Author Archives: PMcG

On Pants (with pants on)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by PMcG

Have you ever come across a story in your newspaper so confounding that you decided to have just one more beer and then go out and bark at the moon? No, same here. I mean, hardly ever. Before you read … Continue reading →

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Firetrucking idiot

Posted on July 4, 2019 by PMcG

Police blotter, Awkward Point police 7:49 a.m. Anonymous tip: burning pants lying in road across from Gunther’s Previously Opened Canned Vegetables.  Pants are smoking in clearly marked “Smoke free” zone. Fire department’s answering machine is full.  Tried to leave message … Continue reading →

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Sigh ops

Posted on June 19, 2019 by PMcG

I sat on the edge of my bed this morning and thought about the unpleasant, energy-devouring items on my agenda for the day: shovel the walk, mow the lawn, call Putin and tell him communism sucks, pressure wash the outhouse, … Continue reading →

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Full (as a tick) disclosure

Posted on May 24, 2019 by PMcG

You’re about to do something so bold, so socially weird that, should you be caught, your career — if you have one — is over. If you don’t have one, you will be issued a temporary, well-paying career with good … Continue reading →

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Watch your head

Posted on May 8, 2019 by PMcG

Here’s what we know so far: Public confidence in the statement “That could never happen” has fallen in the polls, replaced by the fast-rising, seldom-believed promise “That will never happen again.” Mean people suck and will continue to suck for … Continue reading →

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No brainer

Posted on April 23, 2019 by PMcG

Haven’t we all laughed, maybe even slapped our thighs until it hurt so much we had to slap somebody else’s thighs, when somebody challenges another’s intelligence with “Where were you when they handed out the brains?” For those with a … Continue reading →

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Quoting the Spearman

Posted on April 1, 2019 by PMcG

Q. Right. I’ll say something and you say the first thing that comes to mind. Then, I’ll say something else and you give me your first thought and so on and so forth, yada yada yada, yabba yabba do, boom … Continue reading →

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