About Me

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"Hello, it's me. How are you?" Remember the ancient TV game show, "What's My Line?" "What is your real name and what do you do?" Good question. My name is Steve Kramer, but you can call me Kramer and I do whatever I want. Yes, I was Kramer before Seinfeld had a Kramer. I was born a Kramer with my mother at my side. My mother or my father must have had witness in their genes because I must have gotten it from somewhere.

I was born in Sioux Falls, SD. I have lived in South Dakota, California, and Florida. Currently, I reside in Safety Harbor, FL near Tampa. I graduated from St. Petersburg College, FL with a degree in Computer Science. Humor writing and drawing cartoons are my passions. I've never had any formal training or education to do what I do. My degree was in Computer Science, not Cartooning or Humor Writing. I must have been born with a gift. The gift of wit.

 

I began exploring my quick-wittedness, along with other things, shortly after I graduated from college. I wasn't sure what to do with it or about it, but I found quick-wittedness to be an easy way to make people laugh and it gave me something to do that was fun.

 

The life of the party, I'm wasn't. At parties, I couldn't tell a joke because I couldn't remember a joke. I made up my own jokes as I went along, mostly short, one-liners that were usually along the lines of puns or wordplays. Sometimes I'd come up with quick-witted answers during slow-moving conversations and add a few smiles to a room.

 

I used humor in other, more devious ways. I was a shy guy so I used humor to overcome my shyness around people, beautiful women in particular. Most beautiful women like a guy with a sense of humor. "Here I am! Come and get me!" I might add, so do the ugly ones. I was like a stand-up comedian on romantic dates, but I would have been far better off taking a stage and doing actual stand-up comedy. I soon realized that my stench of humor was over the top for most beautiful women because second dates were few and far between.

 

In spite of the fact that I am a semi-successful cartoonist, I was never much for drawing or cartooning. I discovered at an early age that my drawing talent and cartooning skills were already on the endangered species list. Once I knew I couldn't draw, I didn't bother. I kept my drawing talent, cartooning skills, and humor writing talent hidden for many years. It wasn't until the invention of the Internet (Thanks Al!) that I started exploring posting my cartoons and writing and posting funny words online.

 

Did I tell you that I'm also a word, almanac, and dictionary book collector? Just ask my wife. She knows me better than I know me. She almost lost all of her closet space to my shelves and shelves of books. I think having all of those word books adds fuel to my humor writing fire. I can grab a book that has lists of things in it and have a humor writing party on the spot. When I'm online, I'm always reading about current events, sports, music, movies, and more where I find plenty of topics and subject for impromptu humor writing ideas.

 

It wasn't until the early 1990s that I started experimenting with drawing cartoons. I drew like a five-year-old, and I knew it, but I didn't care because when I added my funny captions to the cartoons, it worked. I got my message across and people laughed or at least grinned. I shared some of my favorite cartoons with friends, neighbors, and relatives. Sadly, they all ran for their lives after seeing them. Not really, instead they encouraged me to draw some more. It wasn't long before I began to use the Internet as an art museum gallery to display my works. It worked too! After more than 370 cartoons, several cartooning awards, dozens of humor columns, and 85,000 visitors to my Web site of cartoons and humor writing, I can safely say that I have had a very good time. 

 

It was without a doubt, a very successful beginning for me on the Internet. I made a very creative Web site and posted five of my favorite cartoons on the site. I wasted no time in sharing my Web site with the GeoCities' Web site judges. They almost immediately voted me the "GeoCities Web site of the Day." I was pumped. I started spreading the news of my cartoon Web site across the Internet. Soon, I was invited to be in an Internet Comic Event and my cartoons shared Web site space alongside the cartoons of Cartoonist Randy Glasbergen. I was in cartoonist's heaven and have been ever since. I have had some cartoons published in internal company newsletters, but so far my cartoons have not appeared in any well-known national magazines. I keep hoping and never stop trying, although I have been doing more humor writing than cartooning as of late.

 

So I've come full circle in the world of humor, so forgive me if I'm still kind of dizzy. I am currently moving as slowly as a constipated bowel movement. However, I have evolved into a true Netwit. I still have the hope, the dream, and desire to write for a gig like SNL, Jay Leno, or anybody who needs a laugh. Of course, it never hurts to have a literary agent, an attorney, and a bitchy wife. I'm still working on one out of the three of those. Until then, I'm sitting at home enjoying myself writing humor and drawing cartoons for a hobby. I honestly don't have a care in the world, except for one - who is gonna' feed the dog?

 

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