Bugs should be seen, not heard, and definately not felt crawling up your leg in the middle of the night.

As Eric Idle of Monty Python once sang, "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam..."

He may have been talking about a mystery meat concoction. The spam that haunts me comes in my email dozens of times every day.

Another live segment from Gordon Kirkland's recent appearance at the Alderbrook Resort - a look at some of the stranger parts of being a writer on the road.

I broke my spine in 1990, leaving me with significantly reduced use of my legs. Despite that I have seen a lot of funny moments tied to the disability, especially when it comes to people seeing me with my assistance dog, Tara. This week's podcast was recorded live just last weekend. It's a few minutes of my performance at the Watermark Writer's Conference at The Alderbrook Resort in Washington State.

One of the secrets of a long marriage is continuing to do things together - even if you both think you are doing it for different reasons...

This is a story from the first og Gordon Kirkland's award-winning books, Justice Is Blind - And Her Dog Just Peed In My Cornflakes, about a procedure many married men must face.

One reviewer called A Few Words From The Great Beyond "the funniest story ever written about funeral planning."

From the book, When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs, winner of the 2006 Stephen Leacock Award Of merit For Humour. 

This is our opening test file. It is the title track from Gordon Kirkland's comedy CD, I'm Big For My Age.