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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The Beautiful Brilliance of Amazon's FREE Kindle Reading Apps





Because Amazon offers a variety of FREE Kindle Reading Apps that let us read Kindle books the way we want, we can read Amazon Kindle books without a Kindle! 


As Amazon states, their FREE Kindle Reading Apps offer you: 

* The ability to read Kindle books with no Kindle device required, so not only can you can take advantage of Amazon’s great prices and selection, you can also enjoy reading Kindle books on your computer, tablet, and/or smartphone.

* Access to any book in your Kindle library, so you can start reading or keep reading whenever you have free time.

* Amazon’s Whispersync technology which synchronizes your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices. 

* Great Kindle features like dictionaries and Wikipedia that help you get more from your reading.



Have you ever highlighted something in a book, but then realized you highlighted the wrong thing? With Amazon Kindle books, which you can read without a Kindle by using their FREE Kindle Reading Apps, you can highlight and un-highlight as you deem best. That’s one of my favorite features! 



And thats just some of The Beautiful Brilliance, Or Brilliant Beauty, of Amazon’s FREE Kindle Reading Apps




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Friday, February 14, 2014

Going For The GOLD

Special Early Bird Edition
(Next Monday’s Blog Posted This Friday)
In Honor of the Olympics 
and Valentine’s Day


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Going For The GOLD

You know me, 
I always like to have fun, 
and make a quick buck, 
so I volunteered to be the first guinea pig 
for an experimental, new teleportation device. 

The research scientists wanted to use 

an actual guinea pig, 
but thanks to the protests 
of several animal rights activists groups, 
they were forced instead to use human beings. 

So I got placed in mortal danger, 

because some brilliant copywriter 
came up with the catchy slogan: 
“The Guinea Pig You Save 
May Be Your Own!” 

Since I was clearly putting my existence at risk, 

those highly intelligent scientists let me 
pick my intended destination. 
I figured I’d let them “beam me to Sochi, Russia, 
so I could enjoy the 22nd Olympic Winter Games

Fortunately, 

their crazy contraption worked. 
I de-materialized 
from their mysterious, 
top secret research facility 
known only as Area 52
and milliseconds later, 
I reappeared in Sochi, Russia, 
on the slopes in front of 
a mega-gorgeous Swiss alpine skier! 

Unfortunately, 

I didn’t have skis or snow shoes, 
so I slid down the side of the steep mountain. 
And not down the fun side with the colorful course, 
the other, far more dangerous, dark side. 
At the speed I slid, 
and with my inability to maneuver effectively, 
I was as good as dead. 
Especially since the cold already turned my skin blue. 

Fortunately, 

the mega-gorgeous Swiss alpine skier saw my plight 
and sped after me 
performing a highly tenacious rescue. 
Proving that she’s not only mega-gorgeous 
with amazing skiing skills, 
but she also has a heart of gold. 
What an awesome combination! 

Unfortunately, 

her act of heroism zapped 
some of her energy for her next event. 
Costing her at least a tenth of a second
of much needed time. 
So she didn’t win the gold, 
but she won my undying gratitude. 
But then again, 
she already had that, 
just by being mega-gorgeous. 

Fortunately, 

she took me to her translator, 
so I could thank her 
and tell her what I wanted to say to her 
from the moment I first saw her: 
I may a wee bit lactose intolerant, 
but I’ll gladly eat holes in cheese 
if thats what it takes to make you happy.” 

Unfortunately, 

her interpreter had a secret crush on her, 
so every time guys who can’t speak Swiss 
try to make their moves on her, 
he misinterprets. 
I don’t know what he said I said, 
but she slapped me so hard, 
I fell back down that slippery slope. 

Fortunately, 

this time I managed to grab the railing, 
so I wouldn’t fall over the edge to certain doom. 

Unfortunately, 

the railing I grabbed broke. 

Fortunately, 

the translator felt a twinge of remorse 
and reached out to save my life. 
(Sure, 
he wanted the mega-gorgeous Swiss skier 
all to himself, 
but he didn’t want to kill anybody. 
He’s a lover; 
not a man-slaughterer.) 

