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Where are Pat and Ernie Now?Award-winning humorist Ernie Witham has published his third book, Where are Pat and Ernie Now? He writes a syndicated humor column, "Ernie's World," for the Montecito Journal that is syndicated through Senior Wire Service. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Barbara News-Press, various magazines and more than two dozen anthologies. He serves on the faculty of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, where he has taught humor for more than 10 years.

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Letter to Zambia

Ten University of Dayton students today arrived in Lusaka, Zambia, without their baggage but with hearts filled with anticipation about the adventure ahead. "This trip is one that will be filled with hardship and challenges, but all of those will be equaled by the beauty, joy, laughter and love which will inevitably come to them," trip leader Toby Hills '15 wrote to parents this spring. "Your child is going to come away from this experience feeling absolutely blessed." Hills, now on his t ...
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Defending America's back-up underwear supply

It was an offhand comment, really. If my head had been turned, I probably wouldn't have heard it, but it wasn't, so I did. During a break in a long business meeting, a guy sitting across the table from me happened to let slip that he keeps a complete set of backup underwear - boxers, socks and undershirt - in his office. I looked at the guy, and he looked back at me. It was like the scene in Casablanca when the Nazis start singing "Die Wacht am Rhein" and Victor Las ...
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