The Man Who Talked Out of His Behind
Lips bloomed on Gerald’s backside overnight. He derailed the next day’s budget meeting when his trousers declared, “The moon’s a sentient being.” Pandemonium followed. HR… Read More
Postcards from The Pug Bus
Lifting a satirical leg on pop culture since 2004
Author: philmaggitti
Book of Daze: THC Rules Day
The average American pick-up truck has gained 1,142 pounds since 1990. Theaverage American, about the same. Theaverage Phish tune, in concert, added nearly two minutes… Read More
Book of Daze: Penultimate Day
Our culture is obsessed with going the extra mile, giving 110 percent, leaving it all on the field. Supermarkets are open 24/7/365 to satisfy our… Read More
The Cost of Loving AI
David had always been unlucky to downright snakebitten in love, but when he met Elara, an AI companion with flawless skin and wit, he knew… Read More
Introducing the People’s Republic of Pacificastan
After years of veiled threats, California has finally packed its bags and stormed out of the Union, citing “fundamental incompatibility” with states that still think… Read More
Lizzo Is the Dunce Cap of the Moment
Historians and anthropologists–and just plain folks with at least half a brain–were left gobsmacked after Lizzo,recently less-fat-but-still-obese, had spoken the stupid part out loud, the… Read More
Horoscopes Determined By Your Car
Gemstones, colors, and planetary alignment are the traditional ingredients in the astrological stew. Unfortunately they emphasize nature to the exclusion of nurture, thereby yielding one-dimensional,… Read More
Book of Daze: Hell Is Other People Day
Jean-Paul Sartre observed that hell is other people. Who can disagree? Anyone whose dinner conversation was drowned out by louts sitting three tables away? Anyone… Read More