HUMOR
The Exhausted Smiley Face Emoticon
This has gone on long enough. It's time to discuss the smiley face -- :-) Isn't it adorable? I confess that I just learned how to create it by reading an E-How article. :-) I'll stop now. I know y...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 3:05 PM
After the week we've had we NEED these blogs!
It's always fun to welcome new bloggers to Areavoices. But in a week that's been full of tension and conflict, (thank you Campaign 2012), it's especially fun to welcome two FUN new blogs. Kayley Erlan...
Posted on 11/9/12 at 3:07 PM
Tragedy, black humor and coping
A seemingly frivolous tweet about superstorm Sandy drew a sharp rebuke this week from the Michigan Nurses Association. The offending tweet came from the Detroit News and actually was a retweet of wha...
Posted on 11/1/12 at 12:02 PM
Franken humor is back
While Republicans look over names of possible Al Franken challengers, the first-term Democratic U.S. senator is laying groundwork for his 2014 re-election run. And he is using more humor than we hear...
Posted on 9/25/12 at 5:16 AM
Technological Advances
Earlier this week, I had a rather chaotic day. In the morning, I wrote on my hand to remind myself of a task to email Rick. At lunch, I noticed it on my hand and realized that I had not seen the insi...
Posted on 9/21/12 at 7:00 AM
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot...
Brian Matuszak used to work at KBJR, where he met George Kessler, Super Dave Anderson and Barbara Reyelts. They are all very nice people, and when Barbara tells him to jump, he still asks, “How high?”By Brian Matuszak , January 06, 2011
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: A new year means new failures
Has it really been 30 years since I ruled the halls of AlBrook in my “The Empire Strikes Back” T-shirt and “Grease” pencil box?By Brian Matuszak , December 30, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: A new column for the old year
Question: Why is it taking so long for Reese’s and Victoria’s Secret to team up for Peanut Butter D-Cups?By Brian Matuszak , December 23, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: ‘Holiday music’ just isn’t the same as ‘Christmas music’
Brian Matuszak delights in his editor getting in trouble with, among other local celebrities, Barbara Reyelts of Northland's NewsCenter.By Brian Matuszak , December 16, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Farewell, DECC Arena, we shared some rockin’ (though sticky) memories
Back in the ’80s, I used to work at the Arena and, interestingly enough, “driving the Zamboni across the parking lot” was a euphemism for an activity we spent most of our lunch breaks engaged in.By Brian Matuszak , December 09, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Nearly 25 years of holiday revues — can you believe it?
Which of the following has a Duluth mayor never done? A) Double-billed the city for lunch; B) double-billed the city for street lights; C) stuck a dismissal note on a door with double-stick tape; or D) doubled the city debt with a beautiful empty aquarium and a beautiful empty “tech village.”By Brian Matuszak , December 03, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Some Black Friday spitting and hissing
So it’s Black Friday weekend, which means no one should venture anywhere near a shopping establishment unless you want your pants sold out from underneath you.By Brian Matuszak , November 24, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Recent snowstorm provided a chance to reminisce
The recent snowstorm put my daughter and I in the holiday mood. And none too soon: We were starting to drift into the post-Halloween, pre-Christmas blahs.By Brian Matuszak , November 19, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: There is no Brian column this week — here’s why
No worries. Instead of a "normal" column, Brian just serves up an "anti-column."By Brian Matuszak , November 11, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Washington isn’t fixed yet — now there’s a Chip in it!
So, another season of high expectations, crazy behavior and dirty mudslinging has come to an end. No, not Vikings football — although that does seem to be over as well. I’m talking about the election season.By Brian Matuszak , November 04, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Brian’s annual list of scary/annoying/annoyingly scary things
Did Dane Cook make it this year? Open it up to find out!By Brian Matuszak , October 30, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Brian dumps on academia ... his uncle ... Lakewalk
Brian gets random ... see what's ruffled his feathers this week!By Brian Matuszak , October 23, 2010
Book Review: Uniquely Minnesotan humor and attitude compiled into ‘Almanac’
By Elizabeth Reichert , October 19, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: Bev’s bubble-headed boy wishes her a happy birthday
She taught me that staying up with a kid who has a nightmare until that frightened kid falls back to sleep is the best use of your nighttime hours. And on and on and on.By Brian Matuszak , October 18, 2010
Rubber Chicken Scratchings: The fun-filled adventures of a reluctant geocacher
Have you heard about geocaching? It’s a worldwide phenomenon where people hide stuff all over the place, and you use a GPS unit and try to find it.By Brian Matuszak , October 04, 2010
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