“Mr. Chairman, I would like to reclaim my time as soon as I finish this book.” – Sen. Eric Schmitt, maybe…
My Dad’s in Women’s Clothes
When a boy considers his dad, and compares him to the fathers of other boys, an element of emulation unavoidably creeps into his thinking. A song by The Smothers Brothers, who had the same father, […]
In Life as in Baseball, it Pays to Play the Wild Card
It was getting late, so I turned out the lights and headed upstairs. As I walked down the hall, I thought I heard crying from the boys’ room, so I stuck my head inside. “What’s […]
Not Coming This Fall: Woodstock Tastes Like Chicken! A Very Special Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
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
AI vs. Zippy 1.0: A Comprehensive Scientific Analysis
Recently, there has been almost nonstop coverage about Artificial Intelligence and how it just might be the most dramatic technological change ever to impact humankind. While there are countless obvious benefits (like saving millions of […]
Ask Mrs. Cheese
Miffed that a deli charged you extra to add a slice of Swiss to your ham-and-cheese? Angry that your mother called your new outfit “cheesy”? Ask Mrs. Cheese, they don’t call her a cheese-monger for […]
Bridging Mackinac Wasn’t So Easy
One day–let’s say it was the 50s, because these things happened back then–some people from the lower peninsula of Michigan rowed over to meet with some people from the upper peninsula. “Isn’t it wild,” one […]
