Articles by Mark Jabo 2007-12-07 Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Did you think just because you bought all your food within a 75-foot radius of your house, wore clothes made out recycled water bottles and only went online when you could find a friend to share the same monitor that yo..read on Compost Mortem 2007-10-30 He's not dead ... he's just pining for the fjords ... In the pecking party to go green, everybody's getting in on the fun. Even funeral directors. Next weekend's featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Funeral Consumers Alli..read on Suitable For Framing 2007-10-20 Most of the news we get force-fed here in America tends to be focused on European and North American stories. There's all kinds of stuff going on in the rest of the world, but let's face it - do you really care what's going on in Uzbekistan? ..read on Boxer James Toney to be Honored ... Or Not 2007-10-05 Please join me (and tens of Los Angelenos) in saluting the career of boxing great James "Lights Out" Toney. "Oooh, it feels good to be me ..." With a career record of 70-6-3, Toney has held world titles at middleweight, super-middleweig..read on Freedom of Choice 2007-05-25 As Americans we love to do everything to excess. We invented Las Vegas, the Hummer and DD breast implants. We invented fast food with the idea that you could grab a quick bite when you were pressed for time. But that wasn't enough. We had to super-si..read on Stop the Violence 2007-05-19 There is a lot of concern these days about the increasing level of violence in our society. Some people blame aberrant behavior on video games. At the same time, many people would agree that breaking the cycle of violence star..read on Binge and Splurge 2007-05-13 An ancient philosopher (either Plato or Courtney Love) once said, "Moderation is best." The ancient Greeks didn't have a word for "buzz kill" or Anna Nicole Smith, so that pronouncement was allowed to stand, unchallenged, for centuries. By n..read on You Gotta Have Faith 2007-05-04 "Well, I guess it would be nice . . ." Wen-I Chang recently completed the Gaia Hotel and Spa, an environmentally friendly hotel located in California's Napa Valley. How environmentally friendly is it? Guests at the hotel won'..read on One More Cup of Coffee Before I Go 2007-04-27 From time to time, I've been known to criticize a few silly inventions in this space. This week, we're going to change all that as we salute an awesome new invention: caffeinated soap.The person who invented this should get the Nobel prize for what..read on Might As Well Face It You\'re Addicted to . . . Everything! 2007-04-20 No less an authority than George Bush recently declared that the entire nation was "addicted" to oil. From a Republican viewpoint, you might excuse the President from engaging in a bit of political hyperbole. From a Democratic standpoint, the Preside..read on Baseball, Apple Pie and . . . 2007-04-13 I have a new favorite baseball team. Every few years, I switch team allegiances. Ex-girlfriends and Boston Red Sox fans will suggest this is symptomatic of my inability to sustain a long-term relationship. I will admit tha..read on Random Rants 2007-03-29 Greetings, loyal readers. Occasionally, I have trouble picking a single topic to write about - maybe it's because there are so many crazy stories in the news, maybe it's my attention deficit disorder acting up or, quite possibly..read on Roses Are Red . . . 2007-03-23 Good news for all you freelance writers out there . . . Hallmark announced this week that they are expanding their greeting card line. Not content to churn out trite sentiments and pithy rhymes for birthdays, deaths, wedding, bar mitzvahs, friendshi..read on KEEP ON ROCKIN\' 2007-03-16 . . . because what else are you going to do? As we edge closer to springtime (and a new concert season), it seems only fitting we take the time to look back on last year's creaky concert tours. Can you remember a time when more acts with one foot in..read on Fear of Flying 2007-03-09 Some people are afraid of flying. Me? I'm terrified of landing. Because that's when the flight attendant makes the announcement that people are free to use their cell phones. If I hear one more person give an excruciatingly detailed description..read on The New Global Epidemic 2007-03-02 There's been a lot of talk about the obesity epidemic in the United States. As if somehow not being able to pass on your fourth Big Mac now qualifies as a major health problem.The next step in the discussion usually centers on "the costs" of ..read on New Miracle Diet Helps Shed Unwanted Success 2007-02-22 GUARANTEED RESULTS FROM NEW BREAKTHROUGH DIET! ============================================ Are you successful? Are you tired of life being just too damn easy? Do you have a career, power or money you'd like to get rid o..read on Fly, Robin, Fly 2007-02-15 I'm starting to hear people getting all excited about bird flu . . .again. Just so there's no misunderstanding, let me put in my request early this year: leave me alone. I will not be getting a flu shot this year . . . again. For like, the te..read on Global Warming Tyranny 2007-02-20 