Michael T. Miyoshi's Blog, page 40

My Joke (Revised)

Abbott and Costello
This work is in the public domain.

I did some research on dog breeds and decided that the joke I wrote before needed some revision. Not that it is necessarily a bad joke. (I know it is not a great joke, but I cannot get it out of my head.) I just thought that it needed a little something. Like maybe a couple cards to deliver it. Or maybe even a couple headliners who could take the show on the road as part of their vaudeville (or radio) repertoire. But since I do not know...

I Made Up a Joke

Statue of a Rooster Cock at a park in South India
by Adityamadhav83
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

I can hardly believe it. I made up my own joke the other day!

Okay. Somebody else has probably already made up the joke, but I am claiming here and now that I made it up independently. For if I had merely heard it, I would only be able to remember the set up or the punch line, but not both. Because in my brain, never the twain shall meet. It is just how my brain works, unfortunately.

Sometimes I...

No Knife for You [1]

A Collection of Pocketknives by Partyzan XXI
licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

I like to respond to the #SixWordStory prompts given by Writer.ly (and others) on Twitter. They are a fun way to get my writing day started. And sometimes there is a story behind the story.

My dad used to love pocket knives. He gave me many over the years. He also gave some to my siblings and my children. And he taught us how to use them properly.

Don’t cut toward yourself.
Keep your fingers out of the way.
Make sure ot...

No Knife for You

A Collection of Pocketknives by Partyzan XXI
licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

I like to respond to the #SixWordStory prompts given by Writer.ly (and others) on Twitter. They are a fun way to get my writing day started. And sometimes there is a story behind the story.

My dad used to love pocket knives. He gave me many over the years. He also gave some to my siblings and my children. And he taught us how to use them properly.

Don’t cut toward yourself.
Keep your fingers out of the way.
Make sure ot...

Silly Trophies [1]

It might be silly, but everybody likes trophies.

Some people think that getting trophies is a silly thing. Especially, grown men and women vying for a silly trophy in fantasy football. But regardless of how silly it seems, it is fun. Getting your name on the trophy at the end of the season is something to be relished. And in our league, it gets relished for the whole year until the next champion’s name gets etched onto the trophy. It may not seem like much, but it is nice to have those bra...

Silly Trophies

It might be silly, but everybody likes trophies.

Some people think that getting trophies is a silly thing. Especially, grown men and women vying for a silly trophy in fantasy football. But regardless of how silly it seems, it is fun. Getting your name on the trophy at the end of the season is something to be relished. And in our league, it gets relished for the whole year until the next champion’s name gets etched onto the trophy. It may not seem like much, but it is nice to have those bra...

Blogging Is Strange

Blogging is a funny thing. Or maybe strange is a better word. Or maybe blogging is just strange for me.

I have been blogging for a long time now. Around a decade so far (since 2007). And it seems that it is getting easier to do. I have more ideas. I have an actual inventory of pieces that I could post. And I actually have time to write. Actually, I make time to write, because I just need to write.

The funny thing about the whole blogging thing is that I do not really have a niche. I am not...

Books Made into Movies

One of my track and field athletes asked me a strange question early last season. “What book would you like to see made into a movie?” I had to think about it for a moment before I thought of the obvious answer. One of my own.

I am not really one to promote my writing where I work. I am a bit shy about it in reality. For one thing, I do not want to appear to be promoting myself to my students who are impressionable. And for another, I am just not much of a self-promoter. So when students tel...

Pumpkin Carving Tradition [1]

I called it silly, but maybe pumpkin carving is not such a silly tradition.

We used to carve pumpkins every year when the kids were younger. It was fun scooping out the guts and then cutting open those orange gourds to make fabulous creations. Well, they might not have all been fabulous. But at least they were creations. At any rate, we had a great time doing it.

As the boys got older, they did not want to carve pumpkins as much. Come to think of it, we probably stopped doing it as a family...

Pumpkin Carving Tradition

I called it silly, but maybe pumpkin carving is not such a silly tradition.

We used to carve pumpkins every year when the kids were younger. It was fun scooping out the guts and then cutting open those orange gourds to make fabulous creations. Well, they might not have all been fabulous. But at least they were creations. At any rate, we had a great time doing it.

As the boys got older, they did not want to carve pumpkins as much. Come to think of it, we probably stopped doing it as a family...