Category: Humor/Fiction

On the road to learning how to become a genius, I did what most budding geniuses do. I cracked a beer, and logged in to YouTube…

For some odd reason, the Colorado Department of Transportation wants to pile yet another special event onto our busy December schedules…

No, this is not a homeless encampment at the South Pole…

“Everybody is trapped in a state of anxiety, but we keep picking up our phones and checking the latest fake news and misinformation…”

Some people, I’m sure, would pick Christmas, based on expenses, and maxed-out credit cards. Also, the mistletoe… and the obligation to drink eggnog…

The court order states that OSHA “cannot possibly show that every workplace covered by the Mandate currently has COVID-positive employees…”

Not that I’m opposed to streets and roads and bridges. Even my bicycle works better on paved roads…

Consumer prices are rising, and if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you might be anxious about the price of food, gas, and other items…

“If expectations are unrealistically high they could be the basis of disappointment and low life satisfaction,” wrote the authors…

“Louis, I know you’re trying to be funny, but this is serious. Why are you implying, in your columns, that you’re not vaccinated?”

Apparently, IMAs are affected by specific endogenous antibodies. Or so the scientists tell us. Although sometimes, like the rest of us, they see things differently….

Johnny laughed. “You will find that Louis is the old fashioned type,” he advised Jeanette. “Old fashioned, in more ways than one…”

You know that TV series, The Bachelor? There’s a spinoff for seniors, in the works….

“Did you finish cleaning your room, Louis, like we asked you?” they would say, frowning. “Are you done with your homework? Your clothes are in the dryer and need to be folded…”

“The eligibility of 5 to 11-year-olds for COVID-19 vaccine is a really positive step for our community, and one that families have been waiting for…”

“Since the beginning of the modern office, employers have traditionally enforced a rigid 9-to-5 office schedule, believing that it was the only way to function effectively…”

“…I’m new in Tokyo, and sweaty, and jet-lagged. But I am entirely at ease. I owe this to my friend Miyabi. She’s one of those reassuring presences, warm and eternally nodding and unfailingly loyal…”