Tag Archives: humor

The Fly who buzzed me

Monday 9:17am. Started writing “How to Make a Million Before the Weekend.” Why haven’t I thought of this before? You get rich before the weekend so you have two straight days of buying toys and playing with them and eating … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, funny | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Brand X

If there’s one thing I learned at the home, I’d be surprised. Actually, I didn’t start learning stuff until my lawyer convinced a judge I wasn’t really crazy as a bed bug. My lawyer: Your honor, have you ever seen … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, News You Can Use (Sort of) | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

F.A.Q. Adventures in feasing

Q. What is malfeasance? A. Technically, it’s the act of feasing someone named Mal. Not to be confused with Melfeasance. Q. Why not? A. Mel doesn’t like to interact with anybody else’s fease. Q. Wouldn’t that fall under the category … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, F.A.Q., News You Can Use (Sort of) | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Waiting, as usual, for Godot

Vladimir: How’s everything? Estragon: How should I know? Vladimir: I thought you knew everything. Estragon: I do. Vladimir: Then let me repeat my question. How’s everything? Estragon: Let me repeat my answer: How should I know? I may know everything—hey, … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Artsy fartsy

Q. How can I tell if I have a Caravaggio in my attic? A. Is that the guy who does the Wolf Blitzer impersonations? Q. No. Wolf Blitzer does those. He’s very good at it. A. I wouldn’t want to … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, F.A.Q., Mockery and derision | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Another man’s or

Our most frequently asked question of the universe-at-large (remembering to use our inside voice) is a simple one: Is there or isn’t there? Put more simply, in the universal language of the chainsaw-wielding prophet of the street — he of … Continue reading

Posted in Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Speaking of enormous

I see they’re about to start selling us shoes that tie themselves. Seriously. I wonder if they’re going to call them loafers. I also wonder if we’ve gotten just a little too self-ish for our own good. A guy came … Continue reading

Posted in Absurd and/or zany, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments