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Erik Deckers 🇳🇱
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Pro writer, ghostwriter, humorist, co-author of 4 social media books. Humor novel pub'd 2023. President of the Jack Kerouac Project in Orlando. Learning Dutch. Mostly harmless. http://bit.ly/MINebook
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Erik Deckers 🇳🇱 @edeckers.bsky.social · May 23
I've been meaning to write about LSSU's unicorn questing license for a while, and I finally got to do it last night.

I Am Now a Licensed Unicorn Hunter. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/05/i-am... #humor #humorcolumn #unicorns #unicornhunting
I Am Now a Licensed Unicorn Hunter
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
edeckers.bsky.social
Why is there an increase in autism and ADHD diagnoses these days? Hint: It's not Tylenol. We're just better at spotting it.

Why We Didn’t "Have Autism" in the 1970s. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/11/why-... #humor #humorcolumn #ADHD
Why We Didn’t "Have Autism" in the 1970s
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Have you ever been to Ed Debevic's? If you have, then you understand my new coffee shop concept, No Apologies.

New humor column: This Coffee Shop Sucks. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/11/this... #humor #humorcolumn #customerservice
This Coffee Shop Sucks
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
English is a rich, varied language that can melt hearts and change the world, and '67' was Dictionary.com's choice for word of the year?

Dictionary.com Picks Stupidest Word Ever for Word of the Year. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/11/dict... #humor #humorcolumn #sixseven
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
I once won $2 playing nickel slots and got PISSED. I just wanted it to stop!

Gambling Is Boring; I Don’t See What the Big Deal Is. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/10/gamb... #humor #humorcolumn #gambling
Gambling Is Boring; I Don’t See What the Big Deal Is
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
I recently wore a sports coat to a friend's funeral and was shocked — SHOCKED, I SAY! — that I was one of the only people dressed that way. Apparently, this is the new normal?

Nobody Wears Suits to Funerals Anymore. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/10/nobo... #humor #humorcolumn #fashion #funerals
Nobody Wears Suits to Funerals Anymore
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Friends say I'm full of something, but "wisdom" is not the word that comes to mind.

Advice For New Adults. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/10/advi... #humor #humorcolumn #advice
Advice For New Adults
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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My interview with @grammargirl.bsky.social was released yesterday, and I'm pretty chuffed that they created some snippets to share. Here's me retelling how the whole alphabet got started – in book terms, the first part of the first chapter (Chapter A) of 'Why Q Needs U'!
pod.link/grammargirl/...
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Nice write-up of my time in Warsaw in the Ink-Free News.

www.inkfreenews.com/2025/10/15/o...

#warsawindiana #Speaking #authortalk
Operation Read featured Deckers, a humorist, ghostwriter and columnist
Erik Deckers, of Florida and formerly a business owner and resident of Syracuse, was the key speaker at the annual Operation Read program.
www.inkfreenews.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I am moving my Whither, Utopia book launch from Oct. 29 to the first week of Feb. at the Kerouac House. Too many logistical details made the October date impossible.

More info soon. We won't have tickets, you'll just be able to buy books there. (I didn't like the $4+ fee Eventbrite was adding.)
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If you're not doing anything on Wednesday, October 29, please join me at the Kerouac House at 7:00 p.m. for the launch of my new novel, Whither, Utopia.

www.eventbrite.com/e/whither-ut...

#booklaunch #amwriting #centralflorida
October 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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In less than 25 hours, I will be in my hometown at the John F. Kennedy branch of the Muncie Public Library, telling a funny story about how I thought the library got its name when I was a kid.

www.munciepubliclibrary.org/event/author...

#Muncie #muncieindiana #authortalk #amwriting
www.munciepubliclibrary.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
I learned from my father-in-law that if you invite someone to dinner, you're paying. He loved taking people to lunch and dinner, and I appreciated his rule.

Dining Etiquette Rules Explained. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/10/dini... #humor #humorcolumn #diningetiquette
Dining Etiquette Rules Explained
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
Indiana and New York consider burritos sandwiches for tax purposes. Restaurant goers consider Indiana and New York idiots.

