Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » yard http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:15:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Every episode features a new funny story. Think Erma Bombeck with a PC, Dave Barry with recording software or Garrison Keillor with a microphone... Oh, wait. Strike that last one. If you enjoy clean humor and a slightly skewed perspective on family life (I have two teenage sons...of course my life is skewed-up) please give this show a listen. Kevin Cummings clean Kevin Cummings KevinLeeC@yahoo.com KevinLeeC@yahoo.com (Kevin Cummings) 2006-2010 Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices humor, humor essay, funny, funny story, shortcomings Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » yard http://assets.farpointmedia.net/shortc/images/shortc.albumart.144.jpg http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com #001 — The Rites of Spring http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/04/001-the-rites-of-spring-2/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/04/001-the-rites-of-spring-2/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:15:28 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1329 Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free.

Ah the glorious colors of spring; the green grass, the red and yellow flowers, the blue streak as I swear at my dysfunctional lawn mower.

After hibernating in an aluminum shed all winter, my mower is reluctant to awake and resume its normal duties of mutilating my lawn and mangling my sprinkling system.  Every spring I enter into protracted negotiations with this “labor saving” device.

To begin, I check the gas and oil and press the engine primer exactly three times.  These actions don’t do any real good, but like the tea ceremonies of feudal Japan, it’s important to follow all of the parts of the ritual.  Assured that the engine has what it needs, I grasp the pull starter and the negotiations begin. (Full Text)

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/04/001-the-rites-of-spring-2/feed/ 0 comedy, funny, humor, guys, yard work Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute, Slices Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. (http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/6549-98960-16567-1) Ah the glorious colors of spring; the green grass, the red and yellow flowers, the blue streak as I swear at my dysfunctional lawn mower. After hibernating in an aluminum shed all winter, my mower is reluctant to awake and resume its normal duties of mutilating my lawn and mangling my sprinkling system.  Every spring I enter into protracted negotiations with this “labor saving” device. To begin, I check the gas and oil and press the engine primer exactly three times.  These actions don't do any real good, but like the tea ceremonies of feudal Japan, it's important to follow all of the parts of the ritual.  Assured that the engine has what it needs, I grasp the pull starter and the negotiations begin. (Full Text (http://wp.me/pjV28-u)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-u (http://wp.me/pjV28-u) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kevin Cummings clean 8:23 #181 — Falling into Winter http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:15:14 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1227 Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast

I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes — I’m looking at you Southern California — we have definite seasons. If you start keeping track in July, the seasons are hot, hotter, hottest, too hot, when will the heat end, school registration season, why won’t the heat end, windy season, rainy season, Indian summer, why is it hot again, smog, the new Fall TV season, High School football season, Jazz Basketball Season, the one perfect Fall day, hunting season, municipal election season, cold season, flu and cold season, colder, coldest, why can’t it be hot again, smog, first snowfall isn’t it beautiful, snowing? again?, Christmas shopping season, bad roads and fender-bender season, Christmas day with a thirty-percent chance of snow, Hollywood awards season, smog, almost spring, melty, snow pack runoff, street flooding, road construction planning, the one perfect spring day, rain, rainier, rainiest, smog, lawn mower repair season, the annual blooming of the orange barrels, constructions guys with shovels but no visible work to do, graduation season, wedding season, smog, early summer, and finally back to hot. (Full Text)

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2009/11/181-falling-into-winter/feed/ 0 home,seasons,weather,yard Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast - I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes -- I’m looking at you Southern California -- we have ... Sponsored by: www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast (http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast) I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes -- I’m looking at you Southern California -- we have definite seasons. If you start keeping track in July, the seasons are hot, hotter, hottest, too hot, when will the heat end, school registration season, why won’t the heat end, windy season, rainy season, Indian summer, why is it hot again, smog, the new Fall TV season, High School football season, Jazz Basketball Season, the one perfect Fall day, hunting season, municipal election season, cold season, flu and cold season, colder, coldest, why can’t it be hot again, smog, first snowfall isn’t it beautiful, snowing? again?, Christmas shopping season, bad roads and fender-bender season, Christmas day with a thirty-percent chance of snow, Hollywood awards season, smog, almost spring, melty, snow pack runoff, street flooding, road construction planning, the one perfect spring day, rain, rainier, rainiest, smog, lawn mower repair season, the annual blooming of the orange barrels, constructions guys with shovels but no visible work to do, graduation season, wedding season, smog, early summer, and finally back to hot. (Full Text (http://wp.me/pjV28-9U)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-9U (http://wp.me/pjV28-9U) (http://wp.me/pjV28-9M) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * Thanks to Chris Lane for some kind words this week.  You can learn more about Chris (and see some of his terrific photos) at http://www.ChrisLanePhoto.com (http://www.ChrisLanePhoto.com) * As mentioned on the episode, Twitter friend @Mainframe (http://www.twitter.com/Mainframe) noticed that I was on a "behind the scenes" episode of Angel Between the Lines where I got to talk about directing for an audio drama.  If you're interested, you can listen in at: http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2009/11/abtls1bts002-behind-the-scenes-with-the-directors/ (http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2009/11/abtls1bts002-behind-the-scenes-with-the-directors/) Kevin Cummings clean