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Imaginary Review by Jack Belck 6 January 2016 Midnight’s Sunshine, Wanda Buchanan’s first novel, explores in a brisk and emotively effective way the varieties of familial relations and their discontents during twenty-two chapters of exciting and heart-... More »
The Nightmare Before Christmas Dismayed by his townspeople, Jack wanders away from them. He should have kept going, because he stumbles upon an obsession for the “happy feelings” of Christmas. This almost gets him killed. It proves that chasing happiness i... More »
MEMORANDUM To: Trigger Communications Clients From: Trigger Crisis Management Team Subject: “Thoughts and Prayers” Successor Brand Message Date: December 17, 2015 The growing media blowback against “thoughts and prayers” as an incident-response-deflect... More »
By Scott Gordon 8 December 2015 ______________ From: God, Creator of the Universe To: Eva Gonzalez, Hiring Manager, Bubbala Dear Ms. Gonzalez: It’s with divine interest that I respond to your job opening for Life and Annuity Consulting Actuary: Exciting Tele... More »
Hold onto your lips, folks ― the hottest trend in self-improvement has arrived. Smile shaping is taking the country by storm, and classes can’t keep up with demand. What the heck is smile shaping, you may be asking yourself. With roots in ethology, the sci... More »
(Our Pardons to Shakespeare) By Rfreed 21 November 2015 Dramatis Personae IAGO- Advisor to Othello – played by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CASSIO- Lieutenant to Othello, husband of Iago – played by Bill Clinton OTHELLO- A noble Moor leader – p... More »
Psephology (\see-fol-uh-jee\) noun, 1. The study of elections. Yo, Karl Rove, how do you like Ohio now? Apologies. I just got an urge to throw a shout out to one of Fox News’ fave guests and the maker of my most memorable moment from the 2012 election. Not a... More »
By E. Wohn 31 October 2015 CHICAGO – As part of a nationwide campaign to stem the over-prescription of antibiotics, the American Medical Association recently recommended the prescription of AntiBiox+, a new placebo with limited side effects. To support i... More »
Bold, clever, and useful ideas to keep people working and optimistic are vital in tough economic times. Here are five such notions that fit the bill. I. Devise Impossible-to-Complete Public Works Projects Public works projects that get completed do little to h... More »
By Rfreed 10 October 2015 Researchers in Wales have discovered evidence that one William Shakespeare, author of theatrical plays famous throughout the world, was also a businessman who dealt in grain and hoarded it during a food shortage. He was arrested for t... More »
(a Play in One Act) by Mollie Fermaglich Cast of Characters Barack “Barry” Hussein Obama. . . .President of the United States of America Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu . . . .Prime Minister of the Jewish State of Israel. Sol, a Waiter . . . .An older Jewish... More »