and Beautiful Sunset I have ever seen in person. And I have seen thousands of them over the years. The picture doesn't do it justice.

Of course, the scene was much wider than my picture, but I wanted a close up for to get the colors, but of course, it all depends on the camera, too. I think I might start carrying a real camera with me from now on. The crazy thing is I had just started reading a book titled, "Reductionism in Art and Brain Science."" By Eric R. KANDEL.



Thursday, August 27, 2026

A Joke for today. "Who believes in Genies?"

 A Joke for today.  "Who believes in Genies?"

A Husband and wife were playing golf together.

On the third hole, the husband hit a terrible shot that went straight through the window of a very expensive house nearby.

They went to the house to apologize, and they found a broken antique vase on the floor.

A man was sitting there and said, "Thank you for breaking that vase!  I am a Genie who was trapped inside it for 1,000 years. 

I will grant you three wishes, but I get one wish for myself."

The husband excitedly asked for a million dollars a year and a mansion in every country.

The Genie granted the wishes and then asked for his own wish.

"I just want to spend one night with your beautiful wife."

After the Genie and wife were done, the Genie asked the wife, "How old is your husband?"

She said, "He is 55 years old."

The Genie laughed and said to her.

"And he still believes in Genies?"

A Joke for today. An Old Lady is Asked.

 A Joke for today.  An Old Lady is Asked.

The preacher's Sunday's sermon was, "Forgive your Enemies.

He asked, how many of the congregation have forgiven their enemies?

About half held up their hands.

He then repeated his question once more.

Now about 80 % help up their hands.

He then repeated his question once more.

All responded, except one elderly old lady.

"Mrs. Johnson, are not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any enemies."

Mrs. Johnson, that is very unusual. How old are you?

"Ninety-three, she replied.

"Mrs. Johnson, please come down in front and tell the congregation how a person cannot have an enemy in the entire world at 93 years old."

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle and she said, ...

"I outlived every one of those bitches."

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

A Joke for today. "Who is Afraid of Satan?"

 A Joke for today.   "Who is Afraid of Satan?"

Just before Sunday service began, Satan suddenly appeared at the front of the church.

The congregation screamed and rushed for the exits, leaving only one elderly man sitting in his pew.

Satan walked over and asked him, "Don't you know who I am?

"Sure do," the old man replied.

"And you aren't afraid of me?" 

'Nope." replied the old man.

Satan frowned. "You know I could destroy you... and make you suffer forever?"

"I don't doubt it."

Now, completely confused, Satan demanded, "Then why aren't you afraid of me?"

The old man smiled at Satan, "Because I have been married to your sister for the last 48 year!"

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

A Joke for Today. The Bathtub Test.

 A Joke for Today. The Bathtub Test.

During a visit to a mental asylum, I asked the director, "How do you determine whether or not a person or patient should be institutionalized."
"Well." Said the director, "We fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient, and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand." I said.
"A normal person or patient would use the bucket because it is bigger than the teaspoon, and the teacup."
"No." said the director.
"A normal person or patient would pull the bath plug. Do you want a bed next to the window?"

Friday, August 21, 2026

A Joke for Today. Too Many Drinks! And a Bus Ride Home.

A Joke for the Day. Too Many Drinks! And a Bus Ride Home.

Last night, I was out for a few drinks and a meal. One thing led to another, and I had a few too many beers and then went onto the wine, finishing with coffee and brandy. It's not a good idea. Knowing I was over the limit, I decided to leave my car and took a bus home. Sure enough, I passed a police checkpoint, where they were pulling over drivers and performing breathalyser tests. Because I was in a bus, they just waved it past. I arrived home safely and without incident, which was a real surprise as I’ve never driven a bus before, and I am not even sure where I got it from. Now it’s parked outside my house and I don’t know what to do with it! George

A Joke for today. Two guys at a bar sharing a drink.

 A Joke for today.  Two guys at a bar sharing a drink.

A man was sitting at a bar, staring at his drink, when a large, trouble-making biker stepped up beside him, grabbed his drink and gulped it down.

The biker asked, "Well, whatcha gonna do about that?"

The man suddenly burst into tears and said:

"I'm a complete failure. I got fired today, my car was stolen, I left my wallet in the cab I took home, I found my wife with another man, and my dog bit me.

So, I came here to work up the courage to put an end to it all. I bought a drink, dropped a capsule in it, and sat here watching the poison dissolve. Then you show up and drink it.

But what the hell ... enough about me. "How are you doing?"

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

AN ESSAY: Take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, FOR YOUR DECISIONS. 8/19/2026. By: George Patnoe.

AN ESSAY: TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, FOR YOUR DECISIONS.

8/19/2026

By: George Patnoe. 


A Lesson about Personal Responsibility, FOR YOUR DECISIONS.

I was sitting on a downtown bench with my parrot on my shoulder. I was enjoying the moment when a 20-something year old male walked up to me, and he started talking openly to me about his life.

He starts explaining how he just got out of prison that day for defending himself in a violent fight. That is it how the conversation started.

