Keep Your Pants On
One privilege of rank is getting to keep your pants on. In 1942, Americn Major General Mark Clark was on a top-secret mission in German-occupied Algiers to persuade the French commander not to resist […]
Author: Stacey Roberts
Stacey Roberts is the father of two geniuses, an unwilling capitalist, and author of Trailer Trash With a Girl's Name. http://trailertrashbook.com. He is gradually getting over his moniker - when he gets mail addressed to Ms. Stacey Roberts, he only weeps a little. Like a little girl. In a sundress. With a frilly hat.
Schroedinger’s Politics
There is at the same time nothing and everything funny about modern American politics. We have lost sight of our founding principles and our voice in government has been silenced. So this one time, I […]
Video Game Makers Fight Gun Violence
In the wake of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the makers of video games have realized that immediate steps must be taken. “This has gone on far too long,” said Tim Shuttinsworth, Vice […]
It’s a Christmas Miracle!
So. I was asked to write a Trailer Trash With a Girl’s Name short story for a Christmas anthology. My mother and my rabbi were horrified. But I withstood their ire and put together a […]
Donald Trump Ate My Baby
President Donald Trump killed and ate a small child today who had wandered away from his parents during a White House tour. Aides described the President, seated at a table on the Truman Balcony, gnawing […]
Trailer Trash With A Girl’s Name – the Sequel!
My mother’s cooking hasn’t improved. My brother is still the favorite. Ted the Drug Dealer is still crocheting cozy hats and scarves. (No he’s not – he’s still dealing drugs). Mom still thinks that giving […]
Bullies and the First Day of School
I have a girl’s name. Trust me, you’re not the first to notice. I wasn’t even the first to notice. I found out on the first day of first grade. My parents (the perpetrators) never […]