In 1978, I was ordained to the gospel ministry. To mark this special event, my parents surprised me with a new 1977 Dodge Aspen, the most spectacular present I ever received. It was white, with a red interior and beautiful cloth seats.
My old car had so many glitches and problems I took it to a […]

So often we have unruly airline passengers who threaten to disrupt a flight or cause a scene. Some have been known to attack passengers, attempt to open a door in flight or even assault a stewardess. I propose we put pods on the bottom of aircraft, which hold exactly one to two unruly passengers. If […]

Traveling can be a humbling experience, particularly when you travel to a foreign country. Such experiences, of course, give rise to travel jokes.
Travel Jokes
1. Three brothers are sitting at the bar in a Moscow establishment. An older man is sitting at a table behind them and has obviously had too much vodka. He stands, […]

The maker of Cialis will apply to the FDA for approval of a once-a-day version of its ED treatment. The company maintains that a daily dose will allow the benefactor to enjoy more spontaneous delight than he can with what the manufacturer refers to as its “on demand” version.
The company maintains that side effects of […]

Recently, while sitting in my chair drinking the last of my breakfast coffee, a thought staggered into my mind. I must confess most thoughts are quite lonely once they enter my mind, but this one had a nagging element to it.
Experience has taught me I should never give in to these strange trespassers. Every time […]

Sometimes it’s possible to accomplish something important by doing nothing at all. Well, actually, I did do something. I resisted. I think that counts. Here’s my story.
Many of my friends have been getting pierced and tattooed for years. It’s huge. Every neighborhood has at least one bodypiercing/bodyart place. Seems like they outnumber taverns these days. […]

From my early teens, my dad spent time counseling me on my choice of profession. At an early age, I had the mind to study law. I joined the debating society in school as a preparatory step. In my last two years in school, I was the number one choice to represent my school in […]

Not very nice but colloquialisms just the same. (just fill in the blank with a word of your choice)
“you annoy me like a wet leaf stuck to my __”“they don’t put foundations under s___ houses”“I’d rather board you than feed you, even if you sh__ the bed!”“he’s like a one-legged man in an a__ -kicking […]

I had a dream the other night. Dream nothing, it was a nightmare, if you must know the truth. Normally I don’t put too much stock in dreams or nightmares, as the case may be, but this was different.
My grandmother believed in dreams. The most important part of her night were the dreams […]

Why do entertainment critics exist as writers for newspapers? They embroil me each time I read their reviews. A market research report with a sample size of one would be worthless to a company. Yet, how well a movie, a play, or a CD fares is based on an opinion rendered by one person. Even […]