This is why I like hanging out at the synagogue when my wife has stuff to do -- so much interesting stuff to see!

If there’s one thing you can say About Mankind There’s nothing kind about man Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan, song writers, from the song "...

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misf...

Waxy has a great links page that we check all the time -- and he's got a link to the famous Dana-Carvey-as-Tom-Brokaw sketch, in which...

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. William Safire, columnist George W. Bush, our president (unfortunately), sai...

I was going through the garage this week and came upon my box of 45s,* which collection includes some classics, including work by the duo kn...

Can someone help me out here? My in-laws have a dishwashing soap called "Non-Ultra Joy"... what's up with that? Is there an ...

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. Katharine Whitehorn, journalist Twas the nig...

Back in March 2005 I shared with the readers of Toner Mishap an assortment of parodies of (and tributes to) Edward Hopper's painting, ...

Just read a colleciton of stories by Kelly Link, called " Magic for Beginners " -- she's the sort of author that makes you wis...

BoingBoing posted the other day about a military-themed pinata filled with soliders... I thought I'd share these shots of a pinata made...

Publicity is the life of this culture—in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive—and at the same time publicity is its drea...

Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose.… Elizabe...

“Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws (at most an occasional visit to the cemetery)” George Carl...

My wife and I rejoiced this year when our youngest made it out of diapers -- rejoiced, I say! But the joke was on us, because for Hanukkah m...

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it. Miles Davis (1926–91), musician I predict that we will ...

It's been years in the making. Many of the readers of this fine blog are, no doubt, fans of practical jokes, and we proud few have sat p...

You've gotta click on this pic to see it larger! I don't know if it's the expression on Hulk's face, the fact that he's ...

Other slogans for this candy my wife and I discussed on our date this weekend (we spent quite a bit of time in hysterics over this product f...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. Samuel Johnson (1709–84), author Saturday I met Bitch Ph.D . Sh...