If you’d like a quick break from politics, here’s what you may have missed on my other blog:
* Patently Evil? (post and limerick about the smartphone wars involving iPhone, Android, and a patent violation lawsuit)
* Save Me From Daylight Savings Time
* Feed Needs (web obsession humor)
If you’d like a quick break from politics, here’s what you may have missed on my other blog:
* Two limericks inspired by National Grammar Day.
* A cat limerick that also serves as a poetry prompt.
* Dear Press: Clean Up Your Own Damn Mess!
* A post and limerick about our electric power woes.
If you’d like a short break from politics, here’s what you may have missed on my other blog:
* Are Health Studies Making Us Sick?
* My latest limerick writing prompt: A Miss-Misunderstanding
If you’d like a quick break from politics, here’s what you may have missed on my other blog:
* My commentary and limerick about Olympic men’s figure skating: Thin-Skinned Evgeni Plushenko Skating On Thin Ice?
* My Limerick Ode To Valerie Harper, including a review of her Broadway performance as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped.
My humorist pal Rose Valenta recently created a Kindle version of her blog and inspired me to do the same. Why? Because many employers are getting strict about web access, blocking employees from reading their favorite blogs and sites — even while they’re on a break or at lunch.
But your boss can’t control what you read on your Kindle. And Amazon makes it easy for bloggers to create Kindle blog editions, allowing fans to bypass their bosses and keep up with their reading.
That brings me to my latest limerick:
Fighting Firewalls With Kindle Blogs
By Madeleine Begun Kane
You’re at work, but on break — want to read.
But your boss did a dastardly deed:
Your fav’rites are blocked.
Your net access is locked.
But he can’t stop a Kindle blog feed.
My News: I’ve created Kindle versions of both my blogs. So if you’d like to read this political satire blog on your Kindle device, you can subscribe right here. And if you’d like to read my other general humor blog on your Kindle reader you can subscribe right here.
Attention Fellow Bloggers: Want to know how to publish your own blog on Amazon Kindle? Amazon makes it pretty easy and has a helpful Kindle Blog FAQ here. You can also find some useful info over at Mashable and some Kindle badges and icons here.
Warning: Reading blogs on Kindle isn’t free, except for the 14-day free trial for each blog. Monthly Kindle blog subscription fees are controlled by Amazon and priced at either $0.99 per month or $1.99 per month. Moreover, only 30% of the revenue goes to the blogger.
And Now For The Sales Pitch: Each of my two blogs is priced at $0.99 per month.
So if you’re a Kindle owner, I hope you’ll give the Kindle versions of this political humor blog and/or my other general humor blog a try.
If you’d like a break from politics, my other (general humor) blog has a pair of limericks about the Conan O’Brien, Jay Leno, NBC controversy and about Simon Cowell’s decision to leave American Idol.
I’m so disheartened over the health care bill, that I’m just not in the mood to write about politics. But I did post my humor column about wine snobs on my other blog. And it’s a lot less whiny than my political post would be.
I don’t always make fun of politicians. I sometimes mock weathermen.
And no, heavy snow storms don’t turn global warming into a myth.
(The link goes to my other blog, where I post my non-political humor.)
Here’s the transcript of the Joe Wilson (R-SC) Congressional Resolution that would reprimand him for his “You lie!” outburst at Obama during last week’s joint session of Congress.
And speaking of badly behaved public figures, I’ve written an Ode To Incivility on my other blog. It features the 3 W’s — Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Serena Williams.
UPDATE: The Resolution rebuking Joe Wilson passed 240 to 179. Called a “resolution of disapproval,” it was supported by only seven Republicans and opposed by twelve Democrats.
Every so often, one of my essays ends up in a college textbook. It’s a delightful honor, of course. But I’m always just a bit freaked out by the thought of someone writing an essay analyzing one of my essays.
My latest textbook appearance is in Laughing Matters, a “comic rhetoric” textbook by Stanford University’s Marvin Diogenes. It’s a great book, and I’m really proud to have a humor column (actually a satirical music lesson contract between parents and child) included in the “forensic rhetoric” section, along with pieces by Chekhov, Benjamin Franklin, and Ian Frazier.
And happily, it’s NOT a what-not-to-do example.
Thanks to all of you for your kind emails, comments, and Twitter tweets about my mother’s death. I really appreciate it!
In my mother’s honor, I’m posting a 1996 humor column she inspired during happier (and funnier) times:
Secret Shopper
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“I’m not going in there. No way. Forget it.”
