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Articles about Satire (0-50 of 187)
- Stephen Colbert Tickets - The Word On Referendum 71
By: Brent Warnken | - Stephen Colbert has gained national attention for his late-night comedy central television personality on the Colbert Report. Frequently, Colbert takes on the political and social issues of the day, never shying away from poking fun at the various hypocrisies that arise out of controversial statements and positions. Recently Colbert satirized the debate over Referendum 71, which has been a reoccurring topic in Washington State.
Referendum 71 asks voters to either approve or re ...
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- Stephen Colbert Tickets - Stephen Colbert Invades America
By: Brent Warnken | - Former Daily Show star and host of his own The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert has been hailed "TV's most dangerous man" by Rolling Stone, and for good reason. The hilariously earnest host, who also is executive producer of the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Comedy Central series, coined the word "truthiness" on the very first episode of The Colbert Report in 2005, and it went on to become the Merriam-Webster's 2006 Word of the Year. During a 2007 episode of The Colbert Report, the fictional anch ...
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- Stephen Colbert Tickets - A Thorn On The Right
By: Brent Warnken | - There are really two Stephen Colberts. One has a talk show and the other spends time making fun of the one that has a talk show. Rolling Stone magazine recently sat down with the latter Colbert to discuss his alter ego's rise to the top of late night hilarity. It is a glimpse into the Comedy Central funnyman who takes on the hypocrisies of the right wing by pretending he's one of the madly misinformed talking heads. He has often stated that conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly is his hero ...
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- Dear Sir Or Madam,
By: Leslie Eskildsen | - This is your realtor writing to you to request a few trifling favors in order to sell your house.Please be advised that, although this are merely requests, it may behoove you to acquiesce to them, for the sake of your homes future sale.
1. When I say that your house will probably sell for such-and-such a price, please believe me.I am not doing this to conclude a long-standing vendetta the gods have against you, nor am I trying to curtail my commission on this sale. ...
Tags: home selling, selling real estate, real estate markets, real estate satire, realtors
- What Is A Thesis And How To Write One
By: Daniel Millions | - A thesis is a statement composed of one to two sentences that intend to prove a point in an argument. A thesis statement can be thought of as a way to plan and frame the rest of the essay or research paper you are going to write.
A thesis statement can be found in dissertations, research papers, and persuasive essays or term papers. It serves as a guide for the reader and provides the opinion of the writer. In fact, the best developed thesis statements express a single opinion i ...
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- Common Mistakes In College Term Papers
By: Daniel Millions | - College term papers are usually assigned in the middle of a term or at the end in the form of a final. There are different types of college term papers you may have to write throughout your academic life.
While you may be familiar with college term papers, you may be one of the people who make reoccurring mistakes in your writing. Here is an account of the 4 common mistakes you should avoid in college term papers.
Mistake #1 Use of flowery language: When we want to ...
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- Term Paper Tips And Writing Advice
By: Daniel Millions | - Term paper writing is something that many college and graduate school students have to undertake. Not everyone enjoys writing nor are they good at it but the job must be done. Often, professors assign term papers as a way to evaluate each student's ability to build a knowledgeable and coherent comprehension of reading material and lecture discussions.
There is a simple procedure for term paper writing that can be planned out so avoid procrastination.
To begin, you must fir ...
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- Seven Useful Thesis Writing Tips
By: Daniel Millions | - The thesis of a paper is one of the most significant elements of the body of work. A thesis is a specific statement that provides an opinion about a given subject and it informs the reader of what it intends to prove in the rest of the paper. The following are some useful and crucial thesis writing tips.
Thesis writing tip #1 Research: In order to write a successful thesis, you should do extensive research on the topic you are writing about and educate yourself about all points of ...
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- Guidelines For Writing Research Papers
By: Daniel Millions | - A research paper is a written record that allows one to explore an idea or concept and formulate an opinion about it that is supported or refuted by other scholars and experts. Research papers also allow one to become an expert for that given topic because one must dissect the material surrounding the subject and reflect back on it with an original opinion.
Every research paper revolves around a topic that is specific and some make the mistake of choosing general topics. When writ ...
