The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog

I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

And Now…Some "Best Of"

By Paul Oyler / August 30, 2010 /

I want to do a few “Best of the No Kool Aid Zone” posts.  First, some funny stuff: My favorite YouTube Video of all time, I think: Counseling Techniques Guaranteed to Work, posted December 2, 2008 My favorite funny metaphors, posted August 27, 2008: Unfortunate Metaphors My favorite funny piece that wasn’t supposed to be…

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50 Years of Life, a Retrospective: Part 1

By Paul Oyler / August 13, 2010 /

As I head toward that benchmark, arriving four weeks from yesterday, I’m going to have a little bit of fun making some lists.  You may think my lists funny, stupid, ridiculous; I don’t care, it’s my life, hence my lists.  Some will be more serious, and others will be very light fare.  I commence with…

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Underline the Number "20"

By Paul Oyler / July 28, 2010 /

From my father-in-law; a good laugh for your Wednesday: Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies,…

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Pants on the Ground, Y'all…

By Paul Oyler / May 29, 2010 /

My old friend Kerri Linto Smith with her cornfed interpretation of a new American classic…

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Scrabble, Episode 3

By Paul Oyler / May 18, 2010 /

OK, so on the first show, I won big, and then in the second show, I should have lost in the first round, then had a cakewalk in the second, and got impatient and blew a decent shot at the 5 grand in the Jackpot round.  That show was the last taping of the day,…

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