It’s the Flemmy Awards! Welcome ladies & gentlemen to the Flemmy’s, celebrating the best & worst of My Odd Sock. We are live from the American Legion hall in Sheboygan for this star-studded event. Everyone in attendance hoping, dreaming to take home a coveted, career-killing Flemmy Award! The winners are in. Trophies have been …
It’s not just kids. Often, seemingly mature, educated, functioning, responsible adults come up with shit that leaves your head spinning. You & I and everyone with any sort of health malady have heard our share of these numbing witicisms. The examples are endless. I believe people belch out this stuff without even …
There is a lot of bad information online about multiple sclerosis (Much of it found here!). As a service to you, My Odd Sock has poured over this vast amount of data to sort through what is real…and what is not real is this post titled “MS Fact or Fiction.” Let us begin….. …
Strolling down the cookie aisle they are NOT hard to miss. Oreos, America’s most-popular sandwich cookie, take up a majority of sacred shelf space. Its familiar color package casts a glow making everyone look like a member of Blue Man Group. Who would have guessed Oreos could have so many varieties? The choices put …
I tossed it in the garbage with those ads that come each week. Stores we don’t even shop. Shit-canned without a thought. But this was different. I think. To most it was a dog-eared file folder. Two inches thick. Crammed with pages of scribbled words, classified ads and yellowed letters of rejection. It …
When faced with writer’s block and looking for a crumb of inspiration–where does one go? The spice rack, or course! Spices have been a catylist of humor since the very beginning. Why, itching powder has ALWAYS been a top-seller in ads at the back of comic books. That is, after bald head …
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is one of my favorite stand-ups. Not only is he a nice guy (I got to work with him for a week) but his stand-up slays an audience. Absolutely leaves them rolling in the aisles! Foxworthy is best known for his bit “You might Be A Redneck If.” …
I can’t explain it, but I am D.O.A.–Doug on arrival. My head, filled with what seems like bubble wrap. Pudding is livelier. I have creatively flatlined. Demonstrated by my recent absence from this blog. Orphans get more attention. If & when I ever get another idea it will be like lighting a match in …
Have you ever wanted to tell MS what you really think? Giving Multiple Sclerosis a piece of your mind? (Small children out of ear shot, of course) Well I had that opportunity after stumbling (literally) over MS’s personal number. Seriously! Here is our texted conversation late one evening (I’m in the blue)… Hope my colorful …
The bladder. Not what’s inside a football, but what’s inside your belly. The keeper of the urine. Your purse of pee. If you have multiple sclerosis odds are you have issues with this often leaky organ. From sneaky dribbles to full-on opening of the flood gates, there’s not much you can …
