Lost Journal: The Birth of ‘The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club’
Journal entry: May 23, 1991 (age 22) In my middle school days, I stayed up late every Friday night to watch Second City Television, or SCTV. The show … Read more
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No Pants, No Shirt: Free Groceries (NSFW)
When the owner of a new supermarket in the city of Süderlügum, near the German/ Danish border, offered a basket of free groceries worth €270 to the first hundred shoppers willing to shop naked, he rea…
Campaign Treasure Hunters
From out of the green mist enveloping the campaign doldrums they come. Relentlessly. Doggedly. Cattedly. Trudging, blank-faced and soulless. Armies of cash-hungry zombies brandishing partisan pickaxes, shovels and … Read more
Nationwide Bake Sales Expected to Make Millions for Obama Campaign
Romney backers suspicious of brownie ingredients Organizers for the Obama camp are currently making plans to hold bake sales in cities all across America for the sole purpose … Read more
Toiling in Obscurity: Sprayin’ The Blues Away
How to rise above a life of back office obscurity By Elena Bonsignori I don’t get to sign my work or discuss it with Oprah. Every single fat … Read more
Cartoonist Isabella Bannerman: Funny at 51
“Six Chix” contributor Isabella Bannerman has always loved making people laugh “Now that I’m 51,” cartoonist Isabella Bannerman tells me, “cartooning is easier than it’s ever been. I … Read more
Give Peace Rabbit a Chance
In Dedham, Mass. a series of sculptures, eventually to total fifteen, of large rabbits have been commissioned. Evidently the rabbit figures in the town’s history as well as being emblematic of the local pottery. A …
Not a Crime Scene, Just My Rec Room
Last week a couple of men were walking a dog in the Swedish woods on their way to a fishing competition when they happened upon an abandoned bunker from the Second World War. When they explored inside they found a bed, several c…
Republicans Object to Obama Immigration Move as Blatantly Helping His Re-Election Chances
Making popular decisions in an election year gives him an unfair advantage, they charge Republican leaders in Congress today denounced President Obama’s move to change immigration policy as … Read more
