Day 678: Alas, The Cheese Hath Been Cut

originally published November 8, 2013 Oh but for the crack of a wicked breeze, to damn the olfactory to the fleeting abyss of that which was wrought through the machinations of yesterday’s cabbagey broth. I fail to suppress this rumbling squeak and for that my fellow rail patrons afford me a banquet of scowls and […]

Day 646: The Inescapable Laugh Track

originally published October 7, 2013 Though it hasn’t yet been accepted as fact by the Western medical community, there is an adage that claims that laughter is the best medicine. But what if laughter is the disease itself? Somewhere amid the musty grey pages from the hard-to-reach file of wacky medical history lies the Tanganyika […]

Day 633: Cue The Laughs

originally published September 24, 2013 It is not the trait of which I am most proud, however it would be dishonest of me to deny the fact that I am a humor snob. Not to say I cull my giggles solely from the droll and waggish cartoons in the New Yorker – I’ll admit it, […]

Day 605: The Meaning(lessness) Of Dreams

originally published August 27, 2013 “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.” This quote beautifully sums up how easy it is to find quotes about dreams by using a search engine. Actually, you can learn a lot about interpreting your dreams on the internet, […]

Day 597: That Damn Falling Tree

originally published August 19, 2013 If a writer posts a thousand words and no one is there to read them, does he make a point? As a person who faces that possibility every morning – usually before consuming that first cup of coffee that could potentially render the answer easier to digest – I prefer […]

Day 540: Be A Hip Cat, Be A Ship’s Cat, Somewhere, Anywhere

originally published June 23, 2013 I try not to pay close attention to how many sets of eyes look at my site every day. Sure, WordPress keeps track of that, and sometimes it’s interesting when a particular article causes a spike of interest, but for the most part I choose my topics based on what […]

Day 514: Full Metal Emu

originally published May 28, 2013 For most nations, the years between the two World Wars was a time of boom and bust, a time when the economy trumped politics on the tips of citizens’ tongues. And when the call came for a new generation to pick up arms and fight for the cause, they were […]

Day 492: Tasting With The Best Of Them

originally published May 6, 2013 Having been an avid wine drinker ever I was eight days old and Jewish law demanded that I receive a belt of Manischewitz whilst some stranger slashed at my shvantz, I still can’t wrap my brain around wine reviews. Seriously, after spending my childhood sipping on dry red during every […]

Day 467: The Birds Are The Words

originally published April 11, 2013 I’d like to dedicate today’s article to my lovely wife, whose hatred of birds has spanned most of her life, and will no doubt follow her to her grave. It didn’t help when a filthy raven tumbled through the sunroof of her Mini Cooper while she was waiting at a […]

Day 464: Electro-Blasto Man

originally published April 8, 2013 All of us have had jobs we’ve hated. I’ve spent time as a lowly grunt in a meat packing plant (a dreadful six hours of my life), I’ve talked innocent consumers into devoting entire hours of their lives to a lengthy, wholly uninteresting telephone survey of their recent purchases, and […]