humor

  • And Another Thing…!

    Piggybacking onto Tuesday’s prompt: What bothers me and why… it’s SURVEYS!!! Is there no place left in polite society where one can have an interaction that doesn’t result in taking a survey? (That wasn’t a rhetorical question; I wouldn’t mind an answer.) Every action, transaction, interaction, proceeding, negotiation, performance, operation, movement, recapitulation, service, gradation, and

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  • To life!

    To exist in a madding world swimming in dysfunction and a list of human failings too long to mention (and those are our species rosier aspects), one must possess a sense of humor, an appreciation for irony, and the wisdom to recognize each as a gift. A bonus would be having a life mate also

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  • A limerick from the first season of The Crown: There once was a girl named Sally Who never said “no” to a dally And when she sat on the lap of a well-endowed chap She cried, “Sir, you are right up my alley!” Another from the late Christopher Hitchens: It was said of the Bishop

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  • The above is what I ride. I’ve always had Cannondale’s; there’re terrific bikes and handmade right here in America. I always dreamed of cycling across the country. Back when my legs were capable of making the journey, it would’ve required a six-week vacation. Now that I can afford the time, my legs would prove stubbornly

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  • Grinning Through a Storm

    The year was 2010. I dropped my wife, Kathryn, at Philadelphia Internation and proceeded—against my better judgement, and because I was too cheap to spring for the airfare—on a 650-mile journey with three 13-year-old boys (my son and two friends). Our destination? Myrtle Beach, where we would meet Kathryn and my in-laws at a beachfront

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