For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
Group happenings I was at my writing group a few weeks back when something happened. Actually, a lot of things happened; Rhonda forgot her morning coffee, and was more surly than usual. Not that you care, but Rhonda can be very surly when she wants to be, and without coffee, Wow! She gets that way …
Continue reading *New* Why Writers are Unwittingly Artists: A Comedic Insight
Questions Here’s a great ponderable question which no one besides the gutsy Mr. Ohh! has ever dared to ask: How pretty does one have to be to stop traffic? Of course this brings up an even greater question: How stupid does one have to be to walk out into moving traffic without looking? If you …
Continue reading Information Overload: Tales of Daily Life, Driving and Beauty
Youre all wet Am I the only one who’s experienced this? I called up the water department with a question and got their computer. This isn’t so strange. It would’ve been stranger if I said I didn’t get the computer, a helpful man took my call, answered all my questions in a timely manner, and …
Continue reading Bizarre Customer Service Fiascos: From Telephone Robots to Amazon Payment Confusion
It's really hard sometimes Life is a challenge. You never know what might come up. You could be walking through your own house wanting to read a book in your favorite chair when suddenly you find the cat is there first. You might be able to move her, but she has sixteen razor-sharp claws and …
Have you ever? Have you ever done something that turned out nothing like you wanted? Of course you have. I don’t even know why I asked the question. Everyone has a deep dark oops, which they don’t tell anybody for years. When it eventually comes out, they have to spend several hours explaining, and hundreds …
Continue reading From Joke to Chaos: The Day My Comedy Act Went Horribly, Hilariously Wrong
Memories Ohh, they grow up so fast. Why it seemed like only a year ago my daughter was nineteen-years-old and just a babe. A nasty babe who would willingly kill me over a song selection on the radio sure, but a babe nonetheless. Now, she’s receiving mail for seniors about, Medicare, retirement, guaranteed life insurance, …
Continue reading AI Thinks My Daughter Is 65: A Father’s Ridiculous Battle With Bad Data
Please hold Hello! Thank you for calling Mr. Ohh!’s Sideways View. If this is an actual emergency, please hang up and dial 911. PAUSE. For Mr. Ohh press 1, for the sideways view press 2. BEEP. Thank you for calling Mr. Ohh!. If this is an actual emergency, please hang up and dial 911. PAUSE. …
Continue reading Modern Technology Is Supposed to Help: So Why Is Everything So Complicated??
Family history I remember when I was about twenty, my siblings and I all got together for a game night. There were all six of us, several better halves, and three folks my family just adopted for no apparent reason. They were just always around, and nobody asked why. They could’ve been homeless for all …
Continue reading The Bizarre Evolution of Parties: From Family Noise to Silent Texting
I'm not doing it That’s it, I am never cleaning my house ever again. Wow, that was a bit harsh. Let’s try again; After due deliberation, I’ve decided to never clean my house from here on in. Yes, this is much more socially acceptable. Let’s run with it. If you want to hear me read …
I have credentials I don’t think I’ve told you this. If I did, just humor me. I get so little pleasure out of my life. If it makes me happy to tell you something, you should quietly listen. Like when you grandfather tells you the story about how he was fishing and almost caught a …
Continue reading The Hazards of Subsistute Teaching, and Student Rebellion
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