Karl Gets Angry When a Burrito is Called a Sandwich. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/10/karl... #humor #humorcolumn #burrito #sandwich
Karl Gets Angry When a Burrito is Called a Sandwich
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The world doesn’t stop because you’re in pain and neither does Sabine.

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September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
People Against Pineapple On Pizza (PANOP) was nearly called Pineapple's Outrageous On Pizza, but we thought better of it. Too many awkward questions.

People Against Pineapple on Pizza. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/09/peop... #humor #humorcolumn #pizza #pineappleonpizza
People Against Pineapple on Pizza
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
Muncie friends, I'll be back in town on Saturday, October 11, at 6:00 p.m. to do an author talk at my childhood library, the Kennedy Branch of the Muncie Public Library.

www.munciepubliclibrary.org/event/author...

#amreading #muncieindiana #BookLaunch
September 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Robert Bagley and I wanted to write a field guide to personal branding. It's for anyone who is starting their own business or is just starting out in the business world. Available on Kindle, in paperback, or hardback.

amzn.to/47wrB5u

#personalbranding #networking #entrepreneurship
10 Commandments of Personal Branding: Master the Rules that Build Credibility, Command Respect, and Grow Influence (10 Commandments of Business Growth)
Amazon.com: 10 Commandments of Personal Branding: Master the Rules that Build Credibility, Command Respect, and Grow Influence (10 Commandments of Business Growth): 9798990854260: Deckers, Erik, Bagley, Robert: Books
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September 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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When a meteor crashed through Ann Hodge's roof and struck her, she thought it was neighborhood kids at first. You know how kids heave 8.5-pound rocks around for fun.

Alabama Woman Struck by Meteor in 1954. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/09/alab... #humor #humorcolumn #meteorite
Alabama Woman Struck by Meteor in 1954
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
When the Cambridge Dictionary added "skibidi" to its dictionary, I never wanted to yell at kids to get off my lawn more than I do now.

New humor column: Cambridge Dictionary Adds 6,000+ Words. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/09/camb... #humor #humorcolumn #language
Cambridge Dictionary Adds 6,000+ Words
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
Americans spend 6 more minutes per day than Britons. What are the Brits doing with their extra time? You could make dippy eggs and toast soldiers in 6 minutes.

How Much Time Does Your Generation Spend in the Bathroom? laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-... #humor #humorcolumn #bathroom
How Much Time Does Your Generation Spend in the Bathroom?
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
I developed my own Florida Zodiac signs, the Flordiac symbols. Whichever category of story shows up on your Florida Man Birthday Challenge is your Flordiac symbol.

What is Your Florida Man Zodiac Sign? laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/08/what... #humor #humorcolumn #FloridaMan #astrology
August 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I co-wrote a personal branding book with my friend Robert Bagley, and it's available on Kindle right now. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

This is a must-read for any entrepreneur, creative professional, or person looking to switch careers. #networking #entrepreneurship #1millioncups
10 Commandments of Personal Branding: Master the Rules that Build Credibility, Command Respect, and Grow Influence
Amazon.com: 10 Commandments of Personal Branding: Master the Rules that Build Credibility, Command Respect, and Grow Influence eBook : Deckers, Erik, Bagley, Robert: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
The difference between billionaires and alligators is that one is an ambush predator that will eat your family without remorse, and the other gets confused with crocodiles.

Take the Florida Man Birthday Challenge. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/08/take... #humor #humorcolumn #FloridaMan
Take the Florida Man Birthday Challenge
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Sure, the em-dash and en-dash are getting all the attention, but you know who's out there grinding away, not asking for anything in return? The hyphen.

A Letter to Em-Dash and En-Dash from Hyphen. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-le... #humor #humorcolumn #emdash #endash
A Letter to Em-Dash and En-Dash from Hyphen
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
edeckers.bsky.social
It's often a surprise to people to learn that my day job is not making fart jokes on the Internet. Sorry, it's just a hobby.

Six Secrets I Have Learned as an Entrepreneur. laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2025/08/six-... #humor #humorcolumn #entrepreneurship
Six Secrets I Have Learned as an Entrepreneur
Erik Deckers is a newspaper humor columnist and book author who writes about current events and personal stories for 10 newspapers around Indiana.
laughing-stalk.blogspot.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM