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I’m still teaching part-time as a retired, emeritus faculty. Here’s a free download of the text I’m using. Let me know if you spot anything that needs updated.

You know that you’ve been sucked into the Ai age when your most meaningful arguments are with a bot!

“My favorite example would be from <a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python&#8221; target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” title=””>Monty Python</a>’s Flying Circus when they would transition to an absurd bit by saying: ‘And now, for something completely different….” <em>Robb Lightfoot</em><br><br><strong>Divergent thinking is the ability to generate multiple ideas, possibilities, or…

<em>Curiosity is the spark that ignites creativity. It drives exploration, learning, and disco</em>very.<br><br>”I’ve found that the joy I get from writing comes mostly from two sources. First, when writing non-fiction, it comes from finding fun facts and meeting interesting people. Second, when writing fiction, it comes from dwelling in daydreams and working people and places I’ve observed into…

(The initial outline was posted 1/16/26) <br><br><strong>CHAPTER 1: WHAT CREATIVITY IS (AND ISN’T)</strong><br><br>Creativity is not a mysterious gift reserved for a chosen few. It’s a cognitive process, a habit, and a way of engaging with the world. Most people misunderstand creativity because they confuse it with talent, inspiration, or artistic ability.<br><br><strong>Key…

Hello all! I’ve decided to open up the lab and let some collaborators/assistance in! Check out the chapter outlines I’ve developed and begun to flesh out. If you want “in,” you can work with our small team to develop fun material that will be out there on the web and eventually on Kindle with your examples and stories and links to your humor websites, books, and stories. Email me at…

I’m kicking off 2026 with short stories and videos about one of my favorite topics, cars. My view on cars comes from more than 60 years experience driving, repairing, breaking, repairing again, and even racing things with 4 or more wheels. I realized somewhere along the way that not everyone “does cars” and sometimes the best gift I can give a friend is by lending a helping hand with their…

Karin and I just returned from three weeks in France, and there are stories to tell! This long-anticipated trip went smoothly, and we fell in love with the south of France. The people we met ran counter to the stereotypes. We were treated with warmth and friendliness by everyone except for the conductor who issued me a 50-Euro fine for buying the wrong ticket and, apparently, trying to defraud…

Is This Channel for You? Do you do stand-up and want to do better? Do you write humorous stories and want to tighten them up? Are you working on a novel and want to pull that Shakespearean trick—making someone laugh for a moment only to plunge them back into tragedy? Do you have a screenplay that needs punching up? Are you working on a horror novel and want readers to relax for a moment…

Join Robb as he pries open comedy classics from the page and the stage to see what works and why. He’ll be posting here and elsewhere with the hashtag #decodingcomedy. Stay tuned. 🙂

Hello all. Well, I’m working at returning to a more regular writing schedule, and it would help me to have some beta-readers. As many of you may know, it’s tricky to put draft-documents up on the web. They can be scanned into AI or released to the open web in such a way that it complicates their later publication.What I’m going to do for now is to create a private group, which will solve the…

Humor comes in many forms, and one great way of having fun is to compose lyrics. Join us and those music-minded folks who are exploring humorous harmonies.

Notes taken at workshops and conferences. More to come! R

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar

Well, another year and another opportunity to step back up and create some funny stuff! We’re planning our activities for 2025, and want to ask you what YOU’D like to see. Please take a minute to complete this survey and once we have the results in, we’ll send out the invites. Create your own user feedback survey If you have questions, you can email me at [email protected].