The Place to Take a Humor Break
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Gladys Kneff, who rose from a lowly position in a secretarial pool to become the secret lover of a succession of U.S. Secretaries of Commerce, died here yesterday after a brief illness. She […]
The name of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was incorrectly given as the Upper Wharefedale Fell Rescue Association in a Page One article Thursday about ferret racing. The Wall Street Journal Ferret-racing fever — […]
As he descended into paranoia at the end of his life, poet Delmore Schwartz sent telegrams to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, harassed friends on the phone, and left a stray cat at […]
BECKET, Mass. This sleepy western Massachusetts town is home to St. Judith College, the only institution of higher learning in the world named after the patron saint of cats, but that’s not the explanation for […]
Pope Francis Shuts Down the Cafeteria. Headline, The Wall Street Journal I was walking to Sacred Heart School (motto: “The Fear of the Nuns is the Beginning of Wisdom”) and as usual I stopped by […]
Dear Country Music, It’s your pal Tim here. I’m one of your biggest fans. I’ve seen Randy Travis, Brad Paisley, and John Denver in concert. Okay, so you’re saying John Denver is more folk than […]
