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Pope Urban: Patron of Nonsmokers?

Once upon a time, I took home delivery of the Detroit Free Press—allowing its ink to smear my fingers, spread to my cheek, leave smudges on the kitchen table. To my irritation, my children left it around, comic pages spread wide on the living room floor. My husband read the Sports Page instead of engaging […]

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Dear God: Thank You For My Smokin’ Hot Husband

Well, I just wanted to get in on the fun! My husband’s hot enough, but I’m not sure he’d want me announcing that fact to the world. can someone write my essay for me I’ve gotta say, though, that Pastor Joe Nelms of Family Baptist Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, was certainly not bashful when he […]

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“Non-Visible” Art Carries a Stiff Price Tag

Hey, Pssst! Want a Great Deal on an Invisible Pony? I read a story today about newly styled art aficionado Aimee Davison, who paid the notable sum of $10,000 for a “non-visible” piece of art. Asked why she spent so much money on something she couldn’t see, Aimee explained that she identified with the ideology of […]

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SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE IN FOUR HOURS OR LESS! (Don’t Try This At Home)

I’m still pondering an article I read this morning in The Onion, that irreverent newsmagazine which specializes in theatre of the absurd. The headline reads: Zip-Lining Day Trip to Somehow Save Marriage The featured fantasy couple were facing a plethora of tough marital challenges: An “increasingly hopeless, angst-ridden relationship” A deepening communications gap The husband’s […]

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Put Your Thinking Caps On! April Fool's Day, A Little Early!

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. -François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld When I was a kid, I remember poring over the April Fool’s Day illustrations by Norman Rockwell, which graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. You know the ones: They’re full of “mistakes” which the reader must identify. […]

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