Poetry is Bad; at Least Mine is

Short History of India Nehru ran the government of India’s subcontinent When Gandhi was no longer handhi. Not an optimist H. G. Wells found that writing about the future sells But like a playwright from the ancient Greek that future had to be bleak

Notions and Novelties

What do you call the bottom of a pineapple upside-down cake? I’ve been hypnotizing bears to think that they are caterpillars. My theory is, when they emerge from hibernation, they will have wings; even if they don’t, it will be fun to watch them run from blue jays. My birth certificate has an asterisk on […]

Things You Don’t Want to See During Sex

A Medic-alert bracelet with the letters H-I-V on it. Surgical tools and an empty syringe. Your ex-wife. Her Rottweiler An incredulous toddler peering at you from the doorway while his little mind is shredded into what I’d imagine would be the kind of schism a violent psychopath might develop from. A blu-ray of the movie […]

How Do I Show Appreciation to My Child’s Teacher?

Drop a Xanax into your child’s thermos of milk. Offer your expert opinion on their teaching style. Keep an interest in school board politics so you can mindlessly and violently overreact to some minor incident… Know what your child is learning in school and what part of the Bible it conflicts with. Teachers like when […]

Hey Look, I’m Being Dark!

The only thing more painful than childbirth is having to listen to your wife drone on about how painful childbirth was. If every person I actively hated was put into a single building, I would set fire to that building. I’m never jealous of someone’s success, just of the money, property and lifestyle that comes […]