The Place to Take a Humor Break
KNOB NOSTER, Missouri. For Zliewg Norblek, the dead of winter is always more painful than it is for most people, a fact he tries without success to conceal. “First Columbus Day, then Martin Luther King […]
Sex is the glue that holds a marriage together, because it requires husband and wife to touch each other and it’s sticky. Unfortunately, over time, many spouses drift apart because they run out of this […]
The Massachusetts legislature has passed a bill allowing residents to write pets into their wills and leave trust funds behind for their care. The Boston Globe “There–Kitzi is all provided for!” Every year about […]
Looking for a fun hobby that is also “profitable”? If you love nature and toxic chemical fumes, taxidermy–the art and science of stuffing (dead) animals–may be just the thing! Here are queries Mr. Taxidermist pulled at […]
What are the two immutable sources of the reality that surrounds us every day? The laws of science and the laws of fashion. But what do you when these two worlds collide? You call Your […]
You know, eventually, the day will come. It’s the dead of winter. You live in a four-sport town, but your football team didn’t make the playoffs, your NBA franchise is playing for the lottery and […]
The mid-1980s were a time when, due to several unsettling changes in my life, I did not have much confidence in myself, personally or professionally. My long-time girlfriend had moved out of our apartment and […]
If my conduct in the case in question exceeded the normal bounds of professionalism, the circumstances provided an excuse. A client of mine had lent a significant–to him–sum of money to a little Greek woman, working […]
MALCZW, Freedonia. In this land-locked, vowel-starved country, many residents have never even seen a lawyer, much less retained one. “It is both a blessing and a curse,” says tribal chieftain Mzrz Glzorp. “We do not […]
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland. Selina Bless used to arrive at her job as a pastry chef every morning at 6:30 a.m., tired and haggard-looking. “Once I am up, I am up,” she says with resignation, “and my […]