Tag: humor
member name: Sarah A. (I KANZ B UH RITUR!!!!) , YEZ!!
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January 02, 2009 12:17 PM EST --
How to be a Mental Patient
A Guide for the Amateur Only
Introduction:
Etiquette, we know, is important, and help is available at any book store or newsstand.
But will be useful? . . .
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January 09, 2009 03:13 PM EST --
Things I’ve Lost
(Not Counting Cats, Dogs, Eyeglasses and Socks)
One tarantula, lost through divorce
A stone fish, a boa, two canaries, my horse
Three teeth, a toenail, a sliver of bone
A great-aunt . . .
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January 20, 2009 07:36 PM EST --
Nude Mice Indecent, Says the Society for Indecency to Animals
SINA, the Society for Indecency to Animals is once more in the news.
SINA, (pronounced 'sinna') swam into public view in . . .
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April 18, 2009 10:17 AM EDT --
God knows I’ve been party to a lot of parties. The Democratic Party, until recently the ‘Chicago Cubs’ of politics. The party line my folks used to have such fun with in downstate New York . . .
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June 20, 2009 10:06 PM EDT --
There are a lot of things I don’t get when it comes to men. Flatulence as a fount of humor comes quickly to mind. Corvettes. Bodacious Ta-Ta’s...
But the biggest cultural . . .
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October 28, 2009 06:07 PM EDT --
The Complete Recluse Celebrates Halloween the East Kentucky Way!
I’ve begun my Halloween preparations. First, I’ve spray painted over my name on my mailbox and written Vacant . . .
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May 04, 2009 12:30 PM EDT --
Two Weddings and a Restraining Order
It was a marriage made in ... adolescence... I started hanging out with Gary when he was 17 and I was 18. I had returned from Berkeley for the summer . . .
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November 03, 2009 09:21 PM EST --
How I Write
Since good writing is much discussed lately, I thought I’d throw open the closet door and reveal my secrets to the world. Or as much of the world as is still on Gather – . . .
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August 09, 2009 02:22 PM EDT --
Lately I’ve been engaged in a rite of passage, one of those things that separate the men from the boys, the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff.
I’m teaching my kid to . . .
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August 15, 2009 07:37 PM EDT --
I’ve decided I’m going to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb. Or, more precisely, I’m going to stop arguing and start making money.
So here, for your approval, is my new . . .
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January 24, 2009 11:56 AM EST --
Race and Riot
My cats come in on little cat feet
That is, like an elephant herd.
They hang from the ceiling and teeter on doors,
And ignore my discouraging words.
As they leap from door . . .
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January 14, 2009 02:11 PM EST --
Miz Pearl Stewart: Her World
The denizens of "Martha’s World" were surprised to learn today that the Queen of “Do It, Do It, Do It Yourself” has an identical twin. . . .
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January 26, 2009 11:44 PM EST --
Nights Before the Mast
(Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea)
For all the alcoholics and those who ride herd on them...
In the dark of the night when the bottle is done
And the voices are calling aloud . . .
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January 12, 2009 10:52 PM EST --
The George Bush Memorial Library Tour
Hello and welcome to the George W Bush Memorial Library! My name is Bootsie, and I’ll be your guide today! Now, are we all wearing our “I Love . . .
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February 07, 2009 03:15 PM EST --
Am I but a string?
A reductionist's plaything?
No, I'm a frayed knot!
(Old jokes are the best jokes...)
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October 14, 2009 07:11 PM EDT --
Today's tale is dedicated to the recently deceased William Safire, whose excellent book on words and their usage was called In Love With Norma Loquendi. ( Norma Loquendi means everyday speech). . . .
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January 23, 2009 07:13 AM EST --
Sloppy in the Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose mess this is I think I know.
She never seems to clean it, though.
She’d rather write and gather points
Than be a drudge and sweep this joint.
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February 26, 2009 10:31 AM EST --
P.I.N.G.s
Presently
I'm
Not
GMailing
People
I'll
Next
Garrote
Pondering,
I
Never
"Get"
Policing
Internet
Never
Good
Please,
I
Need
Gold!
Politeness . . .
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February 13, 2009 08:38 AM EST --
Haiku for a Thrice-Singed Valentine
Speak to me of love,
And I’ll likely break your jaw!
(So, speak quietly…)
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February 17, 2009 03:46 PM EST --
Cleaning for Real People
A clean and orderly environment is the birthright of every child. So, for that matter, is a nanny, but they aren’t going to get either one of them from you. . . .
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