Sep
18
(originally posted 4/1/2012) “Why do people needs to sleep?” asked the eight year old girl being put to bed by her uncle. His first time being asked to do so. Quite the honor. “Do you want the scientific reason or my opinion?” her uncle replied. Always happy to prolong bedtime festivities she responded with […]
Sep
17
(originally posted 3/31/2021) There is a washing machine at a laundromat in San Francisco that has been in service for sixteen years and is only three days away from breaking down. The perfect premise for a modern-day fairy tale, except for the fact that it involves a washing machine in San Francisco. The stains […]
Sep
16
(originally posted 5/20/2015) The chirping of birds is only relaxing if you don’t speak bird. If you did, all you’d hear is an endless series of sexual advances. “Hey baby! Hey Baby! Hey baby! Hey Baby! Hey baby! Hey Baby!” How long do you think it would be until you got out of your […]
Sep
15
(originally posted 12/9/2018) The year was 1925. Cars looked very similar to how they appear today but they were pulled by horses as the engine hadn’t been invented yet. Houses had refrigerators but they were still room temperature. They had figured out ice centuries before but they couldn’t figure out how to keep it […]
Sep
14
(first appeared in Reading Hour (India) May 2013) A wise man once told me that a ladder is not an upside down hole… so you can see why I am leery of advice. He really was a wise man but I can’t help thinking that on that particular day he was a bit off […]
