Married Filing Joint
The call starts out innocently enough. I’m a customer service representative with the IRS, and Bill Jones calls in to ask about the status of his mother’s tax return. Seems Nilda Jones died last year […]
Category: Good Clean Fun
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Top Things Heard During our Road Trip
My family survived its first road trip, and I recorded these bon mots along the way. • Stop doing that or I’ll take the bacon away! – Terry • It doesn’t look like we’re […]
A Buffalonian’s Advice to the People of Westeros
Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman As someone who grew up in snowy Buffalo, I feel well qualified to tell the people in Game of Thrones what they might be in for, now that “winter has come.” […]
Welcome to Portland
[The following is a message from the Portland, Oregon Visitors’ Bureau.] Welcome to Portland, Oregon, America’s Most Livable Liberal City. If you’re planning to spend a few days in the Rose City, we at the […]
Side-By-Side Comparison of the Roomba vs. the Timba
Recently I ordered one of those cool robot vacuums called a Roomba. It’s pretty amazing. It will quietly clean an entire floor while only mildly terrorizing the cats. And when it’s all done, it returns […]
Loners Welcome New Neighbors
This morning was a perfectly agreeable weekend morning. We slept in, lovely bonus sleep time with no alarm clock demanding we rise. Fala, the cat, slept between us, and the air conditioning made it just […]
Getting a Handle on What Matters Most
I’ve recently noticed an unfortunate trend among retail establishments to turn their door handles into brand statements. It’s not enough for them to be merely functional, no, the handle has to be invested with meaning […]
Sizing Up the Summit
Donald Trump says he doesn’t have to prepare much for his summit with North Korea. What can we assume from this statement? Trump has Dennis Rodman and Sean Hannity ready to feed him answers through […]
20,000 Leagues Under David Attenborough
The BBC has released its latest mindbogglingly beautiful nature series, Blue Planet II, with shocking images of life in the sea including a fish that uses tools, dolphins that apply anti-bacterial lotion, and David Attenborough […]