Ripping The Headlines Today, 6/27/18
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with […]
Emboldened Freedonians Chase Obnoxious Customers From Restaurants
BOSTON. It’s nearing lunchtime, and the pungent aroma of zlagnistki, a rich soup made from radishes, cardamom seeds and dried shoelace aglets, begins to waft out onto the sidewalks of Pope’s Triangle, a neighborhood that is […]
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 […]
(K)nights in White Satin
Illustration by Isabella Bannerman 1972 was a golden year for terrible songs to listen to on the radio. But one #1 hit was even worse than the one that preceded it, “My Ding-A-Ling” by Chuck […]
Who’s Better–Michael Jackson or Shakespeare?
I was almost feeling better–almost over the sense of pain and heartbreak that sweeps over me every June 25th, the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. Even though I hadn’t actually bought one of his records […]
The Eighty-Sixing of Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Listen, my children, I’ll tell it again The tale of the valiant little Red Hen, But that will be the very last time, Since Stephanie Wilkinson doesn’t rhyme With anything, and only slanders Rhyme with […]