This Day in History: July 24th

The Kellogg–Briand Pact (or Pact of Paris, officially General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy) went into effect on this day in 1929, effectively ending war as they knew it. Fortunately, war as they didn’t know it was still waiting in the wings. The Kellogg-Briand Pact has been ridiculed […]

What Can I Do? A Riff…

[Remember when you were a kid, sitting around with your family… and the television wasn’t on because no one felt like climbing onto the tin roof and adjusting the antenna so you sat around riffing on one topic with your family? Neither do I but it’s fun to pretend…] I saw a speech about doing […]

A Little More About What I Like

There are a lot of comics. But, within that set are “comics’ comics”, who are comics that other comics are amazed by. Norm MacDonald, Ellen Degeneras and Gilbert Gottfried come to mind. Before all of them was the granddaddy of all comics’ comics.

Three Poems for Sister Sarah

[I write humor during the week, but occasionally some poems leak out of my head and I force those poems on my readers when the weekend rolls around. You may not like this, but it is better than having to look at selfies of my genitals, isn’t it?] Spy Hard The secret agent Double […]

Opera Explained: Pagliacci

Actors arrive at a village during the Feast of the Assumption, at least that’s my guess. Tonio, the clown, explains to the villagers the plot of the upcoming play because when they shrug and whisper to one another during, it really throws the actors off. The play will be about Pagliaccio, played by Canio, taking […]