The Place to Take a Humor Break
WESTLAND, Mass. The Boston Marathon, the nation’s oldest, is Monday, so the coming weekend would normally be a time of high anticipation for Nicole Stansler, who’ll be running in her fifteenth such event. “I always […]
A 17-year-old Hungarian girl lured chess champ Bobby Fischer out of seclusion with a letter that began “I would like to sell you the world’s best vacuum cleaner! Now that I have your interest, turn […]
News item: Officials in India have used eunuchs to collect unpaid taxes. HAZARD, Kentucky. Ray Bob Suggins, a career revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service in this small town at the confluence of the […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Marci Eversharp is known among friends and co-workers for her impressive consumption of two commodities; Diet Cokes and husbands. “I should buy them both by the case,” says the five-time married and divorced […]
There is nothing more important to a human being than his or her love life. Without love, there would be little or no sexual reproduction and whole species–or even families–could become extinct! Maintaining a healthy […]
A fifth of atheists in a recent Pew Survey said that they believed in God. The Wall Street Journal It’s Saturday night, time for the regular get-together of the Exiles From Atheism, a group formed to […]
WELLESLEY, Mass. This upscale suburb west of Boston is home to the only garbage dump ever featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, but Superintendent Tony DiFronzo is concerned that the best […]
Like most addicts, I can remember my first time–over forty years ago–as if it were yesterday. I was working the grill at a snack bar at the University of Chicago when a guy named Manny–who claimed to […]
LEXINGTON, Mass. Tom Sholes is a certified public accountant and a certifiable golf nut for whom the first week of April is a holy season. “During the Masters, I don’t want to be bothered by anything,” he […]
BOSTON. It’s 11:53 a.m., and Kirsten Dunster, a paralegal, has been watching the clock at the law firm where she works for the past eight minutes. She’s about to make a break for the back door when […]