Home Maintenance Goes Down The Toilet
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK In honor of my son-in-law coming over to replace the toilet in my house—as far as I know, the old one was original equipment—here’s the story from a few months […]
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A Novel Solution To Saving Camp
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK There I was, happily whacking away at the keyboard, working on a story that poked a little fun at the space opera genre, when they tried to shut down my […]
Don’t Text And Read This
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK At work the other day, while taking a 911 call, calling a police unit on the radio, checking an address on a map, and following an approaching storm system on […]
Take A Powder With Pocket Booze
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Every now and then a concept just makes me stop and gape in amazement. The designated hitter, Joe Biden as Vice-President, a transistor radio you can listen to in the […]
Carnegie, Parents, and the Joy of Libraries
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK When my parents first married, they were too poor to go out much. So when the local comic book shops put the older inventory on sale they’d buy a stack, […]
Sympathy For The Elbow
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I’ve been seen recently with my arm in a sling, and whenever asked I just explained it was for sympathy. My wife put a stop to that when she realized […]
The Weather Changes. Again.
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK “Tragedy in Churubusco when three residents went on a walk to show off their spring clothes during the warm up this morning, and were later found frozen to death. Their […]
Laughing At Cancer
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I can make fun of anything. It’s my job. For instance, last July, as we stood on a scenic overlook over the Mississippi River in Missouri (you can’t look at […]
It Will Be A Dark And Stormy Night
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I’ve been complaining about winter weather in a lot of my columns, so I thought maybe it was time to complain about something else: Spring weather. Yes, spring […]
Bobbing For Fire
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK After three decades as a volunteer firefighter, I … hurt. A lot, especially when it’s cold. Recently I’ve been seen wearing a sling, to let my arm heal after I […]