Time And Time Again

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Unless you want to be an ostracized anomaly, wormholes should be avoided at all cost.

Patty Duke was so angry. She was beside herself, both literally and figuratively. She made the grave error of time traveling to the future and meeting her future self. If there should ever be an amended Ten Commandments, the eleventh would most certainly be: Thou shalt avoid oneself whilst time traveling.

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Liberace’s Raincoat

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Liberace sporting backward Minnesota-shaped sideburns in 1968.

According to Hollywood Babylon (Perhaps the greatest source of fake media), the man mononymously known as Liberace, the flashy pianist, and not the inferior aerosol air freshener from K-Mart®, had a great fear of getting wet while wearing clothes. It was not uncommon for someone born in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb outside of Milwaukee. Those out of nowhere summer storms have been known to traumatize and paralyze young souls.

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Jonesin’ Up With The Joneses

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Suburban life is like a dog’s life, sometimes you get fleas, and you can always get a flea collar.  Image Source.

 

 

According to the neighbors, Richard Walk’s lawn was unacceptable and unsightly, in short, too ugly and not living up to the standards of Pleasant Hills. The message came in the form of a yellow Post-It Note™ on the front door; it read: Cut your lawn or MOVE! Richard Walk was forewarned about the petty passive/aggressive nature of this suburb. Like most ignorant people, he laughed it off without considering the consequences.

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Most Likely To Be Bilked

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“You are so 1921, Monica Adderley, so 1921.”

If it was necessary to label her shortcomings, everyone would agree, Monica Adderley was too trusting. On one hand, it was life affirming to see such naiveté in a harsh jaded world; on the other hand, it was stupid.

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