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Joe Potts was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., which means he has steel in his bones and three rivers in his veins. Unfortunately, it also means he’s rusting from the inside out.

Joe attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, obtaining a technical degree, but sopping up all the juicy English electives he could, even the boring ones. A life-long fan of humorists such as Art Buchwald and James Thurber, he had delusions of joining their ranks. It wasn’t until some years later he discovered there is a market for delusional writing. He just doesn’t know where it is.

A fan of gentle humor, he has sold humor columns on a wide variety of topics over the past dozen years, including:

The Pleasures of the Multi-Cat Household
Misadventures in Dining – Wearing the Daily Special
Dad Belts Out the Wedding Album Blues
Deriving the Optimum Pleasure from Facial Surgery
Lost Without My Floss
The Truth About Engineers
Holi-daze Hits Like a Nuclear Blast
Let Sleeping Ancestors Lie

"Some of us are rocks that make big splashes felt by all. Some of us are pebbles that make small ripples felt by a few. But in the end, we all sink to the bottom. Wait - that's not where I was going with this."

"Time is on no one's side."

"Boldly go where no you has gone before."

"Why did God create both dolphins and porpoises?"

"Blow your own horn. Preferably with a Jimi tune."

"You have the star role in the story of your life. Go for the Oscar!"

"Hold on to your dreams. Then wake up and live them."

"How long did the four presidents have to hold still while Mt. Rushmore was carved?"

"Life isn't fair. But it's not always foul, either."

"If you don't know the answer, ask. If you do know the answer, tell."

"Would the child that you were be proud of who you became?"

"Would your childhood dreams recognize you?"

"Make a big splash! Just don't do it in the shallow end."

"Does the key fit the lock, or the lock fit the key?"

"We weather the storm, and the storm weathers us."

"If you're going to be Popeye, you have to eat spinach."

"Why do they try to confuse me by calling groundhogs woodchucks? And really, aren't kangaroos and wallabies the same thing? "

" The worst batter in the world, if he swings, has a better chance than the best batter in the world with the bat on his shoulder. Swing!"

"It's not worth draining the pool for a lost quarter. Or even a quarter pounder."

"The universe has no respect for your time."

"Fog cannot endure under the glare of the sun. And the fog in your life cannot endure under the glare of the love of the Son."

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