New Missions?
Are these soldiers: a) Fleeing to their barracks because George W. Bush has just started his “Mission Accomplished” speech? b) Victors in a game of Capture The Flag? Or c) Doing a foot race to […]
Category: Fiction
Cash Only? Do We Realize Its 2014???
I’m running to the kid’s hockey game. We’re late, of course, and once again we’re gonna eat healthy – at an ice-rink SNACK SHOP! The kid goes to the locker room and the rest of us get ready to dine […]
A Nun, a kitten and a penguin are out to get me.
So this is not going to be easy to explain but I’ll give it a shot. The day started like any other day. We came home and found Puddles in the rocking chair, knitting a […]
Doctoring for Dummies
The practice of medicine is not as complicated as many people make it out to be. It’s not brain surgery. At least not usually. Have you ever watched Mystery Diagnosis? Dissected a fruit fly? Made […]
Malaysia Airlines Offers Victims’ Families $5000 and Trip to a Fabulous Mystery Destination
An offer from Malaysian Airlines to families of victims of flight MH370 was met with outrage Tuesday when the company offered surviving families $5000 and a free trip to a “fabulous mystery destination.” Families quickly […]
Bobbing For Fire
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK After three decades as a volunteer firefighter, I … hurt. A lot, especially when it’s cold. Recently I’ve been seen wearing a sling, to let my arm heal after I […]
Late-Thirtysomething Woman Succeeds in Erasing Her Twenties
“I was getting close to 40 and I just felt all this, you know, REGRET, about my 20s,” the woman said. “So many embarrassing situations, things I wish I’d done differently. I wished for that […]
Man Scrubs Hands For Five Minutes Before Holding Fecally Tainted Phone to Face
Local businessman Michael Peters, ever cognizant of good hygiene, spent a solid 5 minutes washing his hands right after lunch on Wednesday. “My mother instilled a healthy fear of microorganisms in me at an early […]
Fashion… or Maybe Not
Gabe and I were enjoying a friendly round of cribbage this morning when Madam pulled up a chair and sighed. “It’s time for some resolutions,” she muttered. “You’re late,” replied Gabe without looking up. He […]
Farce The Nation
Last week Mitt Romney appeared on the news show Face The Nation. I’ve always wondered why they picked that name for the show. Perhaps a lot of guests drop into their chairs and then look […]