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I shut down my "Randy's Random" e-mail publication a year and a half ago, and I still get people saying they miss it. RR was a place where I posted random bits of interesting humor that didn't fit in True. I stopped it for several reasons, including that it was a true pain to deal with Yet Another E-mailed Publication, there was no income involved, and plenty of other irritations.

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At my recent business meeting in Reno, I had a flash of inspiration: by doing it as a web site, there's no e-mail list. By including an RSS feed, you don't have to remember to come back again and again. By including Google Ads that are targeted to the content, I get a few bucks to pay for hosting and, maybe, some of my time. (Though it'll be amusing to see how Google "targets" ads to jokes!)

It's called Jumbo Joke.

To start with, I'll be posting my archives of Randy's Random. The first item ("The Mustang") is already there, and it's a classic. I'll post more as I have time, and of course they'll stay there "forever". I'm using Moveable Type for it -- and pulling my hair out trying to figure out web Style Sheets, which I've not really had to deal with much in the past. So if you're an early visitor and come back often, you'll probably see me fooling with the layout....

May 2 Update

I'm continuing to pour my archives of "Randy's Random" into my new humor web site, Jumbo Joke. And, as expected, some of the "targeted" ads that Google inserts on the page are as funny as the items themselves.

One of the best I've seen is the ones for Breeding Bull. The punch line is that the guy gets clobbered by his wife. The ads? At least for awhile, they were for "singles" and dating services. Now they're for something very, very different, and nearly as funny: bull semen...! Yes, really.

Oh, I forgot to say: please do not send me jokes! I've got a huge backlog and definitely don't need more. Thanks.