Category Archives: Humor

That Was You?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by russtowne

Most readers of this blog know that I tend to write in tangents. Ideas tend to come to me bunched together or in thought strings and rather than fight it, I take the easy/lazy way out and write a flurry … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Love, True Stories I've Written | Tagged adopt, adopting, adoption, biological, bleak, choices, Date, Dates, first, foreign, international, lemonade, locker, lockers, Love, short skirt, Travel-All | 15 Comments

A Goofy Encounter

Posted on November 29, 2012 by russtowne

When My Beloved and I were married, she had a little Honda Civic that was not much bigger than a basketball and a personalized license plate that read, “I GOOFY”. As it turns out, a 100-minute one-way commute caused us … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, True Stories I've Written | Tagged basketball, chance encounter, crazy, face, goofiness, goofy, Honda Civic, memory, moment, smile, thumbs-up | 20 Comments

The World Can Be

Posted on November 29, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw this saying on Facebook: “The world can be amazing when you’re slightly strange.” I agree. And I and know from personal experience that the world can be very entertaining when you are downright weird! ;-D! And very … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Kindness, Quotes I Love | Tagged beautiful, entertaining, experience, experiencing, Facebook, kindness, nature, strange, wierd | 2 Comments

A Surprise That Got Me In Hot Water With My Beloved

Posted on November 15, 2012 by russtowne

My recent “Holiday Humor” post received a bunch of comments, and below was my reply to one of the comments. I thought more of you would appreciate reading it than would see it in the comments section, so I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Marriage, True Stories I've Written | Tagged bow, car, Champagne, Friend, husband, jewlry, late, marriage, necklace, night, ribbon, steaming, surprise, teddy bear, wife | 8 Comments

An Ode To Hairietta L. Pawturr

Posted on November 15, 2012 by russtowne

(This ode is in reference to the story in my last post.) Ode to Hairietta L.Pawturr Hairietta L. Pawturr Is a cat who’s REALLY “liked” Two kids beat their father’s challenge When their Facebook “Likes” spiked. The End (of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Humor, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged cat, cat's Facebook, Hairietta, Hairietta L. Pawturr, kids, likes, Ode, spiked, tale | Leave a comment

Holiday Humor

Posted on November 15, 2012 by russtowne

A couple was Christmas shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve and the mall was packed. As the wife walked through the mall she was surprised to look up and see that her husband was nowhere around. She was quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged bar, holiday, humor, husband, jewelry, shopping, store, wife | 13 Comments

Water Fight!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by russtowne

(A revised re-post for newer readers to this site.) Some of my favorite moments in life have occurred on a whim. For example: Water fights between my Beloved and me. In the bathroom. They would often start innocently enough such … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Marriage, True Stories I've Written | Tagged bathroom, beloved, children, door, fight, fun, kids, laughter, mature, Mother, shower, sink, spontaniety, truce, water, water fight, water-clogged, wife | 20 Comments

Who Would Do Something Silly Like That?

Posted on October 27, 2012 by russtowne

The experience below may have been the most embarrassing day of my life–and considering how many such moments I’ve had, that is really saying something! Many years ago I’d volunteered to take a car load of stuff that my employer … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged angry, beloved, car, embarrased, engine running, humor, job fair, keys, marriage, most embarrassing moment, panic, wagon train | 16 Comments

Silly, Silly Me

Posted on October 24, 2012 by russtowne

He grabbed my hand and yelled, “Come see! Come see!” And excitedly pointed to our big shade tree. “Yes I see; it’s a tree” I thoughtlessly said. With wise young eyes, he sadly shook his head. “Silly Grandpa, Can’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, Imagination, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged balloon, boat, fly, grandchild, grandfather, Grandpa, grandparent, Grandson, outer space, pirate, pirate ship, sky, space, tree | 16 Comments

Grandkids Say The Darnedest Things

Posted on October 23, 2012 by russtowne

A friend shared these with me and I thought you might enjoy them too: 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she … Continue reading →