Just for Fun


One never knows where in a Website to put the small pieces of whimsy that occasionally come to mind.  These entries aren't intended to go for the jugular; rather, our target is the funny bone.

Messages to Reform the World
A sample of messages that might help to eliminate some common annoyances.
Flies
A bit of ephemera about the common housefly.
The Wacky World of English
A light-hearted look at some curiosities that make the English language vastly amusing (but exasperating for those who learn it as a second language).
Happy Birthday to Me
This is just what the title says it is.
Fearless Predictions for 2006
A mostly tongue-in-cheek look at the year to come.
Be Brief
This short essay instructs by negative example.
How to Be a Manager
Some tips on being a manager from someone who never made the grade.
The Goof List
A collection of blunders from published sources.
The Wal-Mart Shopping Experience
Thrills of shopping at the world's largest retailer.
Bugs
A few remarks on little critters I like and those I don't.
Resolutions
The curmudgeon makes some resolutions for 2005.
Whatever Happened to the Heebie-Jeebies?
A light-hearted reminiscence about some wonderful diseases (and treatments) that have vanished – or have they?
Trees
A satire of a poem that deserves all the ridicule it can get.
Messages I Never Sent
A collection of notes that I never sent, intended for people I hardly know, some of whom have a perverse wish to hear from me.
A True Story
Just a little (and true) anecdote that I wanted to share.
Clever Answering Machine Messages
Some witty greetings that people put on their answering machines.
The Plow
Here's a little poem that I threw together this winter, the first poem I've written in a very long time (after deciding that I'm a lot better at prose than I am at poetry).
The Limitations of Spell-Check
A light-hearted look at what could happen if we believe that spell-checking will catch all our errors – or, if you prefer, awl are arrows.