Pop Goes the Dinner
A housewife tired of cooking for her large family without any thanks, opened a pop-up restaurant in the family’s garage. It became so popular that… Read More
Dark Humor
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
How to Outwit a Panic Attack
(1) Deep breaths–because oxygen apparently cures existential dread. (2) Distract yourself–recite the Bee Movie script, backward. (3) Rebrand it–you’re not panicking; you’re having a passionate… Read More
Down with “Down the Shore”
“Downtheshore“ is the linguistic equivalent of wearing socks with sandals. It buggers logic, style, and grammatical decency; yet Philadelphians use it with a row-house defiance… Read More
Talking in the Present Tense
A concussion leaves Guido unable to speak in the past tense. One day a sinister-looking man in a pizzeria hears him say, “I get the stromboli… Read More
The Algorithms of Love
Forget deep conversations, long walks on the beach, and romantic dinners—your true love can be determined by a pizza algorithm. Prefer pineapple? You’re a match… Read More
Joint Venture
My married, midnight visitor arrived with a bottle of vodka and the scratch-and-sniff issue of Hustler. “Here, scratch and tell me if that’s what it… Read More