My oh my it's fun to be quoted…

This was sent to me by the lovely and talented Melinda Wood Allen, minister at Unity of Farmers Branch Texas, from a book she's reading: “Love According to Science” by Claire Kingsley.…

In our Group Travels since 1999 we've been to every continent except Antarctica, and two dozen countries. For 2026 I'm currently looking at a Celtic Music tour to Scotland, or possibly Portugal. I haven't ruled out Morocco but it's a…

Are you like me? When something goes wrong do you sometimes drop a curse-bomb and then feel embarrassed about it? Well friends, cringe no more. Here's your good news for August: Swearing Makes You Stronger.
 

Yep, according to new…

My thought for the day - actually a question.

I know, it's deep.

And...it's meant to be a joke.

When I posted this on facebook, about half the commenters gave thoughtful analyses. One or two even quoted the Baghavad-Gita. 

But…

Okay, maybe I'm overreacting, Kind of. 

But Google delivered a tectonic shift to my whole little Greg World over here. A shock wave of gobsmackable proportions. Maybe I should have seen this coming, but I didn't.

Google emailed me with…

*  With apologies to Nate Bargatze, Joe Posnanski, and Saturday Night Live…

We interrupt our regular newsletter to quickly ask for your input on something. 
 

As briefly as I can explain this…

There are basically 5 talks that I give at "Spiritual-Not-Religious, non-denominational" churches. All of these talks are a combination Humor…

• Gratitude
• Vegetables
• Awe and Wonder
• More...

Gratitude

I forgot to note where I read this, but a recent study showed that thinking grateful thoughts for 15 minutes a day, or writing down a gratitude list every day, makes you 25%…

A few shots from our recent group tour. Some by me, some by others in the group. 

Drombeg Stone Circle

Dancin' at the Doolin Music House

In a pub…

Music session…

Leprechaun Trail (Muckross House Stone garden)

Ross Castle, Killarney

Here's a quick story about an awkward moment. Maybe you've had one like it. 

Several years ago I got invited to speak and sing at a men's breakfast group for about 35 guys. I don't recall what I sang or…

Amazing fact: our lovely moon is by far the largest moon in the solar system in proportion to the size of its planet. Not only that, it's exactly the perfect size and distance from earth to create a total solar…

Every once in awhile my own personal brain hatches an odd thought that it finds amusing. 
No guarantees, but perhaps your brain will be entertained:

1. I fell asleep in the bathtub last night and almost drowned. Fortunately my toy dolphins…

Thanks (...I think...) to the lovely, amazing, and incredibly alert Ann Pogue for stumbling upon this clip from 1986.

Skip ahead to 1:55.  Whoo Boy.

By the way, I have no memory of this.

    * The reason I was…

For co(s)mic reasons I can't explain or fathom, the Lords of LinkedIn have been looking out for me lately. 
 

They keep setting me up with brilliant, creative job suggestions like these:

I confess I actually have no clear idea what…

Listen to Clarke Smith, age 9, describing the pandemic: 

    "Like looking both ways 
     before crossing the street 
     and then getting hit by a submarine." 

Wow. What a great quote. 

Can you relate? Did you get hit by a submarine? Was…

Hooray For Dads 

"If you ever want to torture my dad, tie him up and right in front of him, refold a map incorrectly." 
- Cathy Ladman 

"I asked my dad for a BB gun, but he said we were…

This piece about the Five Universal Laws Of Human Stupidity had me laughing out loud in a couple of places. It's more perceptive than funny, but still quite amusing, and explains a LOT.

The Five Universal Laws Of Human Stupidity

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Still hard to believe this actually happened. But I have proof! (See link below to article.) And I still have the 45 rpm record I caught when Roger Daltrey threw them into the audience from the stage.

I was in…

I hope you're in the right line!  😁 

In This Issue: 

1. May The Month Be With You 
2. Great Opening Lines 
3. Scotland Tour Update 
4. Bonus Humor

"In honor of Tax Day, Hardee’s offered free breakfast biscuits if…

"Best Travel Memoir of the Year!"
- Greg Tamblyn Officially Unbiased Book Reviews

My sister Claudia and her husband Roger spent 2 years in a remote outpost of The Ivory Coast, West Africa. Roger is a talented, published writer. A…