The Place to Take a Humor Break
DOS FLEDAN, Freedonia. An American C-17 Globemaster cargo plane touched down on a bombed-out landing strip here this morning with the first shipment of leftover Halloween candy from the U.S., bringing sustenance to a nation that […]
As I walk down the streets of my neighborhood and look at the Halloween displays that decorate the lawns and porches, I’m struck by how trite and predictable everything appears. Tombstones angled crookedly out of […]
WELLESLEY FALLS, Massachusetts. Janet Disalvo is, by her own admission, an unreformed hippie. The mother of three lets the grass in her front yard grow wild, creating a sharp contrast with the well-manicured lawns of […]
Ho-hum. Another year, another world championship. Of that part of the world comprised of the U.S. and Canada. Four major sports. Eighteen years. Eleven championships. Face it; after the Red Sox won the World Series last night, Boston […]
It had been, for several years, a nagging problem; a high-pitched ringing in my ears that never seemed to stop. I attributed it to the barrage of noises I’m subjected to every day–squealing trolley wheels, […]
As every good son-in-law knows, Mother-in-Law’s Day is rapidly approaching. It’s the fourth Sunday of this month, October 28th. Mother-in-law (not shown actual size) What-you haven’t started shopping yet? The good presents may already […]
CONCORD, New Hampshire. An eighth-grade teacher’s love of the Sphinx and the mysteries of the Pyramids was the inspiration that fueled Tim Bogle’s concentration in college, which lead to advanced degrees in Egyptology. “I was so fascinated […]
One afternoon, while heading home Upon a hot commuter train, I fell asleep, and dreamed this poem, As summer’s light began to wane. I saw a scene of baseball’s past When stadiums were built to […]
NEW YORK. Safra Cohen is a lowly first-year associate at a corporate law firm with offices in mid-town Manhattan who has spent her first two months on the job as the junior member of a team […]
During an all-night meeting with poet/rock musician Patti Smith, chess champion Bobby Fischer alarmed a bodyguard waiting outside by singing the falsetto chorus from “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” The Wall Street Journal “Down dooby-do […]