Tech Support, and Other Ironic Phrases
I wrote this 20 years ago, and was curious about how the subject held up. Although I made some changes, it still seems awfully familiar these days. My oldest daughter is normally a calm person, […]
I wrote this 20 years ago, and was curious about how the subject held up. Although I made some changes, it still seems awfully familiar these days. My oldest daughter is normally a calm person, […]
It’s been said a nation has a life cycle, just like people do. Perhaps our American gestation was the period when European powers first started planting their little colony seeds along the coast of this […]
Am I qualified to talk about gayism? I am not. For instance, I just used the term “gayism”, which so far as I know doesn’t exist. Hm. Just a sec, Google and I have a […]
Science headlines always grab my attention: “Seven Objects Found Circling Dwarf”. My first thought: “Wait–I thought ‘dwarf’ was now a politically incorrect term, like ‘midget’, or ‘calm political discussion’. Sure, you have dwarfs in online […]
So, our new dehumidifier has WiFi. Yeah, connected by Bluetooth. Which means there’s a computer in yet another of our appliances, which means the dehumidifier can, whenever it gets the order, just take us out. […]
I left work an hour early the other night after I started to have, um, digestive issues. I don’t like to abandon my partners, even for an hour, even though nothing was happening. It’s like […]
Let’s talk assassination attempts. But let’s make it fun. Assassinations aren’t funny, of course. But neither is is getting injured by a mechanical device, and I’ve built several humor blogs out of that subject. Thankfully […]
If you asked me as a kid what I wanted to do when I grew up, I had an immediate answer. No hemming and hawing between plumber and proctologist, no sir. It had been clear […]
The branch of humor called punning has roots planted much further back in history than wood normally be guessed. John Pollack peels back the leaves of history to … That’s enough. It’s a book about […]
Some say the best advice when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. My advice is just as simple: At the beginning of March, dig a big […]