Category: humor
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Nightmare
You’re trying a new restaurant for dinner. A waitress brings you water, a basket of rolls, and a menu and says she’ll be back soon to take your order. When she returns, you tell her you’d like the grilled salmon with lightly steamed asparagus. She makes notes on a pad,…
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Catchy….
Squirrel! I use this word sometimes to interrupt circular arguments or obsessive thoughts. Let me explain…. After I posted Chock Full of Nuts, the delightful Pedometer Geek and I got into a back-and-forth in the comments section regarding ear worms—you know, those tunes you hear once or twice and can’t…
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Bling
No one could have been more surprised than Beatrice when her last offspring emerged from its shell covered in silver sequins. Neither she nor the little one’s father, Norbert, came from a family of glittery birds, yet there amongst her downy brood was a tiny, squawking sparkler. Norbert tried not…
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Pudding
Once upon a time, there was Comfort, and there was Safety, and they were very close. Comfort could live without Safety, and Safety could live without Comfort; but as they realized they were better as a pair, they preferred not to be apart. All went well for a while, until…
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Sole Support
Miranda didn’t trust her mirrors so she crawled out of herself for an objective look. It was a nasty trip, through a spongy maze of gray matter, past the eyes, and down the nose. If she had known the route was going to be so twisted and sticky, she would…
