Category: Fiction
With New Breakthroughs, Library Science Silences Critics
HORNEL, New York. The process of checking out a book from a library is a simple task repeated millions of times each day in America, but when Dr. Claude Nostrand, a professor of chemistry at Upstate New York […]
HumorOutcasts Radio – Interview with Bruce Ferber
This week, novelist and comedy writer Bruce Ferber joined me on HumorOutcasts Radio. A former television writer and producer whose credits include successful shows such as Bosom Buddies, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Home Improvement, Bruce […]
A Place For The Ladies
Have you ever thought that great ideas are just floating around like freebies, waiting for anyone to grab them and get rich? For example, think about the last time your married boss made you have […]
Intro to Rock Poetry 101
It was one of those fashionable academic parties where emulation–in the form of whom, among the assembled group, possessed the most extensive knowledge of classic rock lyrics, and whose tastes in the matter were most […]
Face Off – Face On
Scurvy Jane wanted to make Thirsty Dave jealous. Although I’m not primarily known for my artistic mock-up skills, I managed to fashion a collage of John Travolta from nothing but the face of John Travolta: […]
When to Say No to A Career in Horticulture
I never felt moved to garden. A weekly CSA full of carrots makes a delicious gift, but last year when I was craving a fresh rhubarb crisp, our CSA farmer Clyde Gunderson delivered a bushel […]
The Mata Hari of the Faculty Lounge
Federal agents are warning leaders at top universities to be on the lookout for foreign spies or potential terrorists trying to steal their research. The Boston Globe I was sitting in my office, trying to […]
This dissin’ with Megatron is disastrous to say the least.
People often ask what’s wrong with me. People wonder why I’m so cynical. Yesterday wasn’t my birthday. I counted all the people on Facebook who didn’t wish me a happy birthday. I counted a lot […]