Greetings. Cassingham.com is the personal web site of Colorado humorist, author, and publisher Randy Cassingham. If you are looking for Randy's writings and publications, you'll probably want to choose one of these sites:

Other Cassingham-Related Sites § My brother Curt's personal site, which includes an interesting page on the Detectron geiger counter business founded by our father, J.L. "Larry" Cassingham. § My other brother, Brian, is a real estate broker in southern California. § A web project which has done a great job of "Listing Every Cassingham America Has Ever Seen".

• Randy's best known for This is True^®. Since 1994, True has told thousands of tales of strange-but-true happenings from all over the world, all punctuated with Randy's own brand of ironic, smart-ass, witty, and/or opinionated commentary. It's one of the Internet's most popular independent publications, with a six-figure audience from more than 190 countries -- plus an international newspaper syndication and a line of paperback books. See http://www.thisistrue.com.

• The True Stella Awards^tm is Randy's newest publication (September 2002), and brings legitimacy to the "Stella Awards" urban legends that have been going around by e-mail. Most people have seen these mails with examples of ridiculous lawsuits -- but most of them are completely fabricated! What's the point of discussing a real problem using bogus evidence?! There is a problem with lawsuit abuse, and the examples Randy finds of real cases will make you laugh, cry -- and shake your fist with rage. See http://www.StellaAwards.com

• Randy also founded HeroicStories^tm, which is now published by others. Launched online May 1, 1999, HeroicStories is a collection of short, true stories of real people who step up to the challenge help others when they need it. It's not just the people who save lives or stop a crime, but the stories are true, they're from all over the world and, most of all, they're interesting -- not sappy, syrupy-sweet (or religious) tales you roll your eyes over when your grandmother tells them -- and you have the opportunity to tell your story! See http://www.HeroicStories.com.

Subscribe to one (or more!) of these great online publications -- they all have free subscriptions available!

Family e-mail addresses: As far as Randy knows, everyone born with the surname Cassingham is related to him (the name has been traced back to 13th Century Kent, England. See links in the box above.) Anyone born with the name, or who has the name by marriage, is allowed one e-mail address at Cassingham.com -- which Randy will provide for free. For details, click here.

&misc. As he gets around to it, Randy will use this site to post various things of interest, such as his non-column writings. See the menu, here. Or, if you're really bored, here's a brief biography.