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An Advice Column by Macbeth, King of Scotland, and Certified Life Coach by Corey Pajka Dear Macbeth, I’m in line for a major promotion at the multinational corporation where I work. It would mark a significant pay raise, but the person who had this ro... More »
700th Friendly Reminder Email Re: Letter of Recommendation by Giannina Lissa Garcés Ambrossi # To: ProfessorDoctorClementineEsq@Miami.edu From: e.gonzalez792@umiami.edu Subject: 700th Friendly Email Reminder Re: Letter of Recommendation # Dear Professo... More »
“I am hungry”. “Pleasure – I am ChatGPT.” Tom Deisboeck is a published cartoonist and children’s book illustrator. He is largely self-taught yet propelled by great mentors like Charles Zembillas (The Animation Academy in Bur... More »
“The 3 Stooges” – Starring Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz Tim Doyle is an award-winning political illustrator/humorist. “Tyranny, Treachery, the 6th of January: Humor in the Darkest of Times” is his latest effort to br... More »
You Are in an Experiment! by David Sheskin You are in an experiment! For the duration of the experiment you cannot pass Go. You cannot collect $200. You are in an experiment! You signed a consent form and agreed to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the book... More »
If Cormac McCarthy wrote dialogue for “Emily in Paris” by Stephen J. Lyons Scene: Emily Cooper, dressed in a paisley micro mini-skirt, with mismatched suede boots, has pain au chocolat and café au lait with her BFF Mindy Chen outside the Café de... More »
To Pee or Not to Pee by Virginia Konchan An unnamed, middle-aged female Amazon Fulfillment worker getting paid $12/hour without benefits, working 40 hours a week, with a one-hour bus commute each way from a cramped, airless studio apartment in a rundown buildi... More »