Tag: comedy
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Angst Chapter Two: Walking Behind Slow-Walking Women
I would very much like to move more quickly to my destination, but I must get around this beautiful creature sauntering at such a below-average pace.
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Angst Chapter One: Race
What I learned during my grade school days in the 70s was anything but racist. In fact, the newly minted public education system, in an effort to make us “not racist,” introduced the concept of “racism” to us.
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The Dog Children
No, your dog is not “your child.” Keeping a pet, you are a steward of another lifeform. Such pets as dogs and cats, however, come with clear sets of do’s and don’ts. You can fool yourself about selfless time spent caring for them, but such frivolity involves very little self-sacrifice, and even less personal risk.…
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Bed Bugs and the Making of a Feline Hero (The Old Draft I Now Have an Ending For)
A few days ago, my wife found a bed bug. This threw her into a panic. Me too. The only bed bug stories are horror stories. We made an appointment with a bed bug specialist for the next day. We had to bag all of our clothing and linens to throw them in high heat…
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Watch: Final Open Mic at The Thirsty Soul
With Pete’s Taylor in arms, I eeked out Redneck Vacation and finished up with my final performance of Chinese Buffet in the lush, comfy, New Orleans-styled parlor to the applause of a small circle of friends.
Rodzroom 