Unfortunately, 

after he saved my life, 
he pulled a weapon on me. 

Fortunately, 

it was just a Swiss Army knife. 
So I chuckled and asked, 
“What are you going to do? 
Clip my toenails to death?” 

Unfortunately, 

he did just that! 
More or less. 
He clipped my toenails. 
Way too close! 
So my every step on the white snow 
left a gut-wrenching, 
toe-trailing mess. 
Ow! & Yuck!

Fortunately, 

the mega-gorgeous Swiss alpine skier 
has a bizarre fetish for closely-trimmed toenails. 
So she clutched my lapel, 
puckered her lips, 
and pulled me close. 
Yay!

Unfortunately, 

those stupid clods 
who invented the teleportation device 
beamed me back to Area 52! 
Before Golden Girl could kiss me! 
Boo! 
Where in the world will I find 
such a wonderful woman 
with that much dedication, 
and a heart of gold, 
and who’s teeming with mega-gorgeosocity? 

Seeing my bloodied toes, 

those silly scientists assumed their device malfunctioned. 
Having lied about paying me big bucks 
to be the first sap to get zapped by their contraption, 
they conked me on the head 
with an over-sized petri dish, 

I awoke on the carpet in front of the TV, 

which naturally was tuned to the Olympics. 
To see me there, 
youd think I just dozed off, 
fell from the couch, 
and conked my head.
After having clipped my toenails insanely close. 
But that would be crazy! 

So boo the Area 52 scientists

but yay Team USA! 
Win all the gold medals you can! 
And please tell that mega-gorgeous Swiss skier, 
that if she wants a gold medal, 
she can have my heart-shaped one. 

Go Team USA! 


And everyone, 

please enjoy a safe and 
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Author’s Note: 

I wrote the foregoing whimsical tale, 
because I felt I needed 
to have a new DEAN Adventure
Plus, 
I wanted to write something topical 
in honor of all the dedicated, 
hard-working Olympians 
from around the world; 
and to post something for Valentine’s Day. 
And I wanted to honor my favorite book 
when I was a young child: 
Fortunately” by Remy Charlip.



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When that fire hit your @$$, 
it will sober your @$$ up quick! 
I saw something, I went, 
"Well, that's a pretty blue. 
You know what? That looks like fire!" 
Fire is inspirational. 
They should use it in the Olympics, 
because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

Ray Divine

We wanted an Olympic Gold medalist 
to be our keynote speaker. 
But due to our low budget, 
we booked a figure-skater instead. 
‘Cause all we can afford is a cheapskate. 

Dean Burkey

Nothing tells your children 
how much you thought about them 
while skiing the Alps, 
dancing in Rio, 
surfing in Hawaii, 
or being anywhere but home, 
like a shirt with a picture of cheese.

Steve Martin

(Paraphrased by John a.k.a. Jisch at http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php/48779-Chairlift-Conversations/page6)
You know how some people 
have their name engraved in their skis. 
Well the other day I was riding up a lift 
and I read the guy's name off his skis 
and started talking to him like I knew him. 
He thought I was NUTS! 
His name was Rental.

Steven Wright

Cross country skiing is great 
if you live in a small country. 


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Saturday, July 27, 2013

I Couldn't Wait Until Monday to Post This!

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July 27-31, 2013

Book Description

 June 7, 2013

My Favorite Sampler


When you read this book, you'll enjoy my favorite selections from six of my books. I'll even let you in on a few secrets and tell you why I picked these selections to be my favorites.

My Favorite Chapter from “Monster Laughs”:
The Space Alien Chapter

My Favorite Story from “Seasons Without Reason”:
“Woo-Hoo! Happy Birthday to Me!”

My Favorite Chapter from “Exit Strategies”:
“Uh-they Ord-way Ake-fay”

My Favorite Chapter from “Channel Surfing”:
“Now’s My Chance To Be The Hero!”

My Favorite Section from “How to Write All Kinds of Comedy Jokes Volume 1: How to Write Comedy Jokes”

My Favorite Adventure from “Heaven-Bent HUMOR: The DEAN Adventures”:
My Epic “Inside-Out” Adventure!

