Deb’s 42 Word Challenge: Historical Fiction

That’s right! Historical fiction is Deb’s current challenge. So, I’ve written from a fictional tale of America’s foremost doctor. “This ham is spoiled and these eggs are rotten”, he exclaimed. His wife replied, “Maybe you’d eat them with your precious goat or on that boat you love so much!” Dr. Suess replied, “Quick, a typewriter! […]

What it Means to be a REAL Man

It means we will react violently if we feel insulted enough. Oddly enough, how insulted we feel is inversely proportional to how big and scary the guy insulting us is… It means that we will NEVER ask for directions, use a map or follow street signs. We navigate like our fathers did: By driving around […]

I Tell You What You Can Do with Lemons

Get eight of them together and hold a lemon party. Step on one and hold a lemon funeral. Walk into a pet store with a lemon in your hands and shout angrily, “The wings fell off of this canary you sold me!” Always keep lemons in your refrigerator and they’ll keep you informed of any […]

Notes on the Roadrunner

You don’t see a bird like the roadrunner every day… unless you live next door to one and it washes its car a lot… which would be frustrating because you’d like just ONE day to be edging your lawn and not have to make small talk with it while it waxes its Trans Am… Roadrunners […]

What is Charlie Up to?

I buy fifty cd-roms a week so I can eventually backup the entire internet. I’m creating a snack food laced with barbiturates called Laze Potato Chips. I’m hollowing out birch seeds so that, when they are grown, I’ll have a ready-made canoe. I’m falsifying my driver’s license to match my falsified birth certificate. I’m shaving […]