Flush Away Your Problems
If only solving marital conflicts were as simple as a flush away. But a body can dream. And my flight of fantasy knew unbounded heights when just the other day I espied a new app–at […]
Author: Janice Arenofsky
I write humor, but also books and serious essays, features and profiles, usually for national venues. I'm a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists , Humor Writers of America, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. I live in Arizona, where it's hot, hot, hot (but very dry of course), and I have six dogs and two cats. Oh yes, a husband, too. I blog at https://humorbyarenofsky.blogspot.com/ Come and visit me there or at my website or at Facebook, where I'm The Dysfunctional Family. Got almost 1,000 followers. Join us.
Screw Scrooge!
I don’t like being grumpy, but I was born this way. My mother even said I was a colicky baby, and if that isn’t absolute proof of my predilection toward moodiness, I don’t know what […]
The Dog Show…Off
It’s not as though I’m jealous or resentful of the little hairy beast. Sure he’s got those dark, haunting eyes and that coal-black lustrous mane that smacks of good nutrition and constant grooming, but after […]
Dental Disaster
I’m a Frankenpatient, a dental disaster. And all because I didn’t read the fine print when I was signing over my life for a simple cut and paste procedure. It all started when my upper […]
Vacation Preps
Hello, I’m your smart phone and you have 92 reminders on your current vacation prep list. How do you plan on grooming all 8 dogs, cleaning the house, straightening your office and packing your “everything” […]
God: the Supreme Ironist
The detective-character in the mystery thriller I recently finished referred to God as the “supreme ironist.” My brain neurons began firing double time when I read that. My first thought was, wow, that’s one smart, […]
You light up my life?
Plumbers in general are more reliable than electricians, I mean I dread the day I have an emergency and I need an electrician (I know that there are some though who get the job done). […]
IT IS WHAT IT IS
I’m not keeping score, but in the last few months, I don’t know how many people have tiptoed up to me and quietly let go with a “It is what it is.” It’s like someone […]
Pope Francis and his To-Do List
Now that the Pope has had a day to rest up from the religious rigors and pomp and ceremony of Easter Sunday, I figure he’s using the time to compile his “to-do” list for the […]
De-Extinction: De Whole Truth
I’m not a scientist, but I’ve watched enough scientists on CSI shows and read enough Medline abstracts to know it’s getting downright spooky out there. Now that every other genius and his twin sister can […]