My seventy-something mother’s stance was as rigid as her words; arms folded across her chest, unyielding legs pointed away from the shop I’d just suggested.
She and I had spent the entire afternoon combing through three department stores for the definitive pair of panties. Or at least my mom’s idea of same. This illusive undergarment had to be loose, comfortable, 100% cotton, and totally devoid of lace. And that was just for starters. It also had to completely cover my mother’s hips and come in a large size, the exact number of which she resolutely refused to disclose. … (Secret Shopper is continued here.)
Here’s what you’ve missed lately, if you haven’t been reading my other blog:
* No Butt-Cams For Me — No Ifs, Ands, Or Buts
* Bulletproof Backpacks … In Case Your Kid’s Classmate Is Packing
* This Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test
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And now some links, for your reading (and viewing) pleasure:
* Political Cartoons of the Week
* Administration, Trying To Protect GOP, Seeks Funding Cuts For Airport Bathroom Security
* Carnival of the Insanities
* Carnival Of Satire
* Blog Carnival of Observations On Life
* This Is Not My Country
* Carnival of Political Punditry [tags]Miscellaneous Humor[/tags]
If you haven’t been reading my other blog, here’s some of what you’ve been missing:
* The Five-Second What???
* Reviewing The Reviewers
* May I Please Have Your Paw In Marriage?
* Pity The Poor Lawyer
* A Modest Dating Proposal For Anxious Guys
* Money Limerick Writing Contest Results
* Cashing In With Doggie Da Vincis
* Fantasy “Dear Editor” Letter
* An Arresting Affair
* A Lamb On The Lam
* Yoga For What???
* Chance Meeting (Wedding Anniversary Limerick)
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And now some links, for your reading (and listening) pleasure:
* Dick Cheney, President, sung by The Now Show’s Mitch Benn, courtesy of OneGoodMove
* Rudy Demands Equal Time For ‘Cleavage Coverage”
* This Is Not My Country
* Carnival of the Liberals
* Carnival of Principled Government
* Carnival of the Decline of Democracy
* Carnival of Political Punditry [tags]General Humor, Non-Political Humor, Linking Love[/tags]
Here’s what I’ve posted recently on my other (non-political humor) blog:
* That Errant List
* Taxing Times
* Ode To Unselfishness
* Form 1040 Blues
* It’s Not That I Don’t Like Movies, But…
* Chafing At Chick
* A Spam Filter That Really Works Would Be Nice
* A Rueful Rhyme
* Boot-Licked
* Collegiate Conversation
* Belated Apology
* Stop Yelling!!!!!!!!
* Musical Faux Pas [tags]Limerick Humor, Tax Limerick, Musical Limerick, Spam Humor, Collegiate Application Humor, Apologies, List Humor, Sexist Humor[/tags]
If you’re not a regular reader of my other non-political humor blog, you’ve probably missed my spring limerick contest announcement.
Based on the comments some of you post here, I know some of you like writing limericks. And if you visit here regularly, you surely must enjoy reading them. (Either that, or you’re a masochist.)
I hope you’ll consider checking out and perhaps even entering my spring limerick contest. There’s even a financial inducement — prize money for the top two submissions! [tags]Spring Limerick Contest[/tags]
Here’s just some of what you’ve missed lately, if you haven’t been visiting my other (non-political humor) blog:
* Office Politics
* Man Can’t Live By Bread Alone … Or Can He?
* Backup Blues
* Surmounting Marriage
* Open Sesame
* Deep Pockets / Pricey Dockets
* A Biting Limerick
* Amusing Wine?
* Marriage Catch
* O’Donnell v. The Donald [tags]Wine, Marriage, The Donald, Rosie O’Donnell, Dentists, Mountain Climbing, CDs, Computer Backups, Bread, Money, Office Politics[/tags]
Here’s what I’ve posted recently on my other (non-political humor) blog:
* It Is Hereby Resolved (New Year’s Resolutions Humor)
* Appearances Count
* Accounting For That CPA
* Tasty Verse [tags]New Year’s Resolutions Humor, Food Humor, CPA Humor, Animal Humor[/tags]
Bob Newhart Names Mad Kane Winner of 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor
Mad Kane is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." As you may have noticed, she enjoys writing song parodies, limericks, and current events haiku.
You can email her at madkane@madkane.com, visit her non-political humor blog, or stop by her home page.
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