Category Archives: Humor

Chopped…a time i didn’t win $10,000.

Posted on May 9, 2013 by donofalltrades

Sometimes I just remember stories that I think will make fine posts. A couple of years back, I woke up in my nice NY City hotel room excited and nervous as all get out. I just knew that I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged Chopped, cooking, cooking shows, food, humor, ingredients, wine | 90 Comments

Go dog go! why babies are oodles better than doodles.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by donofalltrades

I enjoy reading posts written by many different types of bloggers. Many of my favorites are parents who are trying, mostly half-assed, to raise kids like my wife and me. Some are written by people who enjoy traveling to places … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged babies, dads, dogs, doodles, funny, gojulesgo, humor, kids, labradoodle, moms, parents | 120 Comments

Winery confidence…how not to be that guy, sort of.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by donofalltrades

I knew I was drunk because I had my bare ass freshly pressed against the back window of the rental van aimed at a convertible corvette that may or may not have been in sight of the van at this … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged alcohol, day trips, drinking, fun, humor, Missouri, missouri wine, wine, wine trips, wineries, winery | 72 Comments

Eh, just stuff in my brain. hey Canadian bloggers, I mention hockey and beer so jump on in!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by donofalltrades

There’s not a lot to do where I am on a Thursday night when softball is rained out, but thankfully, the Blues were on the television tonight! The Blues are a professional ice hockey team right here in St. Louis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged beer, blues, canada, cardinals. stl cardinals, drinking, hockey, humor, nhl, nhl hockey, ox tails, playoffs, police officers, police work, st. louis | 36 Comments

To blog or not to blog…

Posted on April 29, 2013 by donofalltrades

WordPress has just informed me that I now have 200 followers. As I have been unmotivated to write anything recently outside of snarky comments on the posts of bloggers I enjoy, I can only assume that the last few enjoy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, blogs, friends, G$, humor, le clown, posts | 65 Comments

Sigh, I mean yay! Leibster Award!!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by donofalltrades

This post is for my blogging cohorts and won’t make sense to the 12 of you who follow me outside of WordPress (i.e. my lovely wife who may ask at dinner tonight if these awards include any sort of monetary … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged awards, blogs, community, friends, leibster, nomination | 38 Comments

Queer guy hazers…

Posted on April 17, 2013 by donofalltrades

I read recently that prosecutors in Orlando, FL are charging 12 former Florida A&M University band members with manslaughter as a result of a 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Band members? Lol, I know, right? Anyway, the guy … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged college, college soccer, cornfields, drinking, fun, haze, hazing, humor, jokes, pranks | 10 Comments

Saturday fun…for real!

Posted on April 14, 2013 by donofalltrades

The donofalltrades clan spent another Saturday together enjoying (for the most part) each other’s company. This time we hit Six Flags St. Louis. We live close enough to the park that we thought we’d try season passes this year. It was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged amusement park, amusement parks, dad, family, family fun, fun, kids, parents, rides, roller coaster, six flags, staycation, thrill rides | 12 Comments

Jasper picks Cotton…

Posted on April 3, 2013 by donofalltrades

I’m trying something different again. It’s a new writing challenge from the folks at Trifecta Writing Challenge. The point of this one was to simply use a certain definition (i.e. urban dictionary related) of the word rain in a story … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged Cotton, fiction, stories, Trifecta writing challenge, writing challenges | 21 Comments

Easing back to funny…

Posted on March 31, 2013 by donofalltrades

I’m not inspired to write anything funny right now. I’m feeling a little under the weather and my last post was such a buzzkill, so nothing is really funny to me at this moment. I’ve decided that I’m going to … Continue reading →