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- Proofreading Essays Is Very Important
By: Daniel Millions | - Proofreading essays is a critical component of any writing project and there are a number of ways to go about it.
Next day proofreading: The last thing you want to do is to proofread essay right after you write them. Give yourself a day's break from your essay so that you can come back to it with a fresh mind. You will be more critical and capable of finding mistakes.
Proofread on paper: While you may be inclined to proofread essays on the computer, you are better off prin ...
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- How To Prepare For Writing A Research Paper
By: Daniel Millions | - Research paper writing is a common task for most academic and science professionals. If you are involved with scientific, humanitarian or liberal arts disciplines, you will have to write a number of research papers.
The purpose of research paper writing is to provide vast knowledge about a given subject that has been written by scholars and experts and to give you the opportunity to study the material, analyze it and formulate your own opinion or thesis.
In order ...
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- Writing An Outline For A College Essay
By: Daniel Millions | - One of the responsibilities of a college student is to write a college essay. You will find that professors assign various types of essays and it is important to know how to tackle each one.
There is the analytical term paper that requires you to take an issue or idea, analyze its key parts and the actual issue or idea itself, and present this entire process with your evaluation of it in the term paper. Another type is the explanatory paper which simply explains and issue or idea ...
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- Tips For Essay Writing On Tests
By: Daniel Millions | - Essay writing is a skill and common project for any student. Some students enjoy writing essays while others prefer taking tests. Regardless of what students have preference in, some professors require essay writing on tests.
This causes a nervous breakdown for many students who cannot imagine being able to write under a time constraint. While this may seem difficult, there are a few things you can do to fully prepare for writing an essay on a test and actually delivering a succe ...
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- Tips On Writing A Good Essay
By: Daniel Millions | - For most students the prospect of writing an essay is a scary event, particularly if you do not have the experience of such a task. In practice the process is not all that daunting and if you follow a few simple steps then the overall grade that you achieve will improve significantly. This article will look at some of the most important aspects of a written essay. By taking a short amount of time adopting this information you can be sure to be on the right track.
To begin with bef ...
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- Are You Wearing A Uniform?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - When I say uniforms, what do you think of - police, soldiers, school children? I wore a uniform in high school and was relieved not to have to compete in fashion, as well as academics. Of course, I claimed dry cleaning made my skirt shorter.
Some say having to dress the same prevents independent growth. Someone worried about growth should get a larger uniform.
Webster\'s Dictionary defines uniform as the distinctive clothes of a particular group. This uniformly c ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Did You Buy It?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Ads are everywhere! We expect them on television and radio. We just don\'t expect them so often.
We\'ve been conditioned to expect them before movies start - whether we bought a ticket or rented a DVD. Now ads are in the movies. It\'s called product placement. Ford will pay to have Brad Pitt drive a Mustang. Pepsi will pay to have Julia Roberts drink a Sprite.
Advertisements appear everywhere from decals on supermarket floors to messages written in the sky. Blimps ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is Progress Our Most Important Product?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Okay. I admit it. I'm electronically challenged. I have trouble using an electric can opener, an electric pencil sharpener - even an electric toothbrush.
My husband, on the other hand - the hand holding a fistful of extension cords - loves electronic gadgets. It's a guy thing, which I'm sure Freud would have said related somehow to a man's relationship with his penis.
Anyway...when John brought home an answering machine, I was intimidated by its buttons and flashi ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Have You Played Suburban Slot Machines?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Ask people what they do when they go to Las Vegas and they'll say they play slot machines. I play slot machines too, but not only in Las Vegas. There are legal slot machines where I live.
Because all free parking spaces seem to be taken by fire hydrants, I learned how to play suburban slot machines, also known as parking meters.
I remember when the library parking meters took pennies. No more. In fact, some parking meters don't take nickels anymore. The day is co ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Have You Been Nailed?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Pink Gin, Pale Punk Pink, In the Pink - I think naming nail polishes would be a delightfully colorful job - until my boss thought I was having too much fun and suggested I name a polish Pink Slip Pink.
When someone names a polish Miraculous Mauve, I might be able to polish my nails without also polishing my fingertips. Until then, I'll happily pay a manicurist to do my nails.
