Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
I used to harshly judge people who lied to their children about where they came from; but, one day I thought about it: “Your dad and I drank too much alcohol and nine months later you came out of the same place that pee does” is not a scenario that inspires confidence in a six-year-old. […]
Read More My Memories of Nebulae is FuzzyThe earliest rope that archaeologists have found was fifty thousand years old and a sad piece of work it was: Three vines woven together. If the Neanderthal who created it was MY son, that “rope” would NOT even get a spot on the refrigerator. The earliest rope that we can CALL “rope” without charity or […]
Read More I Give You Enough RopeSadly, I have to end our engagement. You have been unfaithful. You might not have cheated on me, physically; but, you’ve cheated on me, metaphorically. That’s far worse… or far better… depending upon how you look at it. I’m finding it hard to deal with the shame and so is my girlfriend… she’s THIS close […]
Read More The Big BreakupMotherhood sucks! I’m not talking about raising your children… that’s its own kind of Hell. I’m talking about the whole process of reproducing. I think every mother will agree with that, especially those in their eighth month. It was so easy earlier in the evolutionary ladder: At first, when an organism wanted to reproduce, it […]
Read More Random NonsenseIt’s four o’clock in the morning and I am hungry. But, if I eat now, I’ll just want to eat at three o’clock, tomorrow… and so on… until I’m eating breakfast right before I go to bed. If I had breakfast at night, there’d be no need to sleep at all because sleep is simply […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 