The Place to Take a Humor Break
The bus is still your best transportation value, especially with airfares “sky high”–pun intended! Unfortunately, many Americans are woefully ignorant of the “unwritten rules” of the road when it comes to bus travel–but the Bus […]
SHREWSBURY, Mass. Pamela Wykoff hates hospitals but that’s okay, because as a professor of English at Colburn College here she doesn’t have to get near one for her job. “I hate how they put you […]
OXFORD, Miss. This college town of approximately 19,000 was once home to William Faulkner, one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, but before he became famous, Faulkner was postmaster at the University of […]
DZIEWSKZY, Freedonia. Norgrebskz “Norgo” Vzlatz is construction manager at the site of the new 880-volt hydroelectric dam being built on the Vleebek River here, but this morning he’s casting an gimlet eye not at a […]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. Marcia and Todd Fleming tied the knot Saturday in this western suburb of Boston, then followed their guests to the Chateau de l’Argent function room for a reception that Marcia’s father likened to […]
It was one of those fashionable academic parties where emulation–in the form of whom, among the assembled group, possessed the most extensive knowledge of classic rock lyrics, and whose tastes in the matter were most […]
Because of his penchant for phoning total strangers out of the blue, Pope Francis has earned the nickname “The Cold Call Pope.” National Catholic Reporter So I’m just about to lie down on the couch […]
It was a dark and stormy night when we received the late-night call that every parent of a college student dreads. “Dad,” my son said, struggling to present a brave front in the face of the disaster […]
Bitten by hopeless infatuation? Hungry for red-blooded romance? Ask Love Shark for help–summer’s over, things are kind of slow. Dear Love Shark: I am head cheerleader at Grain Valley Consolidated Regional High School (Go Polecats!) […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada. It is Saturday morning in this desert city and the streets are quiet. Inside the casinos, where there are no clocks, gamblers who have played through the night order breakfast at blackjack and craps […]