Thanksgiving Fare Is Fowl
Thanksgiving is a time for family. Not just your familiar family but also your spouse’s family. Your spouse’s strange, weird family. One Thanksgiving that we spent at my in-laws’ is one I won’t forget. Soon […]
Thanksgiving is a time for family. Not just your familiar family but also your spouse’s family. Your spouse’s strange, weird family. One Thanksgiving that we spent at my in-laws’ is one I won’t forget. Soon […]
(Some content stolen, with permission, from Debra A. Daniel) For the uninitiated or unfunny, writing a humor piece can seem almost impossible, but I assure you it is possible—barely. Because the technical jargon of comedy […]
When my sister-in-law visited recently, she brought the latest issue of the magazine Garden & Gun. Yes, that’s what I said—Garden & Gun. And while this pairing might at first seem the teeniest bit unlikely, […]
I can’t say for certain whether my wife is a witch or not, but I do know she charmed me when I first saw her and she does have a “weird sister.” (Sorry, Sissy. That’s […]
“God/Universe, please make it clear to me whether I should take this position; please give me an unmistakeable sign,” I thought as I headed to a job interview at what I will call Putrescence University […]
The just-released October/November issue of AARP magazine contains this helpful item—#45 in a list of “50 Ways to Stay Healthy” (p. 46): “Stamp out erection issues: Worry about impotency can cause . . . impotency. […]
In 1972, the same year that the final Apollo mission flew, I found myself without a ride to high school. Yes, we could get to the moon, but could I get to school? I lived […]
A funny thing about our personal identity is that although we work so hard and long to find it, we often delight in hiding or abandoning it. Who hasn’t had fun wearing a costume, assuming […]
It’s a relaxing evening at home just right for watching a movie. I sit down with my wife on the loveseat and think how nice this is when our cat jumps up between us and […]
When I saw a list of popular musicians and bands recently, I thought I might be a victim of slightly early onset dementia. I could make almost no sense of it: Trae Tha Truth ft. […]