Dumb Dad Jokes

I’m an advocate for dumb dad jokes. These are jokes we dads tell to our kids and grandkids to make them groan. These are very sophisticated jokes. Here are several examples:

I got fired from the orange juice factory because I couldn’t concentrate.

Every morning I plan to make pancakes, but I keep waffling.

I’ve accumulated a large number of these jokes. My kids have given me dad joke books, and I get a weekly email from a source who always has good jokes. I’ve been sharing these on a daily basis with several friends who appreciate puns and humor.

Thanksgiving

We will have a small family Thanksgiving gathering this year. It’s a good time of the year to express our gratitude for all we have. The one thing that surprised me about the Thanksgiving week: our grandson has the whole week off from school. I don’t know when this changed, but as a kid and when raising our own children, it was only Thursday and Friday off. In fact, when I started working, the Friday after Thanksgiving was a good time to catch up on paperwork at the office. Not being a shopper, I’ve never been inspired by the whole Black Friday thing. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Thinking About Ideas for Cover of Old Detectives Home

My publisher solicits ideas for cover art from authors. With the upcoming Old Detectives Homes, I’ve been thinking about ideas for the cover. The story takes place in a retirement home on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean. The inciting event is a body being discovered on the beach below the cliff. I’m thinking of a view of the retirement home from the beach with a body in the foreground, stairs going up the cliff and the retirement home in the background above the cliff. We’ll see what we come up with.

First of Omnipodge Trilogy, Old Detectives Home, will be Published Next Spring

I’m pleased to announce a three book contract with Encircle Publications for my Omnipodge Trilogy, the first of which is titled Old Detectives Home.

 

Imagine a retirement home populated with residents such as an aging Hercule Poirot and a dementia-suffering Sherlock Holmes and run by staff including Art Doyle, Dash Hammett and Dot Sayers. In this light-hearted spoof of the mystery genre, every character is either a real person from the mystery writing world or a character from a mystery novel. On anything but a dark and stormy night, a dead body is found. The staff managers find themselves unable to control the unruly old detectives. Mix in clues and red herrings galore as the cast of suspects investigate each other to figure out who done it.

Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie and more, hold on to your rockers as the top detectives of all time reunite at The Old Detectives Home to solve their most difficult whodunit—but first without killing each other.