Liza Blue Humorist

Deuce Bitch

In the niche sport of paddle tennis, deuce bitch is the endearing term for the player of lesser talent who is asked to cover only a small scrap of the court and set up their hard-hitting partner.

That Moment in Time

The infinite set of circumstances that influences our lives, as seen through a near death experience on the highway.

Impulse Control

What would life be like without impulse purchases – including Pez dispensers, squeeze-gook breasts and Asian turnips?

Home Style Chunks

An exploration of human grade dogfood, culminating in a human taste test.

Things That I Have Stopped Trying to Understand

I have a list of things that I just don’t think that I’ll ever understand – like why eating raw carrots always gives me the hiccups.  However, I just crossed one thing off the list – Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.

Emma and I Share a Few Moments

The role of Emma Peel in the Avengers as 1960s feminist icon, morphing to a kindly grandmother in 2006.

My Life in Song

My frustrations in being the only non-singer in a musical family.

A Horse of Course

A study of how rumors start, propagate and endure, using Catherine the Great’s supposed equine predilections as a case study.

Slipping out of the Demographic

At age 60, I have slipped out of advertisers’ preferred demographic, but I am not ready to join another.

Raspberries Aplenty

In praise of raspberries, the perfect fruit, and in praise of my opposable thumbs that allow me to pick them.