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We all need a little humor and comedy in our lives. yourLDSNeighborhood's current humor columnist has a wry and charming sense of humor which elicits chuckles and outright giggles. So step inside . . . you're sure to love By the Beck!

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Cindy Beck: yourLDSNeighborhood's Resident Humorist

Cindy Beck writes a humor column for the Sanpete Messenger newspaper and has been tickling her readers’ funny bones since 2006. She received the Utah Press Association's "Best Feature Column" award for category one newspapers in 2008.

Cindy earned a bachelor’s degree in entomology—yes, bugs—more years ago than she cares to admit. The degree serves to give her a “fly by night” wit and sometimes (but only sometimes) is a help when she needs to write the occasional, humorous story about wayward insects.

Someone once asked where she got her writing ideas and she replied they came from inside her head. Since her husband works in a counseling center, this was the wrong answer to give his boss. The up side is that she now owns a life-time supply of Prozac and feels strangely calm as she writes.

Cindy lives in Utah with her husband, Russ, and their dog, Corky Porky Pie.

P.S. If the comments below don't make sense, click on Cindy's blog link and check out her previous columns. You will run into the one that prompted the comment.

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Comment by Kim Delatorre on August 1, 2009 at 9:54pm: Love to laugh! This will be great!

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Comment by yourLDSneighborhood on September 28, 2008 at 12:00pm: Where all arachnids and insects should be! In my very humble opinion.

Candace (yourLDSNeighborhood)

Comment by Cheri Crane on September 25, 2008 at 9:57am: Hilarious as always, Cindy. ;)

Comment by Candace E. Salima on September 24, 2008 at 3:58pm: Cindy,

You crack me up! I have assume these memories came rolling back as you and your hubby just moved. I'm still laughing! Not at your misfortune, but . . . aw, come on. It was funny!

Candace

Comment by Cindy Beck on September 23, 2008 at 4:44pm: Hmmm. I see I'm the only one here at the moment. Ooo, it's lonely here all by myself! :)

Since this is a humor forum, here's a funny for anyone who meanders by:

Mad Cow

Two cows are conversing in a field. The first one says to
the other, "Have you heard about this 'mad cow disease' that is going around?"

The second cow responds, "Yeah, but I'm not worried about it; I'm an airplane!"

("Borrowed" from the Good Clean Funnies List.
The latest GCFL funny can always be found on the web at http://www.gcfl.net/latest.php)

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