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All the Best,
Dean Burkey

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From My Favorite Chapter from 
Monster Laughs”: 

Having encountered space aliens before, I can spot ‘em a mile away. Sometimes light years! Glowing in the dark and shooting lasers from their eyes are pretty big clues. My gut reaction to UFO reports? They’re hoaxes. In this case, an elaborate, global-wide hoax, but still a hoax. The problem with conducting effective research into UFO activity? Most reports are completely errant. But that doesn’t preclude the few that are only mostly errant.
Generally speaking, people who claim to see UFOs are the same as you and me in every respect, except for an excessive hankering for chewing tobacco, Nascar, and banjo music. (Actually, General Lee speaking would be: “Howdy folks, I’m General Lee; but you can call me Robert E.”) Moonshine entrepreneur Skeeter J. McCracker declared, “UFOs is as real as wrestlin’!” Odder still, the folks who say flying saucers are real, claim NASA faked the moon landings. But why would NASA do such a thing? Well, of course, to sell tons of Tang!

My Favorite Story from 
Seasons Without Reason”:
“Woo-Hoo! Happy Birthday to Me!”


“Here you go, Babe.  Happy birthday!”  Alex handed me what appeared to be a hastily-wrapped package and a hastily-written homemade greeting card.  “I saved you the hassle of having to open an envelope.”  
“Alex.  You’re always so thoughtful.”  I read the card.  “Happy Birthday, Babe!  Yours, Alex.”  
“So?  What do you think?”  
I can’t tell someone I love the detrimental truth, so I lied, hoping he’d catch my tone.  “You’ve touched me to my core.  I’m speechless.”  
“All right!”  He pumped his right fist victoriously.  He didn’t catch my tone.  Men!  “You want your present now?  Or after dinner?”  
“Dinner?  We’re going to dinner?”  Maybe he’s not so bad after all.  
“Yeah.  Your birthday dinner.  Pudding?  Did you forget today’s your birthday?”  
“Where are we going?”  
“That’s the surprise.  And since this is your birthday, you can keep griping if you want.”    
“Thanks?”  
“You’re welcome,” Alex bellowed enthusiastically.  He still didn’t catch my tone.  Oo!  

My Favorite Chapter from 
Exit Strategies”:
“Uh-they Ord-way Ake-fay”


Jack fidgeted and eyed the door, slowly stepping that way.  “Me?  I wanted to spare your feelings.”
“How did you spare my feelings?  All this time, I’ve been grieving and blaming God.”
“You shouldn’t blame God, when the culprit’s someone else.”
Patty clenched her fists.  
Jack raised his open hands in surrender.  “So sure, maybe I was trying to spare my feelings.  I know how painful it can be to get rejected, so I didn’t want to be the one to do that to another person, especially you Patty.”
Patty cocked her right fist.
Jack covered his face.  “I faked my death because I love you!”
Seeing her unclench her fist and lower her hands, Jack lowered his hands.  
“You love me?  That doesn’t make any sense.”  She re-cocked her right fist.
Jack covered his face again and blurted, “I felt inadequate.”
Patty unclenched her fist and lowered her hands again.  “That makes sense.”

My Favorite Chapter from 
Channel Surfing”:
“Now’s My Chance To Be The Hero!”


Two muscular male nurses Chip and Mark bounded toward Brad.  
Chip clenched his fists.  Rehabilitated out of a bike gang, he missed the adrenaline rush of a testosterone-fueled, hand-to-hand altercation.  “We’re trying to save this man’s life.”  
“So am I.”  Brad grabbed the gurney.  
As Chip and Mark huddled around him, Brad’s eyes rolled back.  “Back off punks!  Ya’ don’t scare me!”  
As Chip and Mark lunged forward, Brad yelped and ducked under the gurney.  
Dr. Monroe, Chip, Mark, and the rest of the medical team rolled their eyes.  What a goober.  Macho moron afraid of his own shadow.  
While the others considered him an easily frightened coward, Brad unlocked the wheels.  
As Chip and Mark reached under the gurney to nab him, Brad darted out the other side, wielding a scalpel and a hypodermic needle.  “Say, look what I found.”  
While the other medical personnel gasped and backed away, Chip stepped forward with clenched, pulsating fists.  
Brad brandished the scalpel and hypodermic needle.  “Split or be split!”  


