Summer Camp for Writers
The envelope was slim, as they all seem to be these days, and so I opened it up expecting the usual brush-off: “Dear Poet: Thank you very much for submitting your work to the Alice […]
Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty in Case of Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandal
Jeanine Pirro, U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, did not mince words during her Thursday press conference at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall: “If David Hearn is found guilty of destruction […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 6/3/26
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about the NY Knicks, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. […]
I Was a Gigolo for a Fruit Fly Database
Through his wife’s connections, he started managing a fruit-fly database. So You Want to Live Forever, Charlotte Allen, The Weekly Standard As I take my seat at the end of the Ritz bar, Heinz […]
Not Coming this Fall: P Diddy in This Old House Arrest
Credits: Created by Paul Lander & Matt Clark Pretty Damn Sketchy Comedy Series Written, Directed & Edited by Paul Lander & Matt Clark More episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyDamnSketchy
As Women’s Grunting Persists, Men Turn to Armpit Farts
WIMBLEDON, England. When it began with Monica Seles, it seemed innocuous, or at least merely annoying. But now, say old school tennis champs including Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, the practice of grunting by female […]
As More Move to Cape, Landfills Are Crammed With Poems
WELLFLEET, Mass. This town on outer Cape Cod has for many years been known as a haven for artists and writers that is quiet in the winter but jam-packed with vacationers during the summer. “There’s […]