Finally found a quiet place to do my writing.
About Me
To everything, there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1
Howdy! DrJoe here, your “peripatetic funologist.”
Yep, that’s me in the picture above.
I finally found a nice, quiet, out-of-the-way place to finish Vantasm Volume 5.
I’ve finished editing my books, and I hope to send them to the publisher in late November. Go to the Wanna’s & Vantasm page to read a brief summary of each of the Vantasm books.
● I’m a Chiropractor who began practicing on 3/15/1980 and retired my licenses in TN, TX, and CA on 3/31/2022.
I can give you nutritional, weight loss, health, and laffin’ advice; I no longer “diagnose and treat accordingly or bill insurance.”
● I’m a Baby Boomer Texan born in 1950 who loves adventure; I share it with you via my videos & photos.
● I’ve been a widower since November 2, 2019; I share my grieving experiences and thoughts on grieving in my podcast and blog.
● I’m the author of Wanna Laff - 7th Edition - The Science, Health, Theology, and Therapy of Laughter, on which I say, “If I can make one person laff long enough to forget their problems, then the 18 to 23 minutes it took to write this book ain’t wasted.”
By the way, go on my fun “Easter Egg Wanna Laff Front Cover Hunt.” Scroll to near the bottom of this PAGE.
● My latest book, Wanna Live: A Chiropractor’s Journey to Living the AAANEWS, will also be available late November 2026, as will Wanna Forever: Life-Death-Resurrection.
● Also, the Dark Hunter trilogy (656 pages) will be sold here. That’s the black-and-white sketch of him in the photos in Row 1.
● You can listen to the songs I wrote, which have a mostly “country flair.”
● Also, check out the FAQ page to discover what those four Vantasm photos are about, and yes, that’s me in the T-shirt.
How I Got Started
I've been doing videos and photography since I was three, when Thomas Edison taught me how. He told me I needed to give up a career as a photographer. I asked him why and he told me because I kept losing focus. Also, my joke-writing mentor Shakespeare once told me, "More of your jokes would infect my brain." Not exactly sure what he meant by that, but it must be okay 'cause he used that line on Coriolanus.
Top Destinations
I'm constantly traveling the back roads and rarely the main roads.
My favorite places to video & photograph are Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and Idaho. But anywhere in the good 'ol USA is fair game.
My son Jonathan's beautiful landscapes are also on these 2 pages.
By the way, you may have arrived at this site by
LAFF.FUN or JWF3.com or WannaLaff.FUN or DrJoe.Health