The Place to Take a Humor Break
OXFORD, Miss. This college town of approximately 19,000 was once home to William Faulkner, one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, but before he became famous, Faulkner was postmaster at the University of […]
NEEDHAM, Mass. It’s 6 a.m. in this town of 31,000 west of Boston and Jim “Hat Trick” Hamtramick has just turned on his computer to write his daily post for “Crazy Suburban Dad,” the “blog” […]
It is no coincidence that the bossa nova craze coincided with the years in which I achieved my greatest romantic success–first through sixth grades. No music is better suited to inspire thoughts of love than that associated […]
We had finished dinner and I was hoping to relax and watch some TV when my wife stopped me on the way to the couch. “We need to talk,” she said in a somber tone–never […]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. Firemen worked frantically against the clock in a desperate attempt to save the lives of shoppers at the Barnes & Noble bookstore here after a shelf gave way when “Breathe: A Novel,” the […]
SHREWSBURY, Mass. Pamela Wykoff hates hospitals but that’s okay, because as a professor of English at Colburn College here she doesn’t have to get near one for her job. “I hate how they put you […]
But the group couldn’t transfer that energy from Club Matinee to the recording studio. It is, after all, difficult to capture the sound of a man dancing with a table in his mouth. The […]
DOS FLEDENS, Freedonia. In a move unprecedented in the history of this land-locked country, Freedonian Prime Minister Glokzia Novrkelsizch yesterday recalled the nation’s ambassador to U.S., Mialwk Zalkesnwk, who had served his nation without distinction […]
I have been charged, and rightfully so, with sometimes being a little slow on the uptake. When pleated pants came back into style in the 90s, for example, I scoffed at them while other middle-aged […]
The internet was invented by scientists who were concerned that the human race would become extinct if people just sat around all the time watching flickering images on their TV screens. Now, people sit around […]