Tag Archives: satire

Rrrrrrrappahannock!

Posted on November 10, 2016 by PMcG

In Poker, they are called Tells. Little tics of character that a player inadvertently reveals about the cards in his hand — all the while convinced that his poker face gives away nothing. Sometimes we do the same in the … Continue reading →

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Pronouns of the Apocalypse

Posted on October 26, 2016 by PMcG

Q. Can I ask you something in confidence? A. In confidence of what? Q. In confidence you’ll keep it to yourself. A. Hmm. A very unfrequently asked question here at the F.A.Q. card table. Let me think about it. Q. … Continue reading →

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Sweating like a rat

Posted on October 19, 2016 by PMcG

In the latest Journal of Physiology, scientists in Finland (who even knew they had science in Finland?) describe how exercise creates new brain cells. The following line gave me pause: “Scientists in Finland gathered a large group of adult male … Continue reading →

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F.A.Q. Who who hoo hoo

Posted on October 7, 2016 by PMcG

Q. Knock-knock A. Can I help you? Q. You’re supposed to say ‘Who’s there?’ A. Why? I can see who’s there. It’s you. Q. Yeah, but who am I? A. I give up. Who am you? Q. Come on. I’m … Continue reading →

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Rules of thumb

Posted on September 29, 2016 by PMcG

So often we hear about a person of supreme talent who squanders a golden opportunity because of a problem with opioids, steroids or Sigmund Freud’s slip. They wind up in jail, or living under a highway overpass or borrowing $14 … Continue reading →

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Impure thoughts

Posted on September 21, 2016 by PMcG

Can we all agree that some things make no sense? If not, ask yourself why mothers console disappointed children by saying everything will work out in the end. Isn’t the end just a little too late? I mean, once something … Continue reading →

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The lunatic fringe

Posted on September 16, 2016 by PMcG

The world is mad! Admittedly, an extreme view. But from the haughty, extreme left? The corrosive, extreme right? Or something else altogether? Because, if liberals have a lunatic-fringe and conservatives have a lunatic-fringe, why can’t there be a lunatic-fringe of … Continue reading →

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