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silliness | silliness

michael-seidel's picture
Dec.29.2012
This keeps happening to me.  It's starting to scare me. We have clocks on the microwave and the stove.  The microwave is directly above the stove.  I can seem both clocks simultaneously. Today I looked at the clocks, and one had the time as 9:04 and the other said 9:05.  Yet, a...
michael-seidel's picture
Oct.11.2012
"My hard drive is just spinning," a woman said this morning. Everyone laughed.  She wasn't talking about her computer. She referred to herself. Pretty funny calls this morning.  Giddiness rules today. People are feeling fried.  References to their memory failures, hard drive crashes...
kate-clinton's picture
Sep.16.2011
My galpal gets the Wall Street Urinal because she likes to know what the capitalists are thinking. I was looking for the WSJ weekly crossword puzzle in case I finished the NYT Sunday puzzle in a timely fashion or by Tuesday. A full-page ad with the word “I-Tomb” caught my eye. The “I” had roots...
laurie-halse-anderson's picture
Aug.26.2010
Sometimes you just have to push the silly button. Maybe that’s why it is time for the annual Pimp My Bookcart competition. Last year’s winner was a Good Humor-themed cart created by welding students at Harlem High School. If you need to smile, check out all of last year’s winners. Two more smile...
melinda-marchiano's picture
Mar.28.2010
Guesses?  There hasn’t been a correct guess yet for “Someone #1″ or “Someone #2.”  I have had some very thoughtful ideas, but no bullseye yet.  Do you need Clue #2 for “Someone #2?” First I want to tell you that all weekend, I have been thinking of Dr. Josh at his computer.  I wonder how it is...
sherrie-theriault's picture
May.25.2009
May 24   CELEBRATIONS    “You wore a wrist corsage to the dump?” “You said to celebrate every activity,” I retorted to my sponsor. “Yes, by doing them with purpose.  Not everything needs to be a production number.  Sometimes just showing up is enough.  Putting too much energy into preparation can...
stacy-ann-nyikos's picture
May.19.2009
My oldest hit the double digits this Friday, and oh, what celebrating there was! I was all ready for that. I'd made one cake, bought another, wrapped the presents, gotten the house ready for the onslaught of ten year who would pour into it the next day. We were ready to celebrate. What I wasn't...
pat-montandon's picture
Feb.12.2009
One year, long ago...but not that long ago, as V Day approached I told my friends that I was tired of not having a Valentine, meaning of course, someone to whom I was the sun and the stars, yeah, someone to light candles for, someone who would hold me close while a dreamy, throbbing, tune; Night...
ericka-lutz's picture
Jul.20.2008
I woke up this morning singing the funk/disco classic "Boogie Nights." So then I needed to YouTube it. It's pretty awesome. I defy you to watch this without a smile on your face. (Okay, they were probably totally high on coke, but hey, people thought of coke as a health food drug then...
ericka-lutz's picture
Jul.12.2008
The clock ticks. The light is strange. The woman is desperate. The thunder claps. The new video is up. One minute of delight. Or your money back. Red Room Noir. http://www.redroom.com/video/red-room-noir