Am I original yet?
Originality is not something we see every day. What we do see every day is the same old bland Bon Jovi and the next up and coming, wannabe, bland Bon Jovi with their color by numbers, […]
Category: Fiction
Go Easy On The Ref
It’s 5:45am on a Saturday. I’m standing in the center of an ice rink, wearing black nylon pants and a striped shirt, the attire worn by all Little League referees in our town. The cold […]
HAHAHAHAHAAH LOL
This story has a certain rhythm, a certain pulse. It starts with a statement. The statement is followed by question. The question is followed by an answer. The answer is followed by a HAHAHAHAHAAH. The HAHAHAHAHAAH […]
Should Teachers Be Afraid of Small Children?
A 61-year-old teacher in Ohio is suing her school district because the district is making her teach younger students instead of high school students. The teacher says she needs to teach high school students because […]
I have seen the future and it scares the bejaysus out of me
They said it couldn’t be done. I doubted it. There’s no way George Lucas can make any more of a monumental, catastrophic cock-up to the already, forever tainted Star Wars prequels, they said. I doubted […]
HumorOutcasts Radio – Interview with Amber Norrgard and Scott Morgan
This week I had the privilege of interviewing writers Amber Norrgard and Scott Morgan who are combining their talents with other poets and writers for a wonderful cause. The collaborative effort called Four Paws will […]
A New Show For These Challenging Times
The problem with reality competition shows (as I see it) is twofold: they’re too damn serious and there’s far too little audience participation. For example, take the show Top Chef. What do you (the viewer) […]
Overanalyzing
Jill Y loves reading her magazines. Not a day goes by without the sun rising and the sun going down. Every day and every night she makes me do relationship quizzes that are designed to […]
The Good News Is
In the news today, farmers in the southwest are apprehensive about the recent snow and freezing temperatures effecting produce, specifically broccoli and cauliflower. The shortage would inevitably raise the prices in supermarkets resulting in […]
A solution to obesity
Along with trimming my ever-expanding stomach after the excesses of an excessive Christmas, I’m trying to trim my bitter resentment for everything that moves and everything that doesn’t. Visiting the gym will take care of […]