Liza Blue Humorist

Only to Find Gideon's Bible 10.04.2024 7:45 ↓

Fictional story of the early days of Gideon's bibles, prompted by the Beatles song Rocky Racoon, where Rocky "checked into a room, only to find Gideon's bible."

A Cherished Eyeball 10.04.2024 6:18 ↓

How a disturbing Christmas letter from my mother revealed gender roles.

Lessons from Sir Paul: Let it Be 10.04.2024 4:13 ↓

My anxiety is soothed by a marathon session of Beatles music on a long car ride.  

The Beatles: From Rock to Pop to Rock to Whatever They Wanted to Be 10.04.2024 9:57 ↓

Tracking the Beatles' evolution through the use of the scream.

My Life in Typewriters 10.04.2024 10:36 ↓

As typewriters evolved, so did I.

How to An American Humorist: Lessons from Mark Twain 10.04.2024 11:12 ↓

The secrets of Mark Twain's success extrapolated to the digital age.

Darwin's Pen 21.02.2024 6:16 ↓

A random wooden pen on my desk, imprinted with the phrase "I Think," leads me to consider its provenance and its message.

Meditation on My Hand 21.02.2024 6:16 ↓

A writing prompt to contemplate my hand sends me deep into curiosity about opposable thumbs, wrinkles, age spots, and the broken life line on my hand.

Confronting the Stigma of the Red Wheelbarrow 21.02.2024 7:21 ↓

After 50 years, I finally have found my own meaning for William Carlos Williams' famous 16 word poem about chickens and a red wheelbarrow.

Nature of the Mundane: The Ostrich 05.12.2023 7:01 ↓

Can I make the case that the ostrich is the epitome of elegance.  I accept the challenge.

The Power of Details: National Novel Writing Month 05.12.2023 7:02 ↓

Fell far short of the goal of 50,000 new words a day, but found inspriation in the addition of small compelling details.  

You Tube Skills Week - Juggling 20.10.2023 6:28 ↓

An attempt to learn how to juggle based on a YouTube tutorial.    

Gladwell in Action: Outliers – The Story of Success 14.02.2023 11:23 ↓

Taking Gladwell’s recipe for success and applying to the modern age of social media and instant fame.

You Tube Skills Week: Cake Decorating 06.01.2023 9:36 ↓

An attempt to learn how to decorate a cake based on a You Tube video.

You Tube Skills Week: Bread-Making 24.11.2022 6:37 ↓

The second in a series of a week devoted to learning a new skill each day, based on a YouTube video.

YouTube Skills Week: Taxidermy 14.09.2022 7:41 ↓

How YouTube can put purpose into an unstructured week.

The Nature of the Mundane: The Human Chin 28.08.2022 7:40 ↓

The human chin is the defining anatomical feature of modern humans.

If Looks Could Whistle 11.08.2022 7:54 ↓

The defining identity of a loud whistle.

Market Unplugged Pot Pourri, Vol 2 21.07.2022 10:26 ↓

The intracacies of toothpicks, airline food, fake chicken, fast food signage and sell by dates.

At Seventy 12.06.2022 10:12 ↓

Ruminations on entering the eighth decade of life.

Marketing Unplugged – Pot Pourri 24.04.2022 10:17 ↓

The marketing hype behind luxury sheets, triple washed lettuce, flushable wet wipes.

Darwin and I Take a Walk 04.01.2022 9:14 ↓

Darwin and I explore the mysteries of the pellet feces.

Nature of the Mundane Part 2. Fruit Flies 16.09.2021 6:51 ↓

It’s time to start celebrating fruit flies as evolution’s great gift to human physiology.

Cicada Summer 09.09.2021 12:50 ↓

Sexual escapades every 17 years during a cicada summer Share: Follow Liza Blue on:

The Day I Burned a Piano 08.09.2021 12:50 ↓

The last item on my punch list. Get rid of the piano.