The others nodded as they continued to devour their saber-toothed tiger steaks. The true caveman diet! 
Ogg replied, “To get to the other side.” 
Zorak, the alpha male leader of the group, sneered and said, “There is no other side of the sky.” He then clubbed Ogg, which garnered several hearty guffaws. 
But alas, thereafter, that joke remained lost for many, many millennia. 

My Favorite Adventure from 
Heaven-Bent HUMOR: The DEAN Adventures”: 
My Epic “Inside-Out” Adventure!


Screech! A pterodactyl swooped down to devour us, so I stepped in front of Lady Simone to protect her and threw the tracker into that rascally reptile’s mouth. 
Which would have worked out well, except that flying lizard kept circling us, summoning Zandor and his mindless minions our way. 
Elvis climbed a nearby tree, jumped onto the winged creature’s back, and called out to me: “I knew you were a hound dog!” He howled with glee and flew away. 
A fleet of Zandor’s mindless minions followed him in full force. 
After they disappeared over the mountains, I heard lots of explosions. So I may’ve accidentally caused the death of Elvis. But he died a hero. He died a king. 
I felt paralyzed by the thought. Elvis is dead?! And I mean, really, really dead. Not like before. Not like he faked it in our world. What a kick in the gut! When people ask me where I was when Elvis died, I can say, “I was inside the Inner Earth; and I caused his death.” 
I didn’t think I could feel any worse, but then I realized that, with Elvis out of the way, no one could stop Zandor and his mindless minions from annihilating the northern tribe. And eventually, everyone else on the top side of this planet I so love and adore. 

Dean Burkey



Cover Info:
My Favorite Sampler Cover Background: Gold Zoom by Sabine Sauermaul. Used with permission. Monster Laughs Cover: Copyright © 2012 by Dean Burkey. A self-taken picture of the author portraying The Mystery Hunter. All rights reserved. Seasons Without Reason Cover Art: “Wacky Watchful Eyes” Copyright © 2011 by Dean Burkey. All rights reserved. Exit Strategies Cover: The red wine in glass picture on the cover is from http://www.public-domain-image.com/food-and-drink-public-domain-images-pictures/wine-public-domain-images-pictures/red-wine-in-glass.jpg.html. Used with permission. 
Channel Surfing Cover: The cover includes the following pictures: Blank Monitor by Petr Kratochvil, Surfer Goes Airborne by Andrew Schmidt, A DVD Remote Control Isolated On A White Background by Benjamin Miller, and A Hand In A Business Suit Holding A Pistol also by Benjamin Miller. All used with permission. Thank you Petr, Andrew, and Benjamin twice. How to Write All Kinds of Comedy Jokes Volume 1: How to Write Comedy Jokes Cover Photos: Cover photo of the author dressed as a jester. Copyright © 2009 by Scott Nelson. Thank you Scott. Heaven-Bent HUMOR: The DEAN Adventures Cover: The photo of the author running from a Monster Crab (a.k.a. Crab Cake Gone Wild) is a mock-up still created by Brad Hudson using footage from his film project “The Bad Clam”. The background picture is A Cloudy Blue Sky by Photo Rack and comes from: http://www.freestockphotos.biz/stockphoto/11000. Used with permission. Thank you Brad and Photo Rack. 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands


He’s Got the Whole World 
in His Hands





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Whenever people sing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, especially when everyone’s clapping, I like to say: “Heres hoping He doesnt clap along.” 

After the Fall, when Eve started to nag, did Adam ask God, “Dear Lord, can I have my rib back?” 

Or maybe: “I’ve got another rib I can spare, what else You got?

Is that where we get the phrase: “Spare ribs”?

