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Category: HUMOR

Bright moments from real life, satire, parody and other things to tickle the funny bone.

HISTORY, HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING

Award-winning coverage? (1979)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Newspapers have associations, which sponsor competitions. But it’s a long trip from “thinking of sending it” to actually receiving an award. Continue reading Award-winning coverage? (1979)

Howard FieldingJune 2, 2023June 2, 2023Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

I’m overworking, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes How am I going to work for newspaper, the hospital PR office, and the entertainment journal? Sleep less? Commute less? Continue reading I’m overworking, 1979

Howard FieldingMay 25, 2023May 25, 20231 Comment
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, SHORT TAKES

Don’t buy the liverwurst!

Reading Time: 2 minutes But that big hunk of liverwurst has been there since October 1st, and today is the 23rd of May! Continue reading Don’t buy the liverwurst!

Howard FieldingMay 23, 2023May 20, 20231 Comment
HISTORY, HUMOR, LIFE, REVIEWS, SHORT TAKES

“King Uber?” (1979)

Reading Time: 2 minutes A writer — and a reader, for that matter — must take prose in the context of the time when it was written, not the time in which it is being read. Continue reading “King Uber?” (1979)

Howard FieldingMay 17, 2023May 18, 20233 Comments
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Put on a time card, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes At $X per hour you should be able to cover the same beat plus edit copy for about the same amount as when they were paying you per story. Right? Continue reading Put on a time card, 1979

Howard FieldingMay 12, 2023May 12, 2023Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Give him time, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes In which Hubris, deadly pride, sneaks up behind our hero and says “Whee! I’ve got you!” Continue reading Give him time, 1979

Howard FieldingMay 8, 2023May 10, 2023Leave a comment
FICTION, HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Best birthday ever! (1979)

Reading Time: < 1 minutes The best part was seeing my first two freelance articles — one fiction, one nonfiction — in print. Tear sheets can be a gift. Continue reading Best birthday ever! (1979)

Howard FieldingMay 6, 2023May 10, 2023Leave a comment
HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Fantasies of my youth, 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979

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HISTORY, HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Well, now it really IS history

Reading Time: 2 minutes I kept talking about Sealed Air this and Sealed Air that, and when I got out of the interview I found out they’d changed the name! Continue reading Well, now it really IS history

Howard FieldingMay 2, 2023May 3, 20231 Comment
FICTION, HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

A bargain I cannot afford, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Riverside was a popular place for cheap diner food. Even so, eating out is more expensive than cooking at home, and always has been. Continue reading A bargain I cannot afford, 1979

Howard FieldingMarch 28, 2023March 28, 20231 Comment

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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