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For those of you who have a long way to go before Medicare Part Z, you may not fully appreciate toilet paper, a.k.a., toilet tissue. For those of us who have ever winced at the bucket of corn cobs in the corner of the outhouse, or noted only the slick shiny pages of the Sears … [Read more...]
I was driving in my suburban neighborhood recently when I noticed some red American Girl doll boxes in a few curbside recycling bins. Apparently these wildly popular 18” inch dolls are continuing to sell in this recession—even with their $100 price tags. My two daughters play … [Read more...]
Of all the requisite hells in this world, there is nothing quite like a trip to Dante’s lowest level: the DMV. Dental examinations, traffic court appearances and exploratory medical procedures with the dreaded ‘scopy’ suffix are all slight inconveniences when compared to the … [Read more...]
My speech today is about the challenges facing today’s budding humor writers. It’s also only about 750 words long, so there will be no need for any impatient coughing from the audience. What else is it? Actually it could be used as a tutorial to help you win a prize for some kind … [Read more...]
Celebrities writing children’s books are to the 00’s what celebrities' “cutting albums” were to the 80’s. (Which reminds me: Thank you, Eddie Murphy, Don Johnson and Bruce Willis for sparing us your Seussian-like literary wisdom so far.) To me these tossed off afterthoughts of a … [Read more...]