The tea party had been my wife’s idea. We had both recently started our graduate programs, and she wanted a chance to hang out with the other people in her program in a non-academic environment. She also wanted me to meet her new friends. So she invited six fellow students to our … [Read more...]

(Reprinted from the Journal of Intestinal Gas) As a former student of Dr. Pugh, and my predecessor as editor of this august journal, I consider it an honor to deliver the eulogy to this legendary gastroenterologist. He was born in the tiny hamlet of Crapperton in Dorset England … [Read more...]

At 92, I am still the consummate procrastinator. I haven’t checked off anything on my bucket list, but, if you'll pardon me for saying, my “F - It” list is growing. Why do today what you can put off ‘til tomorrow? That’s always been my motto, but now I’ve reached the point in … [Read more...]

With the state of the economy as it is and gas prices at an all time high, the majority of Americans stand to gain a lot from resorting to theft. Whether you are a gentlemen thief, out for a weekend thrill, or a regular back-alley-cigarette-smoking variety, is aside from the … [Read more...]

When your kids reach thirteen years of age they are abducted by aliens who insert alien brains in place of theirs, which are programmed to torture parents for the following five years. The plan is working perfectly so far in our house. The first sign of alien abduction in your … [Read more...]