Government officials calling for suppression of dissent is not new. We've seen it happen over and over again in totalitarian states and theocracies throughout the world. ..read on Used and Abused 2007-02-09 If you got upset every time someone lied to you, it would be almost impossible to function in daily society. You wouldn't be able buy a car, vote or go out on a date. Driving, voting and sex have a lot in common. They can get mes..read on It\'s Getting Hot in Here 2007-02-02 It's getting harder and harder these days to tell the lunatics without a scorecard. Forget about sexy, it's time People Magazine came out with a 100 Wackiest People issue. At one time Michael Jackson might have been a lock to head this list, but the ..read on Golden Slumbers Fill Your Skies 2007-01-26 Some people just can't leave well enough alone. Or, as my first grade teacher used to say, "It only takes one bad apple to ruin things for everyone else." So, you can imagine how upset I was to find out that some crackpot engineer had been tampering..read on LONG STORY SHORT Writing Site Honors Author\'s Short Story 2006-06-08 New York-based author's story chosen as Story of the Month by Writer's Digest's Top 101 Writing Website New York, NY (PRWEB) June 9, 2006 -- The board of editors at Long Story Short e-zine chose Mark Jabo's story, "A Sweetheart Like Y..read on Friends Should Not Let Friends See Friends With Money 2005-06-07 Sometimes in the movies, less is more. It's a look Humphrey Bogart gives Ingrid Bergman when she walks into the bar in Casablanca; it's the pause that Denzel Washington makes before shaking Tom Hanks' hand in Philadelphia. We call that brilliant unde..read on Akeelah and the Bee Makes Movie Honor Roll 2005-06-07 Akeelah and the Bee deserves an A-plus for presenting us a world where the best we have within us is encouraged to shine. If you don't tear up at least once during this inspiring story, you should have to stay after school and write on the blackbo..read on Hustle and Crawl 2005-06-07 Is there anything worse than a kid that's not cool? Of course not. Which is why you and your baby mama are going to be so excited about the new clothing line that's just been introduced called Pimpfants. The line features "Baby Beater" tank top..read on Semi-Intelligent Design 2005-06-07 It used to be that there was a whole lot of education that went into becoming a scientist. To be a scientist you actually had to study stuff. And not just easy stuff like "Who is the President of the United States?" (Hint: She was in Earth Girls Are..read on Birds, Bees and Allergies 2005-06-07 There are many things that you can tell people that you've developed that make you an interesting and sought after guest at parties. 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Paxton Yeni Salma Barlinti Jonathan Rosillo Anonymous Gian Marco Di Pietro Anathema Harris Rob Harris Courtney Sunday Andy Martello Fazale Karim Stephen Irving Rob Favero Lauren Slemenda Aja Beasley Emma Dixon Cees Bakker Efefiong Akpan Penny Thrift Brandy Muniz Amy Herl Valeria (UNV) Valiente Jenny Stein Daniel Martin Bill Jones Syed Rizwan Muhammad Rizvi Andrea Lutz Stuart Burrell Alyona Lelyushkina Peter Wadri Oliver Vogel Bismi Steven Lochran Cathy Walter | Mark Jabo Writer Experience He was a founding member of The Comics Roundtable, a writing and performance group headed by Emmy-award winning comic Paul Wagner. Mark is a contributing writer at DailyComedy.com (http://www.dailycomedy.com/mark_jabo/home/) and contributed two essays to America’s Funniest Humor - Book 2. His short stories have been featured on the Apollo’s Lyre and Long Story Short websites–both sites have been honored by Writer’s Digest as among the “101 Best Writing Sites.” Mark has also written for PointsInCase.com and is co-author of The Sky is Falling: A Global Warming Survival Guide, a tongue-in-cheek look at the hype and hysteria surrounding global warming. Mark's climate change blog is at: www.warmingsurvivalguide.com. More information about the writer Mark Jabo is a writer, comic and financial consultant who spends time in Florida, New York and Maryland. Originally from Philadelphia, Mark has lived and worked all over the world including Tokyo, London and Australia. Articles by this author 1. Hustle and Crawl 2. Birds, Bees and Allergies 3. Semi-Intelligent Design 4. Akeelah and the Bee Makes Movie Honor Roll 5. Friends Should Not Let Friends See Friends With Money 6. LONG STORY SHORT Writing Site Honors Author\'s Short Story 7. Used and Abused 8. Golden Slumbers Fill Your Skies 9. It\'s Getting Hot in Here 10. Global Warming Tyranny 11. Fly, Robin, Fly 12. New Miracle Diet Helps Shed Unwanted Success 13. The New Global Epidemic 14. Fear of Flying 15. KEEP ON ROCKIN\' 16. Roses Are Red . . . 17. Random Rants 18. Baseball, Apple Pie and . . . 19. Might As Well Face It You\'re Addicted to . . . Everything! 20. One More Cup of Coffee Before I Go 21. You Gotta Have Faith 22. Binge and Splurge 23. Stop the Violence 24. Freedom of Choice 25. Boxer James Toney to be Honored ... Or Not 26. Suitable For Framing 27. Compost Mortem 28. Okay, Now ... Just Breathe News by this author |