The Apple Terms & Conditions
Those Apple Terms & Conditions are not for me. First you have to be able to read and then you have to have a week to read the stuff and then you have to figure […]
Category: Fiction
Condos Dump Lawyers for Paramilitary Death Squads
BOSTON. It’s the first Thursday of November, the date scheduled for the monthly meeting of the 375 Marlborough Street Condominium Association, which governs a 15-unit brownstone on one of the most prestigious streets in town. […]
Advice For The Slaughtered
Surveys taken following the recent mid-term elections revealed that two-thirds of Americans think the economic system is unfair and favors the wealthy. So Americans decided to do something about it–they rose up and handed more […]
Starbucks and Walmart Plan to Open Stores on Earth-Like Planet
As the number of potential store locations around the world continues to diminish, retailers Starbucks and Walmart have drawn up secret plans to expand on a recently discovered Earth-like planet. Astronomers found the planet orbiting […]
The Convincer
It wasn’t easy convincing Jill Y to go out with me on our first date. I pulled out all the stops. I done the magic trick where I made a rabbit into a stew. I […]
Medicare Open Enrollment…open season for craziness
Have you ever had the experience as a caregiver (or even a co-worker) where you’ve been taking care of someone and they are clearly forgetting things and allowing you to have all the responsibility and power? […]
Follow The Rules
There’s a certain code, a certain decorum that must be followed when you casually shoot someone in the back and while this need of polite society is correctly followed, I have no qualm or quibble. […]
How to Hypnotize Women
Readers of a certain age—or more precisely, male readers of comic books of the sixties—may recall an advertisement that appeared regularly alongside come-ons for sea monkeys, correspondence courses in ventriloquism, and X-Ray Specs. It depicted […]
Peanut Squash Stew and the Wonderful Chad
Chadian Entree PEANUT SQUASH STEW INGREDIENTS 2½ pounds summer squash (zucchini, patty pan, or crookneck) 2½ tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups roasted peanuts 1 teaspoon brown sugar SPECIAL UTENSIL Dutch […]
Monster Hurricane? No worries.
The Huffington Post recently reported on ideas being floated to protect New York City from the next big hurricane and resultant flooding. As to be expected the proposed fixes are both expensive and boring. They include things […]