When Life Hands You Bananas, Make Popsicles
Consider the following: A. I like bananas. B. I don’t like them well enough to eat 3 or 4 of them each day. C. I am a single person, living alone. D. The online shopping […]
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.
Kathy’s Points to Remember
The early bird catches the worm. Therefore, it is not advantageous to be an early worm. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, unless you hate having both hands full. In that case, if […]
Living Life in Reverse
I never do anything the normal way if I can avoid it. This includes living my life in the right order. I was born on the leading edge of the Boomer generation. I came of […]
UPDATED STORIES: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Somewhere in Europe there was a country called Trumpetia. Every year, the King of Trumpetia held a noisy argument on the floor of the Parliament with members of each of the two opposing parties: the […]
Valentine’s Day! Bah! Humbug!
I am a Valentine’s Day Scrooge. It all started back in elementary school. Every February 14, kids in the class would give other kids little valentine cards and we’d all get some of those little […]
UPDATED TALES: Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a prince whose name was Julio: Julio Prince. His parents were Marvin and Gertrude King, who were constitutional monarchs. They had no power, but they looked good and had […]
How to Make an Idiot of Yourself 101
I have a decent IQ. No, I don’t know what it is. Our elementary school wouldn’t tell us. They didn’t even tell us they had given us an IQ test, although it was obvious to […]
The Great Remote Control Conspiracy
Many people tell of socks that disappear into an undiscovered dimension of an automatic washing machine. My socks do not abscond in the laundry room, for which my feet are grateful. I can’t say the […]
A 20-Year-Old in a 70-Year-Old Body
It creeps up on you, like a mugger on a dark street. One minute you are dancing down the sidewalk of life with energy and confidence, the next minute – WHAM! You’re on the ground, […]
Sloshing Down Christmas Memory Lane
Okay. I already told everyone about my stage debut as Innkeeper No. 2 in the St. Joseph’s Elementary School annual Christmas pageant. You can find it here. I won’t repeat that story again – not […]