Unfortunately, manicured nails weren't enough for me. During one of many, mini, mid-life ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is It A Pursesonal Problem?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". I grew up hearing that advice; but I'd never thought of my purse as a basket - until it was stolen. Then I was a basket - case.
At first I couldn't believe it. My purse had been pilfered! Purloined! Filched! Absconded with! My just-been-to-the-ATM cash was gone. My credit cards were gone. My driver's license was gone. I called the police to report the theft, but I should have called a psychiatrist too. My identity was gone!
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is It The 21st Century Version Of "the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Where did all the people go?
When I go up and down the supermarket aisles, I see pictures of Paul Newman and Wolfgang Puck on almost everything. I've come to the conclusion both these men are missing and soon their pictures will be on milk cartons.
Supermarket cashiers are missing too. They've been replaced by self-checkout lanes. I'm supposed to scan the prices, weigh the produce and bag my purchases. Whom am I meant to blame for the flattened bread and crushed s ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Why Is Mother's Day Only Once A Year?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Am I the only mother who wonders why Mother's Day is just once a year? The day a woman brings a child into the world she becomes a mother and she's a mother for the rest of her life.
The way I look at it, children who have been given the gift of life should find ways to thank their mothers every day. Unfortunately, the other members of my family don't see it this way - yet.
I've waited for this day for three hundred sixty-four days. If I waited for my family to br ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Mother's Day
- Have You Heard White Whisper And Read Roar?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Colors talk, but you have to listen very carefully.
The most important thing Black says is you're not in the red. It also says tuxedo and mourning. It still says priest, but to street-clothes-wearing nuns Black says nunsense.
For most people Blue brags about eyes and sky and ocean. For others, like me, Blue bemoans sadness. Blue made me blue until we moved by the ocean. The house had a blue kitchen and powder room. I then amazed my husband by adding blue accents t ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Colors
- Have You Stopped To Watch The World Go By Recently?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Some people stop to smell the roses. I stop to watch the world go by. When I see boys wearing over-sized clothing and girls dressing up in Brittany Spears' outfits, I smile. Now I know how my mother felt when I teased my hair, wore blue eye shadow and dated boys with sideburns and greased- back hair.
Brides have their hair and make-up professionally done for their weddings. Don't grooms wonder why their fiancees never bothered to look that good before? If they don't wonder about ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Orange You Glad Orange Is Out?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Where are all the Pet Rocks and the Beanie Babies and the Smurfs? The Hula Hoop got around and around in the fifties. In the sixties tie dyed t-shirts were to die for. By the end of the seventies bell bottom pants bottomed out and in the eighties big hair was literally big.
A fad is something that interests a lot of people for a short time. In other words, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Jenni ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Fads
- How Many Ways Do You Recycle?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Think recycling and you think aluminum, glass and paper. That's just the beginning.
I recycle gifts - quality gifts that I think a relative, friend or child's teacher would appreciate - something I would have bought for them myself if someone hadn't given it to me first. Honest!
I also recycle boxes - interesting boxes. Mrs. Field's cookies come in an array of colorful boxes. Note card boxes are pretty enough to be jewelry boxes and my jeweler's boxes already look ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Recycling
- Can Feng Shui Make Men Romantic?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - When I told my husband I was going to practice yoga, he mistakenly thought the improved flexibility of my body would make my opinions more flexible.
When I told him I was going to have acupuncture, he didn't get the point - literally. John didn't believe inserting a needle between the two bones in my forearm would prevent nausea, but it does. I feel better on boats, on planes and when I listen to campaign promises.
Because the Chinese were right about acupuncture, ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Feng Shui
- Are You A Procrastinator?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Although I put off writing this, I'm not a procrastinator. I'm a prioritizer - unless thinking twice about something makes me a procrastinator.
No, I'm a blond; and blonds aren't likely to delay. Keeping our roots from showing has taught us not to put things off.
In spite of that, I married a procrastinator. In fact, my husband put the pro in procrastination. He had an art project due before we went on our honeymoon and he finished it one hour before our wedding. ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Procrastination
- Is It Plane, Plain Or Pain?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - As a child traveling by plane was exciting, but somewhere between then and now it turned into plain travel and plain travel turned into pain travel.
