#Pocalypso | Why Must Everything Be Zip Locked?
2020-06-25 – Have you noticed the proliferation of zip-lock packaging? I don’t mind it so much on single-use items, though it is a little messy trying to get those tiny […]
Tag Archives: Humor
#Pocalypso | I’m Pretending My Kids Live in California
2020-05-13 – I know that, by this point in the pandemic, a lot of people are wishing their kids would just go away. My kids, ages 28 and 26, went […]
#Pocalypso | How Much Self Improvement Is Too Much
2020-05-07 – So here we are. Cooped up. But we have food and shelter—and the Internet. We all fall back on hobbies to get us through. My hobby, apparently, is […]
#Pocalypso | I’ve Had a Cough for Years
2020-04-16 – I have a chronic cough. No, I don’t have COVID-19. Even the hypochondriac in me doesn’t think I have COVID-19 (Hypochondriac in me: “Speak for yourself!”). I’ve always […]
#Pocalypso | Dog-Walking Tactics
2020-04-06 – My dog Rebe seems afraid when I walk her past certain spots. She cowers or even lays down to avoid continuing. I’m not sure what she’s afraid of. […]
Spanish Hamburgers Are Female!
2020-01-16 – If you think we have problems with gender in English, try Spanish. In English, we are struggling to decide on a gender-neutral pronoun (and seemingly settling on “they”). […]
Playing Fetch With Yourself . . . If You’re a Dog
2020-01-06 – This is a picture of my dog Rebe trying to carry a stick that is larger than she is. Rebe is a rescue dog, so we don’t know […]
Is Trump’s Secret WMD Truth?
2019-04-08 – Could it be that Donald Trump’s secret weapon is truth? God knows he’s been holding back the truth for years. Is that because the truth he has to […]
Getting My Life Back While Still Being Part of the #Resistance
2019-02-21 – On Monday I wrote about how Trump has corrupted comedy—and parenthetically about how my obsession with all things Trump has corrupted my writing. Today I’m going to tell […]
“Nothing Funny About Tired Saturday Night Live . . .”
2018-02-18 – Trump tweets: “Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live . . .” And, you know, he’s right for a change. Comedy has gotten lazy. It used to be […]
