Things tagged Humor

Returning Again — Back on Little Cor… 06/26/08
This is a first -- going back to somewhere I've already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and ...
Airfare by the Pound: ‘Just Like Ground Ro… 06/12/08
Steven Colbert has a hilarious take on one way the airline industry could deal with increased fuel costs, charge passengers ...
04/23/08
We're taking care of Corrinne's parent's dogs for a few days. This is Heather, she's a 14 year-old Scottish Terrier ...
04/22/08
A new Vietnamese restaurant opened around the corner, or at least a Pho restaurant. It's actually really good and I ...
04/11/08
I have no idea what these are, but they look like corn dogs.
03/05/08
For all those that have ever wondered exactly what a peg leg cat wearing a t-shirt would look like, well, ...
02/18/08
The Madison Post Office, also, you'll note, the town fallout shelter. You just don't see those signs much anymore. I ...
V. 10/16/07
Who or what is V?
Ninety-two in the Shade 10/15/07
McGuane gets compared to Pynchon quite a bit, which I’ve never understood save perhaps the sheer madcap pace of language ...
Distance from Loved Ones 10/15/07
This collection of poems is less whimsical than other Tate works I've read and consequently somewhat more compelling both in ...
The Dead Father 10/15/07
Barthelme is one of a kind, one of those love him or hate him soft of authors.
Pnin 10/15/07
"Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius. There is no other word with which to describe a writer who, in mid-life, ...

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I wasn't quite sure what to do with this space... I thought maybe I would plant a little tree or something, but there's already a little tree just above here. Maybe a watering hole, some sort of saloon. I dunno. Still working on it.

Recent Writings
  • Thursday
    July 3, 2008

    Tiny Cities Made of Ash The bells are a constant cacophony, not the rhythmic ringing out of the hours or tolling from mass that the human mind seems …
  • Monday
    June 30, 2008

    You Can't Go Home Again The wind became constant on the second day, changing from the occasional gust that would precede an hour or two of torrential rains, …
  • Thursday
    June 26, 2008

    Returning Again — Back on Little Corn Island This is a first — going back to somewhere I’ve already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and so full of …
  • Saturday
    June 7, 2008

    In Love With a View: Vagabonds,
    Responsibilty and Living Well
    Tim Patterson, editor of MatadorTrips.com, recently published an article entitled How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously). There are some good tips …
Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers -- it sounds like something McSweeney's would print, but no, it's The New Yorker. And unlike most New Yorker pieces this one ...
"Those who have ever received a case of Orchidaceæ from the Tropics, know full well that the opening of it is attended with the most ...
Nice Javascript library to cross fade any series of elements in a container element. This one uses JQuery and has by far the best browser ...
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