Full disclosure, I was off the grid for a couple of weeks and my Google calendar reminded me about the game. Musicians. Food. I'll admit, my heart wasn't fully in it, but I managed to come up with 15 or so. Five made the cut. There were some solid entries here, so I was lucky to get in, I think.
Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site.
Full disclosure, I was off the grid for a couple of weeks and my Google calendar reminded me about the game. Musicians. Food. I'll admit, my heart wasn't fully in it, but I managed to come up with 15 or so. Five made the cut. There were some solid entries here, so I was lucky to get in, I think.
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I'm very happy that this piece found a home. It's been a prose piece, a radio sketch and a version of it is in my screenplay, "Merry Broadcast." And now it's a prose piece again. Hope we get some eyeballs on it As we are aware, the holidays are not always a season of cheer for all people. It’s beyond the “holiday blues” that we’ve all heard about. And it’s a bit beyond medical science. Let’s look into the holiday’s maladies and try to steer clear of Sickmas and resist the general feeling of no wellness. Find out how on Weekly Humorist!
Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. I have to say, this week's game was kinda tough. I'll admit my first entry just popped into my head (Dish-wassailer) but then a lot of research was necessary. Some were a stretch. Some were okay. I tried to approach the gags from multiple angles because there was no real beam to ride. The last one was another head-popper (Hair combs Santa Claus). I managed to submit a lot and got 14 picked for the website, a personal best. So, check out..
There used to be a time when TV shows would go on hiatus in December to be replaced by Christmas specials. That doesn’t happen much now, and people lament it because they only remember the good specials. Hey, they all can't be Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol! So check out Lesser Known Holiday Specials, now up at Weekly Humorist.
Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Time for holdiay parodies and this was was a little disconcerting. I am about to submit an article to WH, my No-well bit, so this hashtag is cutting a bit too close to that. I'm sure they'll forget all about it when I submit it next week. I popped out a couple of these quickly, but then had to pull up a list of the top holiday songs and the most popular diseases. And again, I thought I read over the WH entries to the hashtag, but wound up duping a couple of ones I should have seen as obvious. But with well over a dozen entries, I got 7 included in the webpage. Check it out! Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Again, they say "name a holiday movie" and they only two that rattle around are "White Christmas" and "It's a Wonderful Life." I mean, I've seen pretty much every Christmas movie, but kept blanking. So, I pulled up a list of the "top 100" holiday movies on IMDB (and I have to say there are some questionable choices there) along with the synonyms for "harmful" and that greased the wheels enough that I came up with 16 or so entries and 7 made the cut. Check them out for a good (if worrisome) laugh over at Weekly Humorist. Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. I had to scramble a bit with sci-fi movies. You get overwhelmed trying to remember something so basic, yet so numerous and you go blank. So I looked up the top 100 sci-fi movies, then another list of 1950's movies. I even looked up synonyms for icy, but pretty much fell on the word "ice" for everything. I did around 14 and got 8 included in the final listings, so, a good showing. But many of the list items were Weekly Humorists own tweets and many simply didn't even bother with sci-fi movie titles. Sure, Frigid Jones Diary is a gimme, but not a sci-fi film, so I didn't include it. Anyway, let's check out some... Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Yeah, not much to say about this week's. They came up with a topic, I googled the 7 deadly sins, looked up the top 100 sitcoms and went from there. This is a lot more effort than I put into other hashtag games where I'll submit if something pops into my head. But, I think it's working for me. They are much more receptive to articles I send them now. With that in mind, let's tune into some... Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Okay, I wasn't thrilled with this week's theme. Farty Fall Foods? Scatological, much? Anyway, I gave it some thought and finally manage to come up with a dozen or so jokes, with 7 making the cut (of cheese)...sorry. Not much else to add so click on through to the farty fun... Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Full disclosure, I missed last week's game. Stuff happened. Now, as spooky season winds down, it was time to come up with Haunted Housewares. Of course, WH posted all the obvious ones in house so the rest of us had to hustle to come up with something original. It took a bit to get up to speed, but I submitted 12 and got 5 in, so good for me. You can check out the scary appliances at: |
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