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Charleen Earley

Charleen Earley
Location
Oakley, California, USA
Birthday
November 22
Title
Writer
Company
Funny Business Magazine
Bio
Freelance writer, humor columnist, high school journalism teacher, comic, speaker, editor, publisher, novelist and mom.

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Salon.com
DECEMBER 6, 2011 2:10PM

Privately Running on Good Intentions

Funny Side Up
By Charleen Earley

I really thought the treadmill would change things … mainly my thighs. Instead, I now have a new $300-clothesrack with cup holder (for my chocolate shakes), parked strategically in front of the TV.

Good intentions quickly convert into 'not intended for those pur… Read full post »

NOVEMBER 18, 2011 8:30AM

Moving from hoarder to not-so hoarder

I just finished moving from 1,500 square feet to 950 square feet, and let me just sum it all up for you in three words.

I’m a survivor.

More specifically, a relationship-survivor. I’m happy to announce, that I’m still engaged to a man who had every reason to run-don’t-walk… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
NOVEMBER 6, 2011 10:00AM

Happy Dreams, I Love You, God Bless You

Mom and me at a restaurant, before Alzheimers hit.

Eight little words my mom always said to us three kids every night as she tucked us into bed. Words I figure I’ll never hear again, even though I’m a grown woman, and so is she.

“Happy dreams, I love you, God bless you,” she’d say.

I won’t hear themRead full post »

NOVEMBER 5, 2011 10:57AM

Middle Child With Syndrome

They say the middle child makes the best comic. And just my luck, I happen to be that child. So maybe I was predestined to be the funny-maker in the family, or maybe, just maybe, on my birth day, I just came out funny. 

Either way, I was born on theRead full post »