GUEST: March Madness and Lost Human Connection
As I walked into the University of New Mexico’s basketball area, The Pit, I noticed something was deeply, cosmically wrong.The Pit has a unique sunken design that makes you walk…
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F-Muscle Pod Epi-43: The Business of Comedy
Here at the Funny Muscle Pod, we chat a lot about the skills in crafting jokes, but in this episode, we take a hard turn to the business side of comedy.And although…
GUEST ARTICLE: Climbing the Ice (Ice Baby)
After ten minutes of heroic axe swinging, toe kicking, shivering, and aggressively not looking down, I was certain I was near the top of the 50-foot ice wall I’d been…
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GUEST: Find your Best Self on the Trail in 2025
“You look like an experienced hiker, how far are you hiking?” one group asked as I made my way up the Colorado Trail. “Another 10 miles today,” I say, “but I’ve…
Ten Ways the Million Words Challenge Made Me a Better Writer
“It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials.” Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers Tweet "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." Photographer Henri…
My Dentist First Got Me High
If I had to thank someone for my ongoing quest to get high, it’d probably be my dentist in 1975.Inclined and bibbed with a mouth full of cotton, I remember squinting at the…
Funny Muscle Podcast: Comedian Lenny Schmidt
Lenny Schmidt stops by the Funny Muscle Podcast to teach us about the logistics of planning comedy material for 5 nights in a row on a cruise ship (hint: you…
Confession: I Joined the HairClub For a Week
First time I noticed I was losing my hair happened two years after I graduated high school. It was the spring of 1985. The Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger was still a big…
Contrast: Create indirect comparisons
Chances are you’ll recognize the format or template for this device. It’s when two seemingly unconnected things are sized up against each other in order to discover their similarities and…
Funny Muscle Podcast: Comedian Jake Vevera
New York comedian and co-host of the podcast “Idiots on Parade” Jake Vevera (@jakevevera) stops by the Funny Muscle Podcast to talk about his upcoming comedy special, which is about…
My Two Nights in Jail (A true story)
My eyes cracked open fifteen feet below an industrial ceiling made of cement pockmarked with unfinished air pockets; I had no idea where I was. The front lobe of my…
Scam Alert!!!
“Hi Sophina, I need some help. My balance just dropped to -$1,450.” ”You are so lucky!” “I am?” Sophina was my new online supervisor. For hours she had trained me…
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JOY STRATEGY [8]: Reaction vs Response
Between stimulus and response there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. — Viktor E. Frankl…
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JOY STRATEGY [7]: Why the Law of Attraction is Unlike the Law of Gravity
I don't trip. I do random gravity checks. — Funny Guy Where You Work Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal Law of Attraction…
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THINKIN’ FUNNY [5]: Premise, Setup, and Punchline
Finding Your Funny Muscle Figuring out why a joke didn't work and trying again is what makes you funnier.This Amazon bestseller teaches you how to create laughs like a pro.…
The Way I Want to Die, Since I Must
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. - Henry David Thoreau Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long…
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JOY STRATEGY [6]: How to Begin Prioritizing Joy
To change your life, you need to change your priorities. — Mark Twain Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal Law of Attraction to…
DIARY OF AMERICA’S SHRINK Session #4: Uncle Sam’s Racist Tendencies
Uncle Sam talks to his shrink as we listen in... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana *** Warning: these notes are for…
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THINKIN’ FUNNY [4]: Difference Between Saying Funny Things and Saying Things Funny
Some people say funny things, but I say things funny. - Don Rickles Who’s the funniest person where YOU work?Why are they so funny?Do they say funny things?Or do they…
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