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But It Worked Yesterday! My #substack newletter
Unpleasant truth: Your phone, computer, or your car was OK when you last looked, but something went sideways in dead of night. Now they’re just paperweights, conversation pieces, or a driveway ornaments. And the warranties? Damn, they expired yesterday. What went wrong? […]
Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won’t See In DC
Since you just found out that you are going to a DC conference in place of your suddenly-ill colleague, here’s how you and your family can make the most of your two-day trip to our nation’s capital. Things most people want to […]
#Humor – My Domain Name Addiction
Some people are addicted to booze, others to sex, and then there are those who have risked it all with their bookie on fantasy football or their March-madness pool. I only wish I had one of those addictions. I’m hooked on something not covered […]
#HumorHandbook Project on Medium and Facebook
You can be a part of the conversation and the development of the humor handbook. It’s a long-considered project of setting down my thoughts on comedy and a key take-aways from more than 40 years of studying and practicing humor-writing and comedy. […]
#HumorHandbook – Getting Started – Robb’s Rule #2
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ” Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth (1909) I love writing because it is a chance to wrist-wrestle with my dreams. Often, I’ll wake up at 4 am with a bunch of crazy thoughts, […]
News Flash: Mexico Makes Preemptive Strike on Mar-a-Lago (satire)
In a bold move that anticipated a Trump victory, Mexico fired their secret stash of Chinese “Carrier Killer” missiles at Mar-a-Largo. Mexican Minister of the Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, said the act was necessary because of continual threats posed by the former-and-future […]
#HumoristsClub – Free Feedback On Your Stories
Check out the new discussion forum over at www.ThinkingFunny.com. It’s a place to meet writers with an interest in humor. The items below are free to view or join, and you don’t have to be published to be a member. Humor isn’t […]
Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4
“Brevity is the soul of wit.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet Write tight. It’s tempting to stop here, as a hyperbolic statement of the value of brevity. The best humor sneaks up on you. Taking you on a path and then making a sudden […]
Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night We know that fiction writers create their worlds by pretending to be something they’re not. But the reality is, at […]
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