2012-10-27 04:50
From Liam James Leaven and artist Katrina Kinder comes this collection of masterfully illustrated Huge Words by Huge People quotes.Delving deeper into the pearls of wisdom and inspiration sp… Read More
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Welcome to The Humor Books Blog, a space dedicated to commentary by humorist and author Liam James Leaven, occasional recommendations and introductions to humor writers, and other assorted stories and such, most of which will begin with an intro akin to, "This one time, at band camp . . ."
Godspeed, Faithful Reader.
2012-10-06 02:10
Take a sneak peek at the first Huge Words book cover! Stay tuned for book launch information and discount ordering options in the coming two weeks Read More
2011-12-20 03:45
Got caught holding the hot potato, eh? Me too. And then, suddenly, nobody else wanted to play . . .They all said, “Umm, I don’t know, man, I think I’m tired of hot potato… Read More
2011-05-01 00:31
A couple of weeks ago the clutch went on my car and I came to the difficult decision to put my old, faithful friend of the last 147,000 miles on the market and get what I could for her, rath… Read More
2010-06-29 18:25
Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. Everyone knows you need to be drunk for at least seven nights, and seven d… Read More
2010-06-04 16:28
They say that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. And so I say: Countrymen, send me your spam! Most people get annoyed by spam. Google, MSN and AOL have spent tremendous am… Read More
2010-06-01 02:32
My auto insurance policy rate has been exactly the same for the past five years. Until yesterday, that is, when I received my new bill. I opened yesterday’s bill with the expectation… Read More
2010-05-19 12:25
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. Especially when we have just eaten a couple of chili cheese corn dogs at the hoedown. ~ Me. An… Read More
2010-05-12 07:03
Pessimists are saying that oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico is a bad thing. Others are learning that their glasses may actually soon be half full . . . of oil.The National Hurricane Cente… Read More
2010-04-29 12:20
I was over at my parent's house yesterday and I noticed a strange-looking item on one of their end tables. It looked something like this:"Interesting," I said. "What's that thing?""Those are… Read More
2010-04-08 16:04
How much easier it must have been to focus one hundred years ago.It’s been forty minutes since my last sentence.The problem isn’t, as so many in the medical and pharmaceutical fi… Read More
2010-03-25 08:03
With a vote of 219-212, the House of Representatives has passed sweeping humor legislation which, once signed into law, will ensure that 35 million additional Americans have access to humor… Read More
2010-03-22 15:19
This morning in the Rose Garden President Obama announced that one of the benefits of the healthcare reform bill would take effect immediately, even before he signs the bill into law: On the… Read More
2010-03-15 12:23
The year is 2016. Anderson Cooper has bought out the rights to his 360 show and started his own channel, AC 24/7. The channel features 1,000 lifelike Anderson Cooper Avatars (ACAs*), station… Read More
2010-03-14 05:31
In breaking news, On the Origins of Joy Boy's Chasm has successfully made it through Round One of the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA). Round One narrowed the field of 5,000 entr… Read More
2010-03-12 05:00
Here are two things we know for sure about New Hampshire: (1) Approximately 20 percent of the state’s population can trace its family roots back to Ireland, and (2) in a state that has… Read More
2010-01-15 05:16
“Don’t you hate the missions where you have a bunch of people lined up to assassinate someone and then everything gets mixed up and no one knows who’s killing who?” … Read More
2010-01-08 05:15
The reviews on this blog are all positive as I am offering information about books that I like and highly recommend. If I read something and I don't like it, or if I like it but it doesn't t… Read More
2010-01-08 05:15
I wrote On the Origins of Joy Boy’s Chasm while living in France, where I had been studying with the aid of a graduate research fellowship. I had just finished writing an emotionally t… Read More
2010-01-06 07:26
Welcome, one and all, favored friends and foolish fiends, and thank you for stopping by. We are in for a ride. But then, isn’t that always the case?What you are about to experience rig… Read More
2010-01-06 07:26
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."-- Douglas AdamsA Brief Introduction to The Introduction to The Introduction to the New EditionThe Salmon of Doub… Read More
2010-01-06 07:25
One of the running jokes in my family is that I spoke my first word at the age of twelve. While I often challenge this sully with the contention of recalling distinctly, at the age of ten… Read More
2009-11-30 02:37
If you are published on Smashwords, the best way to get me a review copy of your book is to simply create a 100% off coupon code and send me the code, then I can download the book directly t… Read More
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