philmaggitti, Author at Postcards from The Pug Bus

Vintage Belle Époque–style illustration for the shell game, showing a mustachioed French doctor examining an X-ray that reveals a WWI artillery shell lodged inside a patient.

Le Mystère de 'Obus': Shell we say, it was a blast.

The Shell Game: You Can’t Satirize This

The shell game violates the contract between a satirist and the world. According to that agreement, the satirist takes something real—something stupid, broken, magnificently daft—and… Read More

An extreme close-up of a human face featuring a prominent third eye centered on the forehead. As if it is struggling to focus on a distant cosmic plane. The entire scene is bathed in a hazy, ethereal atmosphere with floating geometric light leaks and a soft, shimmering background.

I'll keep an eye out for you.

News

Does Your Third Eye Need Glasses?

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The Third Eye is the most neglected organ in the human body, which is saying something given how badly most people treat the pancreas. According… Read More

Satirical illustration of country stars grilling a Grammy trophy at a backyard barbecue as they boycott the Grammys, laughing with guitars, beer bottles, and a dog nearby.

Boycott the Grammys. Honoring country music with consistent indifference.

Culture

Ten Other Reasons to Boycott the Grammys

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Country megastars Miranda Lambert, George Strait, and Morgan Wallen will boycott the Grammys this year because they have had enough of the Grammys’ “We’ll Get… Read More

President threatens England illustration: standing behind a massive leather-bound dictionary in the Oval Office while pointing at the word MAGASTAR in gold leaf; shocked British scholars in wigs surround him as money and "Lexical Embargo" papers fly through the air next to a "Crumb Tariffs" jar.

"If you do not print the word, I will tax the tea until it tastes like the harbor."

News

President Threatens England with Economic Ruin over “Magastar”

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The delicate peace between the United States and the United Kingdom shattered this morning when the President issued a final, gold-embossed warning to the scholars… Read More

A man walks down a busy street carrying a massive boombox that displays a volume of 130dB, causing a carriage horse to rear up in a state of panic. In the foreground, a wooden sign reads "Don't Frighten the Horses Day," while pedestrians in the background are seen covering their ears to block out the noise.

A local audiophile demonstrates exactly how to fail the Don't Frighten the Horses test.

Book of Daze

Book of Daze: Don’t Frighten the Horses Day

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Postmodern society has obviously forgotten the golden rule of Victorian decorum: “Don’t frighten the horses.” This was the bedrock of civilization: maintaining a public facade… Read More

A cartoon-style illustration showing a woman in a red car surrounded by four characters—a doctor, a priest in a confessional booth, a police officer, and a jogger—each offering conflicting advice, symbolizing the absurdity of seeking a second opinion from wildly unrelated sources. The background is warm yellow, and the scene is playful and satirical.

Book of Daze

Book of Daze: Second Opinion Day

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There are days when the universe seems to insist that one opinion is never enough. Today has been declared Second Opinion Day, a civic holiday… Read More

Fake Holidays List illustration featuring a woman with a quizzical look on her face and a calendar on the wall next to her.

Is it September or November that has thirty days?

Book of Daze

The Complete Book of Daze: Fake Holidays List

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For the complete Book of Daze archive, click here. Welcome to The Complete Book of Daze master collection of fake holidays for people who have… Read More

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Culture

The War on White Avatars

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In remarks that managed to sound both urgent and exquisitely procedural, Black Lives Matter official D’Aryll Scott-Jones, Director of All Things That Matter, called for… Read More