Picking Out a Halloween Costume
As usual, I have no plans for Halloween this year, other than to eat as many pieces of candy corn and mellowcreme pumpkins as possible before my local drug store chains stop selling them. That […]
Author: Kathy Minicozzi
Kathy Minicozzi is an opera singer turned aspiring writer, who lives somewhere in New York City. In other words, she's weird, but harmless. She is the author of "Opera for People Who Don't Like It," in which she turns the world of opera and its performers upside down while, at the same time, making it understandable to non-opera lovers and making everyone laugh.
A Wet Story
Newspaper stories never tell the reader everything. Details that could make the story really interesting are always left out. For example, in New York City a man had a fight with his father, after which […]
Serenity, Boomer Style
All of our lives we hear about how wonderful it is to grow older. Our “golden years” are going to be the best years of our lives, they tell us. Well, I have news for […]
To Willie Nelson
Dear Willie, I see that you have been busted for marijuana possession again. This has gotten to be a habit with you. This time, though, you drew a tough Texas judge who isn’t impressed with […]
Mobile Phone Craziness
We have become so attached to mobile communication devices that you could almost swear they grow from our heads. It would require surgery to detach some of us from them. Losing a cell phone is […]
An Interview With Attila the Hun
The year is 452 AD. An enterprising Roman reporter has caught up with Attila the Hun and his bunch of barbarians somewhere in Austria. Attila has just left Italy, having decided that there was nothing […]
Frodo Plans a Trip
Wednesday, September 23, 5750, Second Age, 9:43 AM From: Middle-Earth Outfitters ernie@meo.com To: Frodo Baggins <frodobaggins@bagend.org> Subject: Your Order No. 2854HS90000100000032BE We are in receipt of your order. The following items are being shipped and […]
Bronx Woman Grabbed by Invisible Rope and Dragged into Store
New York City. A woman who has asked to remain anonymous states that she was “grabbed by an invisible lasso and pulled inside” while passing the Odd OutLot store on Broadway in The Bronx. “I […]
How the West Was Really Won
The settling and taming of the American West has aroused the collective imagination of people all over the world, who have seen it as a place of adventure and romance. Of course, that depends on […]