The Best Gift Books for 2021 – Part I
Welcome to the Holiday Season! This is the time of year when we direct you to some of the most talented writers in the world! Yep, we at HumorOutcasts Press/Shorehouse Books/Corner Office […]
Year: 2021
I Am the Poetic Kiss of Death
In a line much admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Christopher Marlowe’s Faust says to the apparition of Helen of Troy “make me immortal with a kiss.” I’ve got the opposite capacity–I am the poetic kiss […]
Big Book of Presbyterian Humor Due in Stores Today
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. Molly Yardnal is a stocking clerk at the Barnes & Noble book store in this suburb of Boston who’s finding it hard to do her job now that students have returned to local […]
Why Burkas On American Women Might Not Be A Bad Idea.
Burkas are the head to toe traditional wear for adult females in the most fundamentalist of Islamic countries. They are designed to cover up all possibilities of erotic stimulation coming from even the oldest of […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 11/4/21
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft […]
Baptizing My Cats
Another weekend with the in-laws ends on a sour note as the question is again raised, once the Agnostic-Rastafarian in the family (that’s me) steps outside to load the car, why our children aren’t baptized. […]
The Burden of Being a Good Sport
I’m not the most handsome man in the world, nor the smartest, nor the most successful at business. But there is one area where I shine: I’m a good sport. I can take a practical […]