Writer Blames Inability to Write on Having Teeth Pulled
Chattering about writer’s block Pat Beekers has been wandering about her home feeling inadequate as a writer these days ever since she had all her teeth pulled. Little … Read more
comedy
MUST SEE: Stephen Colbert’s “The Ballad of Cliven Bundy”
Stephen Colbert’s “The Ballad of Cliven Bundy” He’s done it again! As only the great political satirist Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central can do, … Read more
Lost Journal: American Idol Plays to Worst Instincts of the American Idle
Journal entry: May 15, 2009 (age 40) – American Idol I rant, therefore I am. That’s the only way I can describe how I feel after watching that … Read more
Running Commentary on the Changing Shape of a Commentator
Journal entry: April 24, 2009 (age 39) – In Shape Most times when I write, I am self-deprecating. Not today. Today, I am going to make fun of … Read more
Dr. Seuss Inspiration for New Ted Cruz Book
Green eggs and ham Ted Cruz Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has announced a new book deal with HarperCollins that will purportedly earn him well into the six figures. … Read more
Lost Journal: Age 40 Weighs Heavily on Mind and Body
Journal entry: February 18, 2009 (age 39) – Age 40 Wow. I am really out of shape. Or, as the current saying goes, I am in shape – … Read more
Jon Stewart Leaves the Daily Show, Starts JON Channel
Jon Stewart says he is now rich enough to own himself. The Daily Show is one man poorer this morning with the announcement that Jon Stewart is now … Read more
Lost Journal: Out of Age One, Many
Journal entry: August 14, 1970 (age 1) – Age One Looking up at the Sesame Street mobile that hangs above my crib, I am puzzling over the nature … Read more
Mysterious “Bobblehead” Man Vibrates at High Frequency; Flies into Crowd
Physicists agree the “bobblehead man” theory is the best explanation so far. David McKenney of Huntingdon, England is in the hospital today, after, for no explicable reason, he … Read more
Lost Journal: American Embarrassadors Face English Expulsion
Journal entry: March 24, 1990 (age 20) Note: This journal entry is the second in a two-part series. It’s been one week since the London police were called … Read more
