“Foreigner?” you say. “FOREIGNER?! I’m an American. I am not a foreigner.” Well, I have news for you. When you are in other people’s countries, you are the foreigner. You are playing in their yard.…
For years now, my one New Year’s resolution has been to make no resolutions. This year will be different, because I will at least think of some things that ought to be done better in…
NOTE: Nobody told me to stop giving advice about how to be funny after I wrote Chapter 1, so I am taking that as a sign that I will not be hit over the head…
1. If your boss is yelling at you, it’s because he is mad about something he thinks you did, he is the boss and he can. 2. If your boss is yelling at you and…
1. If the Big Dipper were to tip over, would it pour water onto the earth? 2. If an astronaut gets burned out and quits, is he spaced out? 3. Why are there dippers in…
We writers live in our own self-manufactured worlds as well as the one in which we exist.1 In that Real World there are many people who think they are funny. Some of them are; many…
Before anyone comes at me with holy water and an exorcism prayer, let me explain that I am a good Catholic. I go to mass; I carry a rosary in my purse; I believe in…
Bow before Weevil Knieval.
Earlier this week, a Minnesota woman was bit 25 times by an otter while training for a triathlon in a local pond. But if I can just play critter’s advocate here, she really shouldn’t have…
Yoo hoo, everybody! I’m back with more words of questionable wisdom. Are you sure you’re ready for this? 1. Even if you live in New York City, if it’s 91 degrees outside you probably don’t…
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