WHO SANG THAT?

Friday, 19 November 2010, 12:44 | Category : Authors, Free-form Friday, Humor, Wink
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By Wink Believe it or not we have some pretty steady readers here at W-L. It is for them that we dedicate today’s article. Below are sections from three songs. Try to guess who sang them. The first one is for dear Peggy…. Isaac said he kissed you, beneath the apple tree. When Benji held [...]

Live-blogging Election Night

Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 18:15 | Category : Authors, Cessna, Humor, Kasson, Politics, Wink
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Tonight we are live-blogging the election results (“how boring” you say).  We are going to keep a lighthearted look at these returns and keep it fun, while still providing information.  If you want serious, there are about 5000 other sources you can look to.  The blogging will start to ramp up at 7 p.m. Central [...]

Yakety Sax – A ‘Must-Have’

Thursday, 7 October 2010, 5:00 | Category : Authors, Humor, Wink
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By Wink (Warning: There is an “I dare you” challenge at the end of this article. Take the challenge….if you dare….) A few years back I wrote an article about my ever-shrinking attention span. In that article I described my fondness for my I-Pod. At that point I had it loaded with about 1200 songs. [...]

News of 2010

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 7:00 | Category : Authors, Humor, Ike
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By Ike Do you like games? I like games. Let’s play a game. We’re going to play “Guess the Fake.” I’m going to post a few headlines and a clip from each, and you get to guess which one is the fake headline. Only one of the following stories is a fake report. Really. The [...]

PETA slams Joe Biden?

Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 13:16 | Category : Authors, Biden, Cessna, Humor, Politics
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So I’ve heard, PETA is extremely dissatisfied with Vice President Joe Biden for handing out hot dogs to US troops returning from Iraq on the Colbert Report. “You can’t expect troops to be lean, mean fighting machines if you’re stuffing them with fattening, artery-clogging meat, eggs, and dairy products every day” -Tracy Reiman, PETA Executive [...]

Wisdom of the Aged

Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 7:07 | Category : Authors, Humor, Wink
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By Wink I have three boys, William, Felton, and Russell. I have tried to impart wisdom upon them as they have grown. There are thousands of things I would like them to take to heart, stuff that I find very useful, but much of which I had to learn ‘the hard way.’ Time passes by [...]

Flat Busted

Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 23:00 | Category : Authors, Humor, Wink
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By Wink We had a flat tire the other day. Noticed it outside, at work. Since we are deep in snow (for what seems like three straight months now), I just went to the store and purchased a product that is supposed to fix a flat. I won’t mention the name of the product, but [...]

Essay: Death

Friday, 29 January 2010, 7:00 | Category : Authors, Free-form Friday, Humor, Ike
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How to Die an Exciting Death By Ike Disclaimer: The Winkest Link is not responsible for the emulation of any actions listed below. These directions are to be heeded at your own discretion. Death is a very touchy subject with most people. They see it as a thing to be feared and pushed away. As [...]

Happy Belated Christmas!

Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 8:25 | Category : Authors, Humor, Wink
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By Wink We have done an informal and completely unscientific poll. It turns out most of you read Winkest Link well after it has been posted. To you we say “Happy belated Christmas!” We hope it was loads of fun. For those of you in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Cleveland, we hope Santa [...]

Nobel “Peace” Prize

Friday, 11 December 2009, 7:31 | Category : Authors, Humor, Kasson, Obama, Politics
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By Kasson Yesterday President Obama went to Norway to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize.  He spent 26 hours there, long line I guess, these days they seem giving them out to everybody.  He get’s to Norway and prepares to deliver his acceptance speech. What will he talk about? Well it is the Nobel Peace [...]