Of course, if it's hard for you to meet people, air travel's for you. The cramped seating conditions provide you an opportunity to be close to two other people in your row, as well as three people in the row in front of you and three in the row behind you.
Stepping on toes when you leave your row, spilling a drink whe ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Plane Travel
- Do Manners Make The Man?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - The three, little words I heard most growing up were, "Mind your manners"; but manners change. Women no longer expect doors to be held for them or chairs to be pulled out for them. Men are no longer expected to take their hats off inside or even in restaurants.
In restaurants I was taught that if there were two knives, forks or spoons, you used the one farther from the plate first. That's not a problem at MacDonald's or Denny's.
However, if waiters at any restaur ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Manners
- Are You Motivated To Be Motivated?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Basically motivation is an inner drive to get something done, but it comes in all shapes and sizes.
Obligation motivates us to get up in the morning. Necessity motivates us to eat breakfast. Responsibility motivates us to go to work. Motivation runs the world. A lack of it runs us ragged.
Feelings of love and hate are strong motivators. So is the fight or flight instinct. My grandmother preached that he who runs away lives to fight another day. Unfortunately, many ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Motivation
- What Would You Do If You Ran The World?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - No one has asked me yet; but if I ran the world, solving the problems of peace, health, and poverty would, of course, be first on my agenda. Then I'd solve the irksome problems that plague everyday life.
In the field of politics - where you have to be careful where you step - politicians' noses would get longer when they lied and we'd vote for the best person for political office - not the least offensive.
Which reminds me, shopping cart wheels wouldn't get stuck ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Can You Burn Calories Exercising Your Judgment?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - From our previous house I could see a constant stream of bicyclers, joggers and skaters go by. Now I see the ocean. As beautiful as it is, it doesn't inspire me to exercise. I wave at the ocean and it waves back.
I know exercise should be as routine as eating and sleeping; but considering I skip breakfast and my husband has insomnia, exercise is just as routine for us.
I always plan to exercise; but before I can, I come up with another plan. Exercise plans, howeve ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is It A Good Sign?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Signs are everywhere - street signs, traffic signs, business signs. There are streets named after flowers, trees and states; and of course, there's Main Street - even though the townspeople have moved to the suburbs.
The traffic signs that were red are now yellow because yellow is easier to see - unless you're explaining to a policeman why you didn't stop.
Business signs should be easy to see and self-explanatory. When you see a McDonald's or a Macy's sign, you kn ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Wasn't Making Hard Copies Easier?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - According to Webster's Dictionary, compute - as in computer - means to make sense. Yeah, right. The only thing that makes sense to me is the carrying case. I understand how to use the zippered compartments and the inside pockets. I also managed to figure out how to use the Velcro strap to secure my computer.
Because I'm a writer, I named my computer Steinbeck to inspire me - not to cause the weights of wrath. Because of his predilection to make things I'm writing disappear, I sho ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Do Little, White Lies Keep You Out Of Heaven?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - You don't look fat, this tastes good, I love it - these are little, white lies. Supposedly we tell them to spare others' feelings. Actually, it's our feelings we want to spare. We want to spare ourselves the hurt of hurting someone else. Truth can hurt - relationships.
Unfortunately, stretching the truth also qualifies as a white lie. A friend invites you to a lecture and you say you can't go because cleaning your house before your mother-in-law arrives will take all day. It does ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Have You Exercised The Option To Exercise?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - By the time I've worked up enthusiasm about going to the gym, I already feel overworked. Then I have to decide what to wear. Guys can look grungy. Girls have to look fashionable. Unfortunately, my outfits are often more coordinated than I am.
However, I can talk the talk - sets, repetitions, abs, biceps, triceps - and I'm getting better at walking the walk. I'm certainly better than body builders whose legs are so muscled they have to swing them to the side to walk up stairs. I tr ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- What's Wyt Shopping?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Too busy to gift shop during the year and too overwhelmed at Christmas? WYT shopping is for you! WYT stands for While You're There. It's based on the premise you can buy presents anywhere.
When you go to the gym, buy a one-month membership for a friend. Misery loves company.
