Funny

The Great Costco Sample Shuffle

There are few places where a perfectly respectable adult can lose all sense of dignity faster than Costco. You walk…

2 weeks ago

The Naked Truth About Forty Years

There are certain things a husband should never surprise his wife with after forty years of marriage. A new hairstyle…

3 weeks ago

Welcome to the Pumpkin Spice Apocalypse

It starts innocently enough. The calendar says September or October, the mornings are a little cooler, the leaves have begun…

1 month ago

Friendship, With Adult Supervision

Making friends as a kid was remarkably easy. You liked the same hockey team, had a cool bike, shared a…

1 month ago

The Great Traffic Circle Experiment

Somewhere, in a very serious office filled with people wearing glasses and holding clipboards, someone looked at a perfectly functioning…

2 months ago

When Grandma and Grandpa Went “Green”

For years, the only thing this elderly couple had ever considered “getting high” was when their golf cart accidentally rolled…

2 months ago

Yoga, Humiliation, and the Aging Man’s Struggle

My doctor gave me some advice that sounded simple enough: “You need to improve your flexibility.” Those words are dangerous…

3 months ago

The IKEA Relationship Test

There is a special kind of romance that does not involve roses, candlelight, or soft music drifting through the air.…

3 months ago

Technology: A Grudge We Cannot Prove

If you ever feel like your toaster is judging you, you are not alone. There is a growing suspicion that…

4 months ago

From Friends to Furniture in One Move

Moving has a funny way of exposing human nature. Not the polite version we show at dinner parties, but the…

4 months ago