And poor Eve.  She was stuck with Adam.  With no one else around, she couldnt explore any other options.  

Flawed as he was though, he was still better than a flea-ridden orangutan. 

If only for lack of Febreze and breath mints.  

It’s not like she needed him to move a piano or change a tire.  

While Adam’s gardening all day, Eve stays home and plays Suzie Cavemaker.  

And this was long before handy dandy vacuum cleaners and Easy Bake Ovens.  

Adam was no picnic either.  He’d come home from a hard day of tilling the ground and gripe about whatever Eve prepared.  Apple Fritters again?!”  

Eve would roll her eyes and sigh, upset that he hadn’t noticed her new fig-leaf apron.  “Oh sure, now you wont eat the apple!

Blessings & Joy,


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Monday, February 18, 2013

Oh Honeybell, Orange You Glad I Found You?


Oh Honeybell
Orange You Glad I Found You?



Orange You Glad I Finally Found You? 

Saturday, I went to Florida Southern College to enjoy an outdoor concert performed by the Marshall Tucker BandAfter their rousing round of “Can’t You See?”, I walked toward the stage, as did several other fine folks. I can’t be sure about this, but for some reason, Marshall Tucker looked at me and said, “Hi Cleatus.” 

Everyone looked around to see to whom he spoke. I looked around too. But unfortunately, I didn’t see anyone else in his line of sight. Maybe it was my red cap. Or my wind-blown hair. My leather jacket? I’d hate to think I have a Cleatus face. 

No offense to anyone named Cleatus. 

If Cleatus is who you are and what you want to do with your life, you go be the best Cleatus the world has ever seen. 

I support you in all your Cleatus endeavors.

(Within reason. I really do think it unnecessary to tip over cows.) 


(Regardless of what you may be thinking: That is not how you make a milk shake.) 

But being Cleatus is not my chosen path. 

At least, not at this time. 

Although now that I think about it, I can see some sweet possibilities. I could join the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Hang out with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and the other guy*. 

We could have a five-man show. Groupies named Daisy May could bake me apple pies and make me mint juleps!

(I dont even know what those are, but they sound fun.) 

So maybe being Cleatus would be pretty good after all. 

(The only downside would be that by being the fifth member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, I’d never get a piece of a Kit Kat bar!) 

Of course, I just thought of that now. Saturday though, I was still a bit dazed by it all. 

Besides, feeling dazed, and somewhat stupefied, I felt hungry, so on my way home, I stopped an old Beverage Castle that now sells produce. I wandered around, trying to decide what I would actually eat. (I used to buy various fruits an vegetables, which I knew I should eat, but never seemed to get around to in time.) 

Produce is healthy, but the thing to remember with produce is that as soon you buy it: “The clock’s ticking people! This is not a drill!” 

Maybe this should be an adage: 


Healthy food spoils. 
Unhealthy food lasts forever. 

Like Twinkies. (Or the Golden Sponge Cake Formerly Known as Twinkies.) 

And like McDonald’s French Fries. (See “Super-Size Me”. Or don’t. I warn you, you will never want McDonald’s food again; nor possibly any fast food.) 

Addendum: 


Most healthy food spoils. 

Fun Food Fact: Honey is the only healthy food that doesn’t spoil. 

At the register, I noticed a sign regarding organic oranges, so I asked about those. Hearing me mention oranges, the checkout lady asked if I wanted to try a Honeybell Orange. I’d never heard of those before. And like I said, I felt hungry, so I ate the sample slice. Wow! That one bite ruined me on regular oranges. 

Although I wouldve preferred to purchase organic oranges, I bought Honeybells instead. Theyre so delicious, that unless theyre glowing from exposure to radioactive elements, I’d ... never mind, I’d still eat them! But I’d be sure to wear a Hazmat suit

Blessings & Joy,
Dean
a. k. a. Country Comic Cleatus


P. S. Your pal Cleatus says: If you ain’t eatin’ Honeybell Oranges, you ain’t nothin’ but a ... Non-Honeybell-Orange-Eater! Catch ya’ll later crock o’ gator! 

* Ron White

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