Haiku: For He’s A Jolly Goodfella, Happy 79th birthday, Marty Scorsese
Year: 2021
Kitchen Explosion and the Big Bang Theory
They sure don’t make plastic bags to hold tamarind bags like they used to do. I took my tamarind bag out of my plastic-grocery bag and it ripped open sending tamarind pods everywhere. Many of […]
Day in the Sunlight Shadows His Twilight Years
NEW YORK. Mel Sewanicki, Columbia class of ’51, still can’t buy a drink in this town even though it’s been sixty-eight years since he made “The Catch,” a diving grab of a fourth-quarter pass that […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 11/14/21
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about Big Bird, doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, […]
Writing Humor with Lee Gaitan and Dave Jaffe
What happens when you get two accomplished humor writers together to talk about their methods? The result is a lively and informative discussion about the art of humor writing. Lee Gaitan and Dave Jaffe are […]
Politicians Point Fingers as Last Double Entendre Plant Closes
CHICAGO. Arthur “Possum” Crudup is a big man, even though at 83 he is bent with age. Still, the contrast between his stout frame and the tears rolling down his cheeks yesterday was a telling […]
As Thanksgiving Nears MFAs Face Families’ Awkward Questions
MEDFORD, Mass. Isabella Gostini is a semester away from receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Tufts University, but a look at her face for signs of relief after nineteen years […]
How To Be Stupid
How To Be Stupid ….and use it to your advantage.Being stupid can have its definite positive aspects. In the right hands it can be a wonderful tool for finding that peace of mind, that […]
