The new girl wore one of those whole body cloaks and long gloves, and a hood over her head.She had a note from her parents.Bobby says it was something about a skin condition."You're so full of shit," said Lisa. "It's religious."Instead of gym, she rea

The protests started over White actors playing Hispanic roles."Only Hispanic people can play Hispanic roles," said The Hispanic Actors' Alliance.So, Hollywood consented.Similar protests erupted over Chinese roles, German roles, Fat roles, Gay roles, an

Every time Lacey went for figure skating lessons, she'd watch the boys at the other end of the rink with their hockey lessons and wonder."I want to try that," she said.Her mom was horrified, but her dad said that Lacey's teeth were coming in crooked any

Tickets to the event had been sold out since May.Somehow, Holly scored a pair, and asked her friend Tina to come along."What is it for?" asked Tina."The best show ever!" said Holly ."But what is it?" Tina asked.Holly didn't know.She looked at the ti

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Day after day, the old poet sat on his rock and mumbled to the grass.The grass grew, and a man on a big riding mower would cut the grass down.The riding mower ejected the cut grass out the right side, and the man made a point to drive by the poet and hi

Every time something dumb happens in the news, I wonder what George Carlin would have said about it.He's been dead for a while. But that's no excuse.So, I gathered up transcripts and tapes of every standup routine, interview, and article about him and f

I'm a technical writer, and I work on multiple development teams.Each team has its daily, weekly, and monthly meetings.I try to manage my time to get work done in between them.One team tends to hold meetings constantly, and the meetings go very long.S

If a soap opera is named after the soap companies that sponsored them, why would a space opera be called that?Does space sponsor a space opera?Last night, I went outside and stared into the sky.And I said "So, want to sponsor an opera?"I didn't hear a