Deb’s Silly Contest

Deb Whittam’s forty-two word contest is all about film noir. I offer the following: *** “Dirk Ackuddle, Private Investigator”, she said crossing her long legs and lighting a perfumed cigarette, “That’s an odd name” “‘Dirk’ was my mother’s name”, I replied “How about ‘Ackuddle?” “Maybe after we get to know each other better”…

A Wee Little Fish

I didn’t have anything ready for today, so here’s one I did many years ago before I had a website. If you have a beef about it, it’s with old Charlie, not the new Charlie, who is ironically, the older Charlie… The Sapid Deception of the Tiger Oscar

The Symptoms of Canine Panic Disorder (CPD)

Urination: Obviously, not all urination; but, urination where it doesn’t normally occur: Such as the carpet, the stove top or Haiti. Vocalization: As in rapid and/or high-pitch barks or yelps. If the dog vocalizes, “I’m chill, bruh”, it’s probably not panicking and is more likely a surfer. Trembling: Uncontrollable shaking is a sign of CPD. […]

This Day in History: July 29

William Powell born on this day in 1892, the first act of a desperate man. Known primarily for the Thin Man series of moves, he managed to carry off his screen persona as a tough guy despite the fact that he weighed no more than a toddler. Hague Convention treaties were signed on […]

Solutions to America’s Debt

A one dollar surtax on every time a Texan uses the phrase, “That’s what SHE said” unless they are using it to convey what a female human or parrot actually said. Sell our tanks and missiles to smaller countries who are already at war on the condition that we get to film it and turn […]