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Tales From a Roundabout: Volume 4

Thanks to everyone who grabbed a copy of Tales From a Roundabout: Volume 4 this weekend! After coming out Friday, it shot up to #2 in Dark Comedy New Releases.

I survived the ‘rona virus. That’s good news for me, but not such good news for the literary world as I will continue to write the type of nonsense you’ve […]

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I finally got it. After nearly 3 years of avoiding COVID, it finally beat me. So, I hope you’ll forgive me if my newsletter is short this week. In fact, […]

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I’m writing to you from Canada today! Can you believe they let me in? I know my wife sure couldn’t. I think our family had a pool going on for […]

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I’ve been hearing rumors on social media that people in power keep a nut list. I’m pretty sure I’m on it. And I’m okay with that. I’ve done some things–that […]

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The zoo in Stockholm Sweden had to be closed this week because a king cobra escaped, according to Ben Hooper at UPI. To me, closing seems like an under-reaction. I […]

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Lately, I’ve been considering a new business idea. If you’ve been to a greeting card store lately (or the greeting card aisle of your local pharmacy), you’ve probably noticed they […]

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Every day we do dumb things. And we hope the dumb things don’t outnumber the smart things so that a trend develops. Once dumbness begins to trend, bad things are […]

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It’s that time of year when everyone becomes obsessed with pumpkin spice. You can’t go anywhere without running into it. From Starbucks coffee to Hostess Twinkies, everyone is trying to […]

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This week I had to go to a strategic planning meeting for my day job. This occurred for two reasons: Since our board was participating in the meetings, there is […]

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