Journeys of a Bent Mind

This is not a simple matter. The basic operating principles and mechanisms are pretty simple, but we as humans have a raft of emotions and conditioning that complicate things a lot. Continue reading →

Back several years ago the cereal company that produces Cheerios ran a promotional ad that stirred the pot a bit: It portrayed an interracial couple with a young mixed-race daughter enjoying a breakfast of Cheerios. The ad brought a torrent of hateful and vile criticism against Cheerios from what I perceived to be the conservative right. In response to this hateful reaction the left came back with outrage and disbelief that such sentiment still existed in today’s world! The vile reactions were so unacceptable Facebook removed the response segment from the ad. I penned the following in response to both sides that were so seriously out of touch with today’s world. Continue reading →

June 3, 2016: Tonight I was interviewed by Rodney Bardin of station KCTY/FM radio in Long Beach, CA about my book, “The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes” – The interview ran a full hour with 3 breaks for commercials and station identification – Rodney was a most congenial host and made me feel right at home in a conversational talk session – We Continue reading →

I’m sorry I’m late in getting this information out to you but things have been busy what with the book signing and all – plus I did post this on Facebook and didn’t think more about getting word out to people… Continue reading →

Last night we held a gala book signing for our book, “The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes” for author, me, and illustrators, Casey, Venice, Xander, and Teiya (Sadly Teiya was home sick and missed the signing. Her grandfather, however, dropped a batch of books by during the day and she was able to pen her signature in the books for the event.) – We gathered together the whole famn dambly from Eugene: Me and Barbara – Tori&Paul Beyer-Nagai and Casey and Teiya – Diana&Chris Nagai-Bailey and Venice and Continue reading →

(As with Volume IX this was not self-published, being set aside when I started work on the 1000+ pun book “The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes” with Ulysses Press out of Berkeley, CA. The “Ultimate” volume was published in mid-April and is available on Amazon and major book outlets across the country. Had Volume X been self-published it would have had a cover exactly like previous volumes but with this title.) Continue reading →