Comedy
October 25, 2009
- The Rare and Unusual Varieties department of the Sea View Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association has today announced that a new variety of turnip has finally been grown that is fit to carry the Benjamin Arnold Guppy name - the Brassica Benjamina Guppicus. The new variety is slightly larger than other turnips, with incredibly dense foliage, and it boasts the unusual ability to throw itself over ...
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October 7, 2009
- I am leery of reviews on places like Amazon.com because old enemies, hackers, and crackpots can post fraudulent reviews, but now Amazon, if not everybody, seems to be taking measures to make sure reviewers review under their own names. So this recent review of my 1996 satirical novel, SUPERFAG, is a welcome entry, especially since I don't know the reviewer at all and owe him nothing, nor he me. ...
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September 10, 2009
- So, it's repentence day, is it? Forgot to mark it on my calendar. In any case, given the amazing amount of people that generally tick me off during the day, I suppose I have a lot I should be sorry for. Normally I would class myself as a regular, tolerant human being but then... well, they don't call me Jekyll for no reason.So, I would like the following on record:To the guy on his phone in my ...
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September 3, 2009
- The much-anticipated benefit for the Provincetown Dog Park starring Lily Tomlin was a huge success. All day long, tropical disturbance Danny dumped rain on our little town, but an hour before the event in a huge white tent out on MacMillan Pier, the rains stopped. In the lowering evening light, eight hundred people walked out the pier promenade and found their seats. The air was so still and ...
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August 22, 2009
- Previously published in the 'Splendiferously Important Homes of Her Majesty's British Isles' edition of Her Ladyshipness Magazine.'How to dress your bookshelves so they achieve maximum impact when viewed from the street'It is not good enough that those fortunate enough to be given an audience within the abodes of the elite be aware of the splendid nature of our interiors. We must also give some ...
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August 8, 2009
- Those of you that have been following this site for a while now, know that we have a very “active” little Sheltie. Her name is Jenny. I have done numerous posts regarding her many antics. She constantly has hubby and I laughing so hard our sides hurt.However, lately she has added some new antics to her repertoire of her many unusual abilities. Let me explain to you what happened ...
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August 7, 2009
- Stephen Evans' debut novel The Marriage of True Minds deals with divorce, childlessness, mental illness, euthanasia, and suicide. He hopes you enjoy it.
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July 23, 2009
- More than one writer has called herself merely a storyteller. "I just tell stories," we say lifting the weight of "literature" from our books. Seen as a good "story," a narrative can do what it wants--have drawings, jump through time, be told in a peculiar voice. We enchant as storytellers, but also excuse ourselves from a kind of importance that seems to have rules. ...
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July 23, 2009
- The Single Prayer Plan: Please god, don’t let me get sick. Let’s all pull up our camp chairs around the fire and tell our scariest health care stories: the friend who couldn’t afford her thyroid medication and permanently damaged her eyes; the friend who needed a hip replacement and got caught in the dreaded catch-22 world of pre-existing conditions; the vigilant friend who called out ...
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July 11, 2009
- Previously published in the 'Splendiferously Important Homes of Her Majesty's British Isles' edition of 'Her Ladyshipness Magazine'.It is of the utmost importance that a lady decorate her home in a manner befitting her station in life. That is why, regardless of whether or not you dwell within a castle or a small terraced cottage at the back of beyond, if you are a woman of breeding you should ...
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