The Place to Take a Humor Break
Between the ducking and diving, Bon Jovi hating and general awesomeness, there’s rarely much time for anything else, least of all watching television. My favorite show will be back for its last season soon. It’s […]
One of the things that I am determined NOT to become is a cranky old person. Okay, it’s easy to see why a lot of old people turn into curmudgeons. It can be hard to […]
Sending every email to me with a red exclamation point ensures I won’t know when it’s actually urgent. It also ensures you will annoy me and your email will go to the bottom of my […]
Today my 1-year-old spent a full minute waving “hello” to a rock. I don’t know if this means she’ll have a hard or easy time making friends. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) July 8, […]
Sixty-six years ago today, newspapers around the world splashed pictures of a supposed UFO crash site in Roswell, New Mexico. Since that day, conspiracy theorists have speculated that not only were dead aliens found at […]
I went to college in the South. I was a beneficiary of Affirmative Action (the school apparently had difficulty attracting people from other regions, so someone with iffy grades, no club memberships, and zero leadership […]
My 3-year-old, whining: “Do I have to brush my teeth every day forever?” Me: “Well, no. Eventually you’ll die." I’m not good at pep talks. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) July 7, 2013 My […]
It used to be that the road to sainthood was a grueling process. Not only did you have to die a gruesome martyr death such as having your eyes plucked out or your head chopped […]
You may not know this but bad news is not good news. Bad news travels faster than a bad Sarah Jessica Parker/horse joke. I travel by bus because I don’t have a helicopter or a […]