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- Leonard Stern, creator of Mad Libs
- Jack Kevorkian
- Randy "Macho Man" Savage
- Osama bin Laden
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Jack LaLanne
- Leslie Nielsen
- Bob Guccione
- Barbara Billingsley
- Tony Curtis
- Dennis Hopper
- Gary Coleman
- Chinese murderer**
- Casey, aka Moosh In Indy*
- Adolf Hitler
- Peter Graves
- Corey Haim
- My Grandmother**
- Roy Scheider
- Zelda Rubinstein, J.D. Salinger
- Brittany Murphy
- Oral Roberts
- John Lennon
- Ken Ober
- Henry Gibson
- Patrick Swayze
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- Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett
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Author Archives: Avitable
The superior things in life, as determined by Avitable
It seems like I do a post like this once a year. It’s a simple concept that I saw over at Ali Martell’s hilarious blog. A list, with no guidelines, of what things are better than other things. Here we … Continue reading
Closure When You Least Expect It
It was our dream house. 3000 square feet, five bedrooms, a giant pool, quiet neighborhood. The perfect place to raise a family and grow old together. And in August 2004, it became our dream home. But things changed. Life happened. … Continue reading
Posted in Love and marriage, Serious stuff
Tagged closure, divorce, dream home, dream house, life, marriage
52 Comments
The pervert inside: Browser ABCs
I don’t know if this is the best idea, but I saw a meme over at Earl’s that I thought I’d try, maybe for some more light-hearted fare over here at Avitable.com. In Google Chrome, when I start typing an … Continue reading
Our Plagiarized Life – Or Blogging 101: What Not To Do
In the wake of Amy Storch’s post about Kristin Ruiz (remember her from this post?), who blatantly and deliberately plagiarized posts written by Amy (you can read more details here), I thought I’d offer some constructive criticism to Del and … Continue reading
Posted in satire
Tagged amalah, comedy, del the dad, humor, kristin ruiz, our ordinary life, parody, plagiarism, sheposts
201 Comments
One Year of Doing Stand-Up Comedy: What I’ve Learned
On March 6, 2011, I stood up at the Orlando Improv, in front of an audience of around 150 people, absolutely terrified, and did my very first stand-up routine (with the exception of a few open mics before that night). … Continue reading
Posted in Stand Up Comedy
Tagged anniversary, avitable, comedy, humor, orlando improv, stand-up, standup comedy, telling jokes
8 Comments
Why You’re Probably Stupid If You’re Giving Something Up For Lent
I’ve made fun of organized religion many times on my site, whether Catholic, Mormon, Muslim, Jewish, or other. I don’t think that I’ve ever had a serious discussion about it, though, until now. It goes without saying that this is … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged ace catholics, catholicism, christian, christianity, faith, god, heaven, hypocrisy, islam, judaism, lent, mormonism, muslim, organized religion, religion, ritual
85 Comments
My expert guide on phone sex and talking dirty
After reading this outstanding post about girls who are uncomfortable with dirty talk, I thought it was a highly appropriate topic for my next expert guide. My past guides have included expert instruction on how to get hired for any … Continue reading
Posted in Avitable Gives Advice, Dirty talk
Tagged comedy, Dirty talk, expert guide, how to, how to have phone sex, how to talk dirty, humor, obscene, phone sex, profane, talking dirty
8 Comments
Why I Love Movies
I saw this over at Ain’t It Cool News, a movie news site I’ve been reading since 1995. I thought it was a really great concept, and decided to do it myself. Why do I love movies? Because Shirley, you … Continue reading
