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Category Archives: Humor
Love Letter to the IRS
Dear Internal Revenue Service, This is a love letter. Bet you don’t get many of those.[1] Mind if I call you Irving? You’ve been called worse. Some think hating you is the highest form of patriotism. I, on the other hand, … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Humor, Literature, mental health, Occupy Wall Strteet, Taxes, Writer
Tagged Internal Revenue Service, Washington DC
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Blues Entitlement
Yes, there’s a difference between the blues and plain old self-pity. You have the right to sing the blues if you work for Wal-mart. You have a right to sing the blues if you ain’t got no home in this … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Book, Humor, Literature, mental health, women
Tagged Blues, Book, Heartbreak, Humor, nhl, Self-Pity
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DMV Blues Part Deux
Tough love from Blues Legend Memphis Earlene was yesterday. Today it’s time for Franco-Therapy. Everything’s better in France, especially if you’re an Older Woman, according to Scarlett, my fashion consultant. Everything improves when translated into the French version. She’s back … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, France, Humor, mental health, women, Writer
Tagged american housewives, Blues, French, isabel huppert, mental-health, modern fashion
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DMV Blues
‘I went down to the Department of Motor Vehicles/ To get my license renewed…..” The official line is I get better with age, like good whiskey, but tell that to the camera. Getting a new photo ID is like being confronted with … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Book, Humor, mental health, women, Writer
Tagged cars, chipmunk cheeks, transportation
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Blues for Beginners: Rousing the Sales Force
“Woke up this morning,…..and went back to sleep” That’s the lyrics to Epstein-Barre Blues, written by Memphis Earlene Gray before she turned commercial on me. She wants her place in Wikipedia, if only as a footnote. She needs a sales … Continue reading
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Blues for Beginners: The Publication Party
You can now buy Blues for Beginners: Stories and Obsession by Judith Podell on Amazon for $2.99. Also on Smashwords.com, if you don’t have a Kindle. Welcome to our Virtual Publication Party, which is off to a rocky start. All my … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Book, Humor, Literature, Writer
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Blues for Beginners: The Book
Publication date? Bacon Press Books is shooting for mid January!!!!! In preparation for the Virtual Book Tour, Memphis Earlene has graciously agreed to interview me. Memphis Earlene: Let’s start with your title, Judith. No offence, but Blues for Beginners sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Book, Humor, Literature, Writer
Tagged blues books bookstores Baconpressbooks, entertainment, literature, memphis earlene gray
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Xmas Blues
T’is the day before Christmas and I’ve got the blues. “No surprise there,” says Memphis Earlene. “Good times to have the Blues include all major holidays. ” Woke up this morning to the sounds of our Christmas tree falling over. … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Christmas, Humor, Religion
Tagged airing of grievances, festivus pole, identity politics
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Election Day Blues
Memphis Earlene heard Obama sing an Al Green song on Oprah and that’s all she needed to know. Not that she has illusions. “New Deal ain’t never coming back, not in your lifetime,” Memphis Earlene says. “Water’s gonna rise no … Continue reading
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