Injuries Few in Annual Running of the Cats
SOMERVILLE, Mass. When this suburb of Boston decided to become a “sister city” with Pamplona, Spain a decade ago, few realized what it would mean for the many cat-owners who live here. […]
Category: Fiction
In Freedonia, Missing Myths Mean Much
KLZYGRZYK, Freedonia. This landlocked nation was the scene of some of the most bitter battles of the twentieth century as well as a number of monumental natural disasters, and as a result its borders have […]
Hop On One Foot and Bark Like a Seal–Is That Too Much to Ask?
We’re at the beginning of our golden years now–the kids out of college and off on their own except for certain sub rosa payments from their mom. I’m sure there’s a federal law against it–anti-money […]
Eye For An Eye No Longer Good Enough For Nut-and-Yahoo
Unfortunately the ongoing Israeli/Palestinian conflict which has historically run on the principle of an eye for an eye is now outdated according to the principles of the Israeli Prime Minister Nut-and-Yahoo. ‘Bibi’, as the dictatorial […]
Me and Chief Unable-to-Fornicate
An Indian chief on the Northwest Coast was named Unable-to-Fornicate. Private correspondence of H.L. Davis to H.L. Mencken, cited in The American Language, 1937 edition. “Maybe if we put on some Marvin Gaye . . […]
Betting on the Poets
After the death of poet laureate John Masefield British bookies made W.H. Auden the favorite to replace him. BBC News John Masefield, in his academic pajamas. It’s been a long time coming but finally, […]