The Place to Take a Humor Break
KALAMAZOO, Michigan. Yesterday was Jenny Banazak’s first day of fourth grade, but an observer of the little girl as she walked into class might be forgiven for thinking it was her mother Chloe who was […]
At first, I had no idea I was in hell. I was lying in the same street I walk every day at noontime on my way to lunch. “What happened?” I asked the man who […]
Bitten by hopeless infatuation? Hungry for red-blooded romance? Ask Love Shark for help–summer’s over, things are kind of slow. Dear Love Shark: I am head cheerleader at Grain Valley Consolidated Regional High School (Go Polecats!) […]
BURLINGTON, Vermont. When Charles Verburne retired in 2025 the last thing he wanted to do–unlike some senior citizens–was “see the world.” “I’ve been everywhere. Papua, New Guinea, Borneo–even Schenectady,” the 70-year-old says with a laugh. […]
DETROIT. For Marvin Deshields, former lead singer of the 50′s doo-wop group The Fabulous Croutons, every excursion out into public is an occasion for anxiety. “Somebody like you,” he says to this reporter, “you don’t think twice […]
A new marketing campaign by German state Saxony-Anhalt will focus on famous sons of the region, from Bismarck to Nietzsche. The Wall Street Journal We piled the kids into the car and headed out for […]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Your basic Iranian vampire spaghetti western art movie. The Boston Globe A lot of my girlfriends think it’s glamorous being a famous Iranian actress, but they couldn’t be […]
Dear Ones– The waters of romance are treacherous seas. Consuela is prepared, once again, to serve as your chaperone through the shoals and eddies of love’s tempestuous currents. Here are the distress signals she received […]
KNOB NOSTER, Mo. The school year in this small town has barely started but already second-grade teacher Emily Nostrand has her hands full with a conflict that threatens to spiral out of control. “It’s tragic when hostilities distract […]
John C. Lilly, an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, philosopher and inventor, injected seven dolphins with LSD in an attempt to teach them English. Four committed suicide by refusing to eat or breathe. Review of “Tripping […]