It’s A Lifestyle A dear friend was missing two Netflix movies, she looked everywhere on the computer table the television stand bookshelves cutting table, sorted through stacks of books magazines papers fabric, finally gave up in despair, wondering what the replacement cost would be, she told me all about it at lunch, later that day
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I go to therapy wearing my green and white military tank top that says: “my bush would make a better president.” My therapist sits in a modest desk chair and I slide into a black leather recliner. It’s a nouveau version of the therapy couch. Sweat gathers behind my knees, itching and sticking against the
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Announcing the formation of the Society for the Naming of All Future Un-named (SNAFU). Even though psychologists recognize the importance of a name on self-esteem and social expectations, the last several decades have seen more and more children named with apparent indifference to the world’s perceptions and the potential psychological damage to the bearer of
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“What have we got this week Jarvis, anything out of the ordinary?” “A couple of cases of interest, but we are staring the week with ‘A Paper Cut’, Sir.” “A paper cut? Surely there are guidance leaflets available for the use of books, you know “Care must be taken blar blar blar…” “Ah, yes, all
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Dear President of the Mark Twain Historical Society: I am in receipt of the letter in which you request (and not very politely!) that I cease blogging under the pen name ‘Marc Twainy’. You state that my use of this nom de plume “tarnishes the legacy of Mr. Mark Twain, an American icon”. It is
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