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On Pinioned and Opinionated Wings

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On Pinioned and Opinionated Wings
Howard R. Wolf
Howard R. Wolf
Emeritus Professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo
Howard R. Wolf is Emeritus Professor of English and Senior Fellow at SUNY-Buffalo and the author of three memoirs, a novel (Broadway Serenade), personal essays, and many short stories.A Fulbright Scholar in Turkey and South Africa,he is now putting together a collection ofstories, EXILES BY STARLIGHT, and a play, HOME AT THE END OF THEDAY. Mr. Wolf is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Amherst College(BA), Columbia (MA), and The University of Michigan (PH.D) where he won a Hopwood for fiction. Howard lives in Amherst, New York where he writes and cultivates a small garden.
Howard R. Wolf
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It’s easy to get stuck in our ruts in the age of the internet, losing our wanderlust. An old friend, former diplomat and world traveler, recently emailed a … Read more

‘Clarity, Mr. Wolf, Clarity!’

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‘Clarity, Mr. Wolf, Clarity!’
Howard R. Wolf
Howard R. Wolf
Emeritus Professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo
Howard R. Wolf is Emeritus Professor of English and Senior Fellow at SUNY-Buffalo and the author of three memoirs, a novel (Broadway Serenade), personal essays, and many short stories.A Fulbright Scholar in Turkey and South Africa,he is now putting together a collection ofstories, EXILES BY STARLIGHT, and a play, HOME AT THE END OF THEDAY. Mr. Wolf is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Amherst College(BA), Columbia (MA), and The University of Michigan (PH.D) where he won a Hopwood for fiction. Howard lives in Amherst, New York where he writes and cultivates a small garden.
Howard R. Wolf
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A nationally known professor returned my first paper with a devastating “C –” intoning, “Clarity, Mr. Wolf, clarity!” I took a wanderjahre between my sophomore and junior college … Read more

Neuroses of a Homebound Traveler

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Neuroses of a Homebound Traveler
Howard Zaharoff
Howard Zaharoff
Howard Zaharoff reads (a lot), writes (mostly humor), teaches (occasionally) and practices law (doesn't everyone?). He is the author of "Stump Your Lawyer!" (Chronicle 2007), and his work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Amazing Stories, Computerworld, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, The Annals of Improbable Research and the books Growing Up Jewish (Penguin 1987) and Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (and Further Improbabilities) (Workman 1993), among other places.
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Trying to get a handle on the many odd neuroses and anxieties that may pop up when traveling post-pandemic. As we slowly emerge from COVID-quarantine, it’s time for … Read more

Contagious Coronavirus Victim Touring the USA in His Chevrolet

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Contagious Coronavirus Victim Touring the USA in His Chevrolet
Dave Richards
Dave Richards
Dave Richards is a writer from Las Vegas. In his spare time, he enjoys messing with HR Bots by optimizing keywords on Linkedin.
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After calling others weak and lazy for hitting the airports, coronavirus victim says he’ll “Do it the hard way.” ATLANTA — Just days after a Jet Blue passenger … Read more

The Route Not Taken

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The Route Not Taken
Howard Zaharoff
Howard Zaharoff
Howard Zaharoff reads (a lot), writes (mostly humor), teaches (occasionally) and practices law (doesn't everyone?). He is the author of "Stump Your Lawyer!" (Chronicle 2007), and his work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Amazing Stories, Computerworld, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, The Annals of Improbable Research and the books Growing Up Jewish (Penguin 1987) and Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (and Further Improbabilities) (Workman 1993), among other places.
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Two roads diverged on my Google Maps, And sorry I could not go where both led And drive one Tesla – lousy app! – I looked down one … Read more

Airline Passengers! Do You Have a Right to Recline?

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Roz Warren
Roz Warren
Roz Warren Roz is the author of Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library and Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection Of Library Humor. She writes for The New York Times and The Funny Times. Her work also appears in Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, The Philadelphia Inquirer and of course, the Humor Times. Connect with her on Facebook, follow her on Twitter or visit her website.
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Or, is right to recline on an airline on the decline? It’s called the Knee Defender. But I prefer to think of it as the Schmuck Identifier. It … Read more

Lost Journal: Romance Tanks at the National Aquarium

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Tim Mollen
Tim Mollen
Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
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Journal entry: February 8, 1997 (age 27) — Romance My girlfriend, Amanda, and I are having a romantic weekend getaway, but it’s been a challenge.  First, we had … Read more

Is This Seat Taken?

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Roz Warren
Roz Warren
Roz Warren Roz is the author of Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library and Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection Of Library Humor. She writes for The New York Times and The Funny Times. Her work also appears in Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, The Philadelphia Inquirer and of course, the Humor Times. Connect with her on Facebook, follow her on Twitter or visit her website.
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Everyone likes to have an empty seat next to them: Some go to great lengths to make certain of it A single woman should regard every train ride … Read more

Lost Journal: Karma Kick-back from Arizona Strangers

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Tim Mollen
Tim Mollen
Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
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Journal entry: November 17, 2006 (age 37) “Sedona likes you.”  That’s how our new friend, Liz Love, explained the streak of good luck my wife, Amanda, and I … Read more

‘Gastronomical Travel Guide For Gourmet Zombies’ Now Available in Bookstores

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‘Gastronomical Travel Guide For Gourmet Zombies’ Now Available in Bookstores
Roger Freed
Roger Freed
rfreed has a fertile, if somewhat warped, imagination. Read him at your own risk! More laugh gaffes available at Semi-Humorous Humor
!!!!!Buy 'The Alaska Papers' from lulu.com. Only $10 !!!!! An almost funny publication!
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A new book has been written specifically for that little-tapped section of the travel market, the zombie minority Fans of brains everywhere, rejoice! Here is the first in-print … Read more

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