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My favorite joke

When I was a cub reporter at The Macon Telegraph back in the early 1990s, copy editor Randy Waters once gave me a backhanded compliment that has stuck with me: "Lance, you're the funniest guy I know who can't tell a joke." Randy was right. I've never been good at remembering jokes, but as a … Continue reading My favorite joke →

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