Dead-People Trees
Of the many innovative human burial concepts I’m aware of, the one that interests me most right now is the method of turning your corpse into a tree. A concept by Anna Citelli and Raoul […]
Tag: puns
Captain’s Log Stardate 2265 – Sulu Socks It To Spock
Captain’s Log: Stardate 2265- Captain James T. Kirk speaking- The following disturbing incidents occurred verbatim as I have recorded them here below: At 18:45 and 33 seconds Caldushian time I was approached by Science Officer […]
Role Model in Reverse
Back when I was a young, naive lad of 35, I embraced as my role model an author famed for his language-humor columns and books. He was doing what I loved—punning and word-playing—and, amazingly, he […]
My Father’s Sense of Humor
When my wife tells me, “You’re not as funny as you think,” I freely own up to my failings and admit, “That’s my dad’s fault.” Yes, the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree, so […]
An Interview with Sisyphus: The Man and the Myth
BS: Sisyphus declined the invitation to come sit in our posh HumorOutcasts studio for this interview, so we met with him on a steep hill in Tartarus while he stayed vigorously engaged in his usual […]
All in good time.
Jill Y and I were at a parent/teacher meeting with our imaginary son. Nobody knows exactly how or exactly why Jill Y breaks every clock that she comes into contact with but break them she […]
Hoosiers Go Hog Wild In China
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK We here in rural Indiana don’t tend to think of ourselves as being part of the big worldwide picture. In fact, many people from the east and west coasts can’t […]