In honor of Alien Abduction Day 2018, I share the following: My mother was an E.T., according to the classmates who signed her high school yearbook in Upstate New York. Apparently so were several of her classmates. I kid you …
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When ants invade the kitchen, I’m in charge of setting the booby traps. So when Bear came to me and said, “The counter is SWARMING with ants!” I went running to see where they were coming from so that I …
Once upon a time, Mr. Bigman the Engineer invested in a little stock car named JDSU. It was just a caboose at $3.91 per share, and having been such a good little caboose in flippers past, Mr. Bigman bought 702 …
Ever since I was six years old, I’ve been fascinated with the burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, and I’ve always believed that getting in trouble on her behalf was the reason that her name became such a powerful force in …