Our neighborhood has an annual extravaganza that just keeps getting more extravagant — it’s gone from fireworks and a potluck barbecue to a deejayed event with a guest star appearance (which is always the same neighbor; in previous years he’s appeared as Neil Diamond and as John Cougar Mellencamp.) Isaac reminds me that they [...]
When Dean’s hiccups had subsided a couple of hours ago, his pain medication had also started wearing off and his foot had started hurting. He took more medication, and about 15 minutes later the hiccups started back up with a vengeance. We do NOT know what he will do — he’s clearly in [...]
Seeing my sister’s number on the caller ID, I pick up the phone and say the first thing on my mind:
Me: “You know what I want? I want a hairstyle that I can wash and dry, and it looks great without any blow-drying, flat-ironing, or curling.”
Mary: “That’s what every woman wants. [...]
My editor blog collaborator brother just posted a new piece on his website (click here) that I think is an excellent, fun, clever piece of writing.
(Just thought I’d point the way there in case there’s maybe one person out there who reads this blog and not that one.)
NPR’s got a 30-minute interview with B. J. Novak (who writes for The Office and also plays the character of Ryan,) that you can listen to here, but in case you’re not dedicated enough to The Office to listen to the whole thing, I have to tell a joke he recounts in the interview:
A guy [...]
A few days ago I got a call from someone saying that they’d seen our ad for a Wii for sale on Craig’s List. I told him they must have gotten the number wrong, and would he please email the seller about the mistake, because otherwise I was afraid we’d get lots of calls. [...]
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