Recently my wife and I experienced something mysterious. We bought some shrimp one day and that evening I went to fetch it from the refrigerator. But it wasn’t there. We looked everywhere but couldn’t find it. Three days later more shrimp was purchased and as we put it in the fridge, there,...

Once upon a time a person might stroll into the greeting card section of his or her favorite gift shop or supermarket, browse through a half-dozen or so faintly amusing or overly earnest possibilities and, without too much equivocation, choose a gem, or at least something that got the job...

I’ve read that church attendance is down and it seems that, in general, people are becoming less religious. However, according to a recent survey, a majority of people around the world say that religion continues to be very important in their lives. Another study found that nearly half of...

My mother and father split up when I was still very young – I don’t even remember it. Until I went to boarding school, I spent some of my time with my mother and some of it with my father. My mother was an authoritarian woman, while my father, despite being in the military, was a far softer...

“Oh, Jeezie, that was wonderful! I mean just really, truly, mind-blowingly, incredibly wonderful! Some girls I know have called you the king of… of…. I don’t know and really don’t care what anyone else calls you or says about you. You are just the King, that’s all!” “Why, thank yuh,...

Everywhere you turn these days you hear about a new research study which claims to prove this or that. Many are interesting and useful while others appear to be stupid and a waste of time. And many reach a conclusion with obvious results that we already knew. Studies with self-evident...

A recent Pew Research Center poll revealed that nearly three quarters of Americans believe that there is a heaven which is defined as a place where people who have lived a devout life are eternally rewarded. This got me wondering how hard it is to get into the “good place” and what are my...

It may be time to throw out that globe you have in your study. That multi-colored sphere might not be an accurate representation of our planet. Perhaps the Earth isn’t round at all. It may actually be flat. That’s what a group called the Flat Earth Society has concluded. People who believe in...

A small crowd of anti-work agitators marched outside the White House yesterday demanding more support for lazy Americans. The march was originally planned for early in the morning but was moved to the afternoon when the organizers realized that most of their supporters didn’t get out of bed...

Pope Francis stunned the ecclesiastical world last month when he seemed to deny the existence of Hell or to imply that it had been abolished, as one newspaper headline put it. This seemed to follow his previous statements that God wanted to stress his mercy rather than the threat of...

We have all heard that quasi-philosophical question and have pondered it and wondered at the accepted truth of the answer that is famously given to it. The question to which I allude is this: “If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it really make a sound?” The...

This Thursday, March 15, is National Everything You Think is Wrong Day. On every other day of the year we are know-it-alls, believing we have a superior understanding of the world. But on Thursday we are supposed to sit back and reflect on our lack of knowledge regarding everything. It’s...

Liar, Liar pants on fire, hanging from a telephone wire. We heard that every day on the playground in elementary school. Children said it when calling out another kid’s lie. But these days it seems that grown-ups, especially our politicians, are the ones that are telling the tall tales. One...

Just recently, Formula 1 announced that they will not be using grid girls in their races anymore due to modern day societal norms. Apparently,  according to modern day societal norms, men dislike cars and beautiful girls, so this is obviously going to bring more fans and viewers. The girls,...

Last year and the beginning of 2018 have seen the rise of hashtags left and right (mostly left, but some are alright). So, one more time, I’m going to use my ridiculously high powers of deduction and deep-entrenched cynicism to predict the hashtags that will be necessary in 2018. Trigger...

Recently a lot of people have been claiming that there is a special place in hell for groups of individuals whom they find objectionable. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said it of women who don’t help each other (as in those not supporting Hillary Clinton). Ivanka Trump said it...

The world is a dangerous place these days. We are threatened by terrorism, natural disasters, climate change and war. But there is one danger that most people are unaware of which is that our planet may be secretly ruled by a race of intergalactic reptilian aliens also known as lizard people...

Our major political parties are constantly arguing over things like climate change, immigration and the economy. Blah, blah, blah. I don’t care much about any of those things. They don’t have a direct or immediate effect on my life. I had lost all interest in politics until I discovered a new...