The Aardvark who Made a Comeback

Once there was an aardvark who’d enjoyed some success as a stand-up comic, partly because it was the right time for his special brand of political humor and partly because he could be paid in termites; but, time is not kind to comics and the aardvark fell out of fashion; in fact, there was a […]

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Stuff and Junk

I’ve written things that were masterpieces but not “beloved masterpieces”. Because the only works they get the designation as “beloved” are children’s books. Why? Because if children love a book you’ll know it because they’ll demand you read it to them over and over and OVER until you finally FREAK OUT and replace its ending […]

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Advice Column Advice

To my readers and to those who just come here to see if I mentioned them at all:  I’m planning on writing another advice column featuring the biologically-enhanced super-intelligent dog, and I thought some of you might want to offer questions for her.  If so, put them into the comments below… Ask a Bio-engineered Super-intelligent […]

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Scars and How You Get Them

[In the movie, The Dark Knight, The Joker asks various people, “Wanna know how I got these scars?” and spins a different story to each person.  Here are the real answers to: Wanna know how I got these scars?     I was teaching my dog how to catch a Frisbee. I was a sword […]

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