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Author: Janice Arenofsky

I write humor, but also books and serious essays, features and profiles, usually for national venues. I'm a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists , Humor Writers of America, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. I live in Arizona, where it's hot, hot, hot (but very dry of course), and I have six dogs and two cats. Oh yes, a husband, too. I blog at https://humorbyarenofsky.blogspot.com/ Come and visit me there or at my website or at Facebook, where I'm The Dysfunctional Family. Got almost 1,000 followers. Join us.

Cinderella’s Emails to Lost and Found

June 21, 2021June 22, 2021 Janice Arenofsky

MONDAY Hi Again, Forget yesterday’s email—I shouldn’t have inserted those emojis with the bloodletting leeches, but after sweeping the floors for my evil step mother and prima donna step sisters, I was exhausted and angry. […]

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Waiting for Godot or Brigitte Bardot, Whomever

May 21, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

Years ago I read a short story by a famous writer whose name of course has slipped my wretched mind. But the theme of the story was waiting for “important” things, which naturally never really […]

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Happy Birthday You Old Collector You

May 14, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

My husband is a collector. I didn’t know it when I married him or my life might have taken a different turn. In fact his collecting of any and all things did not manifest itself […]

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Stompin’ at the Strip Mall

May 5, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

Stompin’ at the Strip Mall The highlight of my day will be a visit to Foot Solutions today. I desperately need another pair of athletic shoes, and hubby says he refuses to go to Flagstaff […]

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Followup to Memes Blog

March 11, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

I just couldn’t help being interested in the Brit who did his dissertation on memes. Yeah, he’s officially weird, looks gay (and I don’t mean this pejoratively), calls his dissertation a “scholarly shitpost.” It included […]

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When Did Memes Become a Thing?

March 11, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

Six years of college and I had to google what a meme is. Why’s that? If it’s so important; why didn’t I learn what it was in geometry or algebra class where all the vitally […]

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5 CommentsDaily Musings / Joke of The Day, Everyday Life, Good Clean Fundissertation, doctoral, memes, memes doctoral dissertations

I’m Not a Dentist But I Play One in Real Life

February 24, 2020 Janice Arenofsky

Yesterday I repaired a crown in my mouth that fell out about a year ago. It’s a miracle not that I got it glued in, but that I was able to find it. But when […]

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Bitching is My Life

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Janice Arenofsky

Yeah, This is another one of my bitch/gripe essays. How can I keep up the challenging pace? It’s not easy but I work at it. I try to find something negative in everything I see […]

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Coyotes and the End of the World As We Know It

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Janice Arenofsky

Soon, if we are to believe all the predictions, coyotes will be roaming city and countryside in six packs. Or maybe even convenient 12-packs. Why? The simple reason is that we–humans–have encroached on their territory. […]

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I Would If I Could But I Can’t

November 20, 2018 Janice Arenofsky

How many out there in the peanut gallery would do something if they could? Probably most of us. I know I’d like to end world hunger and save the whales, but that’s probably if I […]

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