Archive of "Matter of Laugh or Death," a humor column

 By Bill Dunn

Interesting observations on this thing we call life

(appearing each week in the Republican-American newspaper, Waterbury, CT)

Spring Is the Start of Bug Season

Battle Lines Are Drawn: Kids vs. Dogs

Different Things Enthrall Different People

More Talk About Compulsive Talkers

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Help! How to Deal with Compulsive Talkers?

Enhanced Facts Make Column More Interesting

Bartender, Make Mine a Double-Double

Trying to Kick the Sugar Habit

The Moment of Tooth

Notes From the Great White North

The Amazing Weathermen, Uh, Persons, Folks, Whatever

Pardon Me, Miss, But I've Never Done This, With a Real Fake Girl

On Vacation, a Mind is a Terrible Thing to Worry

Electric Blanket: Warming or Warning?

Dark and Cold Is Fine, But No TV Is a Crisis

Waterbury Native Publishes Award-Winning Novel

Hand-shaking Is Dangerous During Flu Season

Teach Humor Writing? Is This a Joke?

Google and the 'Age of A-Curious'

The Escalating Christmas Card War

The Miracle of Christmas Music

The Shoe Must Go On

'Rest a While' Is Not Our Style

This Pie Guy Loves Thanksgiving

The Five-Second Rule and Munchkin Mania

Lottery Ticket Retirement Fund

Certain Trick or Treaters Can Be Scary

Cell Phone Revolution Has Side Effects

Was that a 'Good One,' or Are You Just Being Polite?

What if We Were the Talk Radio Targets?

Revered Founding Fathers Also Engaged in Mud-Slinging

Next on 'Nature': Feeding Frenzy at the Office

Nasty Campaign Ads Just Heating Up

Sports Goodbyes Are Often Painful

Golf and the Definition of Insanity

It Takes Guts To Be a Jogger

Torrington's 'Main Street Marketplace' Lots of Fun

Weather Forecasting Should Be Olympic Event

Summer Vacation with Sea, Sand, and Special Friends

Tender Tootsies and the 'Ah-ooh-ee' Dance

Guy Talk: 'Hiya Doon?' Is Not a Question

After Decades of Sacrifice, Where's the Money?

Look Out for Lap-Lookers on the Highways

Summer Breeze and Shady Trees

Town Bans the F-Bomb? Good Luck with That

Time to Study Why So Many Silly Studies

College Daze Not Very Memorable

Summer Hobbies Cause Too Much Frustration

Softball Injury Stretches the Imagination

Church Fashions Are a Real Eye-Opener

Readers Reply to Ol' 55

Can You Believe What People Reveal on Facebook?!!!!

thumblish txt msg language all its own

Turning Ol' 55 Is a Milestone

Business and Golf: A Couple of Mind Games

Clarification of Prevarication Inclination

Logo Clothes Say Too Much

If Today Was Your Last Day

Time to LXXXVI Roman Numerals

Please Use the Comment Filter

Avoid Either/Or Questions or Face the Wrath of Spam

Houses Beat Condos in a Landslide

Literary Dare, Writing Scare

Condo, or Not Condo? That Is the Question?

The Sunshine State in January Just Isn't Natural

Men's Grocery Shopping: A Study in Oblivious

High Tech Gizmos Need High Tech 12-Year-Old

Kindle Sparks Interest in the Classics

A 'Senior Moment' at the Donut Shop

Avast Ye Intolerant Cheese Lovers