Life in the Good Old Days
Don’t let any of the over-55 crowd tell you that life was better when they were growing up. It wasn’t. I know, because I was there. We didn’t know at the time how miserable we […]
Tag: funny stories
The Great Catholic Halloween Caper
It was Halloween of 1955, and the kids of St. Joseph’s Catholic Elementary School had been looking forward to it, along with every other kid in the United States. We got to dress up in […]
Why I Never Became an Architect
I first got an inkling that architecture was probably not my destined career when I was a young child playing with blocks. I would carefully put what I thought was a pretty good semi-vertical structure […]
The Secret Life of Me
ADMISSION (or DEDICATION, if that sounds better): I would like to acknowledge the work of Bruce Ferber, Donna Cavanagh and James Thurber. Because of them, I have superheroes, daredevils and daydreamers on my mind, screaming […]
It’s Float Night!
Our pool club sent out an email stating they are closed for 24 hours due to a poop found floating in the pool. However, they also stated that they will still be open for their […]
Password Pains
(Hey look! I can write “flash fiction!”) Checking her emails wasn’t usually a cause of agony for Polly Pastoretti, but tonight was different. “Damn it!” She shook her head, let it fall on her chest […]
Miss Computer Manners Speaks Up
1. Listen to your computer-loving, techie-type friends when they give you advice about things you should do with your computer. If you ignore them, and you get into problems, this is the person you should […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please tell grandmom I’m really, really sorry for putting super glue in grandpop’s denture adhesive. He still can’t talk too good, but grandmom gave me $50 thanking me for the best three days of peace […]
How NOT to Install a New Roman Shade
I won’t bore everyone with the whole story of how I ended up standing on a precariously propped-up stepladder holding a Roman shade with a tension rod stuck in it. Suffice it to say that […]