While you're at the supermarket, check the specialty aisle. Cheese stuffed olives for martinis, truffle oil for gourmet cooking, macadamias for memories of Hawaii - food is a great present bec ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is There An Art To Judging Good Art?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is that where art is too? According to my husband, art doesn't have to be defined - just appreciated. He should know. He majored in art history in college. Opposites attract.
I don't know representational art from abstract art. When we're in museums, I'm the Little Engine That Could. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can appreciate this art.
I know what I like when I see it. I stop, look and listen to my husband expo ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family, Art
- Does Chattering Idly Sound Like Gossip?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit we like to hear that someone's life is more out of control than ours. It explains the popularity of soap operas and tabloid newspapers.
"Brittany Spears Look-alike Is Space Alien" or "Woman Who Shoots Leopard Has Spotted Child" or "Man Loses Four Hundred Pounds Yodeling" - am I the only one who pretends not to read tabloid headlines while I'm waiting in the supermarket, check-out line?
Webster's Dictionary defines gossip ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Have You Tried Creative Complaining?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - A minister in Colorado wanted to inspire his congregation to stop complaining. He gave each one a rubber, wrist band with the word "Spirit" printed on it.
He told them not to take the bands off for three weeks, which is the time it takes for an action to become a habit. Whenever they complained, they were to take the band off and put it on the other wrist.
Then the minister introduced the idea of creative complaining. Instead of saying, "Damn, it's raining"; they ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Do You Have The Flair To Be A "woman Of A Certain Age"?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - "A woman of a certain age" is a European expression. She's not an older woman. She's a woman who has passed middle age with flair. An example would be Diane Keaton, Diane Sawyer or Oprah.
How do you know when you're old enough to be a woman of a certain age? I knew when I started referring to men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine as young men.
How do you know if you have the flair? You don't feel you have to wear higher necklines and longer skirts. If y ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Have You Heard My New Word?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - How often have you used the word "unbelievable"? Unbelievable can be used to describe a football play, the price of something, a sunset - just about anything.
But the play, the price and the sunset are real. They're something you've experienced and thus have to be believable. Not to worry. I've invented a word for these kinds of situations.
The word is "hardtobelievable". There is a thin line between unbelievable and hardtobelievable, but it's there.
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Would You Rather Have A Boyfriend Or A Dog?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - If you could only have one, which would it be - a boyfriend or a dog? When you think about it, they have several things in common.
Both can do tricks; but when a boyfriend plays dead, he's in front of the television.
A dog can be taught to fetch the newspaper and your slippers. A boyfriend can fetch, but he only fetches beer and the remote control. If you taught him to fetch the newspaper, he'd only bring back the sports section.
Both dogs and boyf ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Another Blond Joke?
By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - I'm a blond by choice. Do I have more fun? I'm not sure, but I know I have more salon appointments.
Some days I feel blonder than others. One day I couldn't start my car because the shift wasn't in park. Another day I couldn't find my glasses because they were on top of my head.
Because I'm blond, people love to tell me blond jokes. Have you heard the one about the blond who tried to steal the police car? Because it said 911 on the back she thought it was a Porsch ...
Tags: Humor, Satire, Women, Marriage, Family
- Is The Word Christmas Politically Correct?
By: marco miranda | - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein.
A number of commercial establishments in the empire have removed the word Christmas from their greetings in an effort to comply with some absurd application of political correctness.
Imagine the collective surprise of an eager-to- buy public when they are faced by a store-engineered campaign aimed at eliminating the word Christmas from its gre ...
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- Thailand's Unrest: Packing Strategies For The Coup Near You
By: Nola L. Kelsey | - A funny thing happened on the way to my closet. This unforgettable journey from my shower confirmed an age old theory: a lot can happen in fifteen feet.
One night earlier I'd switched on the news to see civil unrest in Budapest, Hungary. My sister August was just there, I thought. Grand old buildings towered behind burning cars. As many do, I wondered: what is wrong with the world? Some of these countries
At the time, there was no physical sensation caused by my f ...
Tags: Thailand, Thailands coup, civil unrest, travel, tourism, humor, satire, Nola Kelsey, SE, Asia
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