Then he explains how he got 42 certificates in various topics in 2 years, which is why they let him out of prison. I am thinking good for him. If that was true, it is surely impressive. Even if they were only certificates.

He tells me how he needs to find a job and how he is staying with his brother. Lucky him, I am thinking as I feed my parrot a peanut butter cracker that he surely loves to eat after his tough job of staying on my shoulder during the 20-minute semi jog to the bench.

The guy tells me a few other facts about himself, but what I was reading about him was his body language and his facial expressions. They were a little off compared to the countless other people I had countless conversations with when I was downtown when people were interested in my parrot.

I couldn't tell if he was on drugs either for fun or medical reasons, but I was ready for any sudden movement towards me and my beloved parrot whom I would protect in ways you can't imagine.

But if he wasn't on drugs, I was thinking to myself, then something was probably wrong with him psychologically.
I told him his plan should be to stay out of prison, which seemed obvious enough, especially to him, I was guessing.

I asked him what his plans were for the immediate future besides looking for a job.

He blurted out of his mouth. I am going to depend on God. Well. That touched a nerve with me because even though there is nothing wrong with depending on God in the correct context, that could lead to a false sense of hopefulness but at least he was headed in the correct direction I thought to myself.

So, I replied. Probably too loudly. Remember to take personal responsibility for your actions.

His eyes widen, and his facial expression changed. Which meant I didn't know what was going to happen next because something was a little off about the guy.

He says. What?

I said. You have to take personal responsibility for your decisions from here on out. If someone tries to fight you.

Walk away no matter what. Because he had precisely stated to me, he had fought to defend himself, which is how he got into prison in the first place.

He is standing up, and I am still sitting down. So, I stand up just so I can defend myself if he goes crazy for some reason. After all. My main goal was to protect my feathered buddy on my shoulder.

So, he says I am going to depend on God.

Now that I am on my feet, and body is ready for anything he might surprise me with. I reply. That is fine and good, but you still have to take personal responsibility for actions, which means don't blame God for your bad decisions.

He is staring at me like just maybe this was the advice he needed on his very first day out of prison. Which it was even if he didn't like my advice which seemed as if he actually didn't like that advice.

Many people don't like taking personal responsibility for their decisions whether it is getting drunk or smoking pot or driving drunk or too fast or both. Or killing someone in a car accident which could have been avoided if there was no drinking involved and the speed was legal.

I looked at him, wondering if he knew he who he was actually talking to in the first place on his first day out of prison. Of course, he didn't nor could he guess either for various reasons. But that was ok.

But I am thinking to myself he should take that advice just as if it was straight out of the mouth of God itself just for the sake of his future.

He slowly started to walk away as I started to walk down towards the river. I felt good about our conversation.  I hope he remembers those words. Take Personal Responsibility for your decisions. For the rest of his long life, hopefully. He seemed like a nice guy who studied for his two years in prison which is why they let him out two years early.

I really wish the guy well with a good future.

But if I ever see him again. I am going to remind him of those words again. Take Personal responsibility, FOR YOUR DECISIONS!

An afterthought.  Do you know what is really amazing? This guy told me that he was going to take my advice with a grain of salt. I think my advice to him is worth more than a grain of salt.  Don't you?

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Monday, August 17, 2026

An Essay. 8/16/2026

 There are crackers and cookies for my parrots at the Dollar Tree stores that I can't buy at liras. So whenever I drive out of town, I take a quick trip and walk into a Dollar Tree store to spend 30 to 50 bucks on crackers and cookies for my parrots.

I am not trapped into thinking I have to shop at only one store in town named liras.
Some people in RV think that they are obligated to shop at only only store named liras like they go to only one church in town. Of course, most people usually only go to one church, and some people read more than one translation of the Bible to learn more than one translation and meanings of the words and events of the times within a historical context just because it is interesting to them.
What is really crazy in the news is the newly discovered details of the pyramids. And the newly released details of the possible UFO and aliens or creatures from other realms of existence. OR more precisely from other space-time dimensions.
Some educated people believe that the pyramids were built by the Egyptians, but other educated people that the Egyptians simply inherited the pyramids from previous civilizations.
And now there is more and more evidence that there really are space ships flying around in the sky above planet earth that can travel faster than any human-made fighter jet.
So, the questions that arise from the two different aspects are these. If there were non-human and human civilizations long before the Bible was written and if there are alien space ships and their alien civilizations that existed even longer than those civilizations that weren't human.
Then those two possibilities would turn religious thought and belief symbols upside down in a matter of hundreds of heartbeats.
Because the 7 days of creation in the first chapter of the Genesis would be proven to mean something completely different than a literal interpretation that there is a God that created everything in just 7 days which is so freaking ridiculous and stupid because there weren't 7 days in the so-called beginning in the first place.
Therefore. As people drive around in their cars and trucks on the open highways of California's beautiful county side to shop for food or whatever.
Don't forget to look in the sky because you might see an alien space ship or two if you are lucky. But here is the thing. I probably have seen more real life (supposedly) pictures of again supposedly alien creatures than the people ready this essay.
Where did they go to shop for food. Did they even need food. Or were their bodies just some sort of futuristic machines that didn't need food, so they didn't need to shop for food in stores around the galaxy.
So have fun going to your churches as you ponder those issues and questions. But a bigger question might be. What did the Egyptians and aliens think about God. Because if there is one God. It would have to be the God of the Egyptians and the aliens too.
Well. The responses should be fun to read. Just remember. I know more about the Bible and God than you do.

