Liza Blue Humorist

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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.

Santa Claus, the Hang Nail Fairy and Mr. Potato Head

Childhood misconceptions demystified.

Ephemeral, Fugacious and Evanescent

A new category of advertisements – ephemeral ads, those that appear just for a minute and then disappear.  They’re everywhere.

SexAT

A proposal to spice up the test prep books for the SAT, based on the discovery that Alcuin of York had basically the same idea in 781.