It depends on who you ask. Like the Bible, in can be interpreted in different ways. Whether something constitutes a date while holding a phone receiver depends on what you consider to be sex, a date, and most importantly, what you’re doing with your other hand while you’re holding the phone. If you...

Reader’s Note: Up-and-coming Los Angeles-based comedian Sasha King ran an ad on Craigslist calling for a comedy writer to supply him with material for a standup routine. I answered the call and submitted the (abridged) material below. As happens a lot on Craigslist job ads, King was emailed the material...

(Reader’s note): I’m seriously contemplating syndicating nationally a comic strip about two mischievous boys, and here is a preview for readers of 11 possible set-ups (scenes) for the strip. The boys’ names are Sam and Googie. Sam is the older of the two boys. 1. Grandpa is sleeping in a hammock,...

Spontaneous human combustion is the inexplicable catching fire or blowing up of a living human being for mysterious reasons. There are reportedly 200 cases of people who for no apparent reason, caught fire. Think of it, you’re walking down the street and suddenly….BLAM! It gives a whole new meaning...

I would like to see in 2011 the right-wing racists in the country including those at FOX News stop using the usual racist epithets under their breath and in the secret corporate boardrooms where they hatch their plots. You know, they want to call Obama the “N” word, but they don’t dare...