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Nothing says Resurrection Like Recycling: or, The Fuzz That Wuzz1 comment

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 1 month ago: Nothing says renewal like recycling, and what better time for recycling than the Easter celebration … more →

Tags: Karen Dodson, Easter Bunny, Recycled, upcycled, Mary Meyer EarthMates, Plush Toy, LEED certfied buildings

Reasons To Be Cheerful: or, Can You Hear the Crocuses Suffocating Too?

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 1 month ago: Are you feeling a little under the weather lately? Maybe you have found yourself the victim of the u … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Silly Slickers, plush ducks, Easter Basket

On Lying and Guessing: or, The Fallacious Declaration of Spring

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 1 month ago: I often ask people, at least those that I know well enough to pry personal information from, “Are yo … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, Vernal Equinox, Lying, I Always Lie, I never lie.

Fortunate Eyesight9 comments

vetintrainin wrote 3 months ago: Horse’s eyes are very complex.  Although they have a wider field of vision than humans do, hor … more →

Tags: Jolin Tsai, Taiwan, White House, uniqlo, Dance, Philippines, Vietnam, Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, health

Special Mad Mouse Groundhog Day Featurette

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 3 months ago: WordPress video *k.d. Become a Special Mad Mouse Fan Groundhog Day Historical Origin … more →

Tags: Karen Dodson, Humor, Bad Weather, Short Film, Groundhog Day

Time Portal's Location Explains Strange Phenomenon in Erie Art Museum Galleries: or, It's Bigger On the Inside 3 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 3 months ago: After I moved from the ground floor of the museum to the top floor this winter I began walking throu … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Joseph Plavcan, tardis, Erie Central High School 1953, Saint Peter's Elementary School Erie pa., surrealist short story, Time Travel, universal language

The Night Walker: or, Resist the Light

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 4 months ago: The days growing shorter wreak havoc on the lives of the villagers in the Northern latitudes. Long n … more →

Tags: Karen Dodson, Humor, Drinking Stories, Beer, Mythological Beings, urban myth, northern Mythology, surrealistic short story, Night Walker

The Optimist2 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 4 months ago: WordPress video *k.d. Featuring  Dmitri Shostakovich~Waltz No.2 Special thanks to Brianna Totleben … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, museum worker, Susan Gray, Short Film, Ella Popp, Brianna Totleben, Dmitri Shostakovich~Waltz No.2, Surrealist Film

How the Pickle Got It's Yodle, a Winter Fable: or Why It's Better To Be Fabulous Than To Be Useful2 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 5 months ago: There had been a lot of talk in the garden about the harvest, and where the various fruits and veget … more →

Tags: museum, yodeling pickle, Karen Dodson, Humor, Photography, Jack Frost, Fables, Hannukah, Christmas

Modern American Living Made Better Through Augury, Portent and Downright Divination.1 comment

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 6 months ago: As millions of Americans hit the road this week, faces lit by the golden glow of the early morning s … more →

Tags: Karen Dodson, Humor, Holiday Humor, dashboard eyeball wiggler, Divination, thanksgiving travel stories, american highway humor

All Natural Horomone Free Inflatable Turkey, Always Fresh Never Frozen

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 6 months ago: Perfect for the centerpiece of your sustainable holiday feast, these birds blow up slowly in local p … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, Sandy Lopez, inflatable turkey

Artist Makes Dreams Come True for Students

all about autism wrote 6 months ago: Dharma doing an arm stretch in his class’s exercise video session. Disney has Mickey and Pixar … more →

Tags: iPad, Special Needs, Barber National Institute, Artist In Residence, jude shingle, arts erie

Mad Mouse Halloween Special2 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 6 months ago: WordPress video … more →

Tags: Karen Dodson, Mad Mouse, Short Film, Halloween, Spooky!, Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Haunted House

Inexpensive Product Guarantees Career Results For Non-Profit Posers Or Your Money Back3 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 6 months ago: Some days it’s hard to be a marginally committed non-profit office worker. Like today the sun is out … more →

Tags: museum, toy, Karen Dodson, Humor, skateboarder, A.J.'s Original Toyboarders, sales pitch, non-profit worker, cheap plastic toy

Intuitive Problem Solver Seeks Minion: or, Acquiescent Solution Looking For a Problem2 comments

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 6 months ago: There is no use trying to hide it from you. I lack organizational skills. I like to think that I com … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, wind up walking brain, intuitive problem solving, wind-up toy

When Words Alone Cannot Convey Non-Profit High Dudgeon: or, Squinty the Bomb

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 7 months ago:   I think that I may have given you the wrong impression about what working at the Erie Art Mus … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, Office Humor, high dudgeon, non profit sector employees

Large Stuffed Penguin Forgoes Beer for Strawberry Milk: or, Search For World's Best Cup Of Coffee Ends at Erie Art Museum1 comment

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 7 months ago: I always lie. The Wave Cafe serves the worlds best cup of coffee. Even so, a lot of people walk righ … more →

Tags: clockwork, Karen Dodson, Humor, Steampunk, Short Story, David Seitzinger, John Vahanian

Being Unproductive on Cue is Easy, Being Funny on Cue...Not So Much: or, My Crazy Cohorts at the EAM

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 7 months ago: Being funny on cue is hard. If someone says, “Say something funny,” I kind of look at them queerly, … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, Office Humor, museum workers, people in pajamas

The Museum Director's Diabolical Ploy: or, Did You Think My Mother Knit Me?

erieartmuseumgiftshop wrote 7 months ago: Anyone who has become familiar with the inner workings of the Erie Art Museum can tell you that ther … more →

Tags: museum, Karen Dodson, Humor, Office Humor, john vanco museum director, knitting


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