Monday, August 10, 2026

Saturday, August 8, 2026

A Navy Seal Speaks. Well Done. SIR!

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

THE RHYTHMS of MARRIAGE and LIFE. By George Patnoe. July 25, 2026.

THE RHYTHMS of MARRIAGE and LIFE.

By George Patnoe. July 25, 2026.

THE RHYTHMS of MARRIAGE and LIFE.

By George Patnoe.

Last night I was awake all night in a deep trance listening to classical music while reading a book titled 'The Inflationary Universe.' by a great scientist named Alan Guth.

Then I happened to read a short piece on Next-door written by a man who was writing about the rhythm in his marriage. So, I started to respond to his amazing observation and below is what popped out of my brain mind and consciousness. A young lady loved it, so I hope other people love it too. Enjoy.

I have been married for over 30 years, and I have been realizing lately that everything it my house has a rhythm to it. Including my parrots and cats that are part of life and living as biological creatures within rhythm of my house and home.

But more importantly. There is a rhythm between me and my wife probably because we are stuck with each other until the end of it.

Even the feral cats that walk into my house mewing for food or to just say hi are part of that rhythm.

Then there are the wild birds I feed who sing their specific bird songs as they fly around the house eating bird food and drinking water.

Even the hummingbirds that fly up to my face to say thank you for the sugar water I make for them.

But you know. I get to watch the sun and moon slowly cross over from one side to the other side of my house causing me to never forget that earth is moving through the space-time cosmic universe with a rhythm of its own.

I can sit on my front porch chair in the darkness of the night knowing someone else wondered about gravity and the math behind it.

Sometimes I think to myself that those uneducated people who built those long-ago pyramids had a rhythm too.

Every day they had a system of living and working for a goal that wouldn't be forgotten maybe forever. They woke up every morning with a rhythm within their minds and life to get the job done with one goal. To build that pyramid.

So, whether it is the rhythm of washing dishes or the rhythm of the sun and moon reminding us of the infinite rhythm of the cosmic universe. Or the rhythm of doing a job like building a pyramid.

It is always the rhythm of our lifelong partners that teach us the importance of forgetting the petty differences between two human beings that live under the same roof for 30 years. Or less or more.

After surviving dying from stage 4 CLL in 2022. I am realizing I was blessed and lucky enough to understand something about the rhythmic harmony of a marriage which touches the human soul more than money ever could.

I once had an amazing conversation with an old time Navy Seal for about 3 hours.

He actually owned the same white Ford pickup truck I own.

He told me the most difficult thing he ever went through in his life was not the Navy Seal training. Or studying for his law degree. It was getting a divorce from his long-life wife. The tears were just about to start but he held them in like a Navy Seal would do or any man.

It is very sad that the human species is still so very primitive it hasn't learned about the most important thing in human experience and existence.

It is not money or cars or sex or Netflix or having a great job or owning a teeny tiny grocery store that your daddy handed over to you.

Nope. As the Bible mentions more than once. The most important thing in life is love. I think experiencing a rhythm in a long-life relationship has a special type of love that I got to experience in my life before I exit my human body for good.

It is too bad the whole world doesn't wake up every morning with a brand-new heart and soul knowing that the rhythm of life isn't confined just to a marriage. But the rhythm of life should be realized with every person you meet.

Until people stop hating each other so much that won't happen.

But maybe one day it will happen. Then maybe the kingdom of heaven will be on earth!

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Yes, I have been writing my next essay. But it will be some time before I am finished with it. But the outline is done and getting bigger.

 Yes, I have been writing my next essay.  But it will be some time before I am finished with it.  But the outline is done and getting bigger.

I hope people are going to be ready for it, because I am not going to pull any punches.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Some of my artwork can be viewed on Instagram under the username georgepatnoe. https://instagram/georgepatnoe

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Why Time Seems Slowing Down or Speeding Up.

Why Time Seems Slowing Down or Speeding Up.

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When I was in college studying International Economics/Finance, I was also wondering how to develop a more powerful brain. So in 2001,I began a very specialized ambidextrous brain exercise program, for two hours per day,for many years. Those brain exercise began with me writing out words,mostly verbs, with both hands in different patterns.That developed into dual handed sentence writing to longer stories and dual handed drawing exercises.Details are for future books.I did these two hour brain workouts as a personal experiment to restructure my brain's neurons for the purpose of making my brain stronger for writing and language development; for logically creative storying writing.As far as I know, I am the only person in the course of history to have developed these ambidextrous hand/brain exercises.The purpose of these ambidextrous brain exercises is to strenghten both sides of the brain for language skills development, and to connect both sides of the brain together for language skills development. There is a very logical neurological reason for using two hands to write and draw as brain exercises. I also draw with both hands. 52 Stories is my testament!