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Category: Fiction
As Winter Nears, Sales of “Flannel Fortress” Sleepwear Soar
YPSILANTI, Michigan. For Marci Epherman, this past Valentine’s Day was the last straw. “My husband Todd brought this thing home from Victoria’s Secret that didn’t have enough fabric to make a pot holder, and he expects […]
Interpretive Dance Seen as Best Hope to End Climate Change
BOSTON. It’s 7:15 a.m. and Adam Ebesnik is emerging from the underground escalator to Dewey Square on the edge of the Financial District here when he sees Eve Williams, a young woman in tights and […]
Don’t Fret Over Impeachment, Mr. President: Here’s the Kryptonite You REALLY Need to Worry About
Donald Trump has famously proclaimed that “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” Now, with an impeachment investigation under way, pundits are wondering if […]
Virulent Form of Zombie-itis Infects Black Friday Shoppers
My contribution for the Halloween Story contest. Zombie shopper phenomenon seems to have spread across country. Reports have been coming in from across the country of a rash of zombie-like people, in huge masses, rushing […]
Where’s My Phreakin’ Nobel Prize in Physics?
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded yesterday, and for the 49th consecutive year since I first took a course in the subject, I didn’t win. Excuse me if sound a tad bitter this morning. […]
Sharing Crappy Memories Across Generations
The grandparents are in town, and because of a recent segment on 20th century American history at their school, my kids were more engaged in nightly dinner conversation than usual. “Bratz dolls were a total […]