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The Whipper Snapper Side-Swipe Caper

February 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Canada Humor, Corruption, Cute, Economic Humor, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Farce, Funny Corruption, Funny Larceny, Funny Scandal, Funny Science Fiction, General Humor, Geopolitics, History, Human Nature, Irony, Literary, Love, Macabre, Nostalgia, Not As It Seems, Oddball, Offbeat, Parable, Political Humor, Politicians, Romance, Romp, Satire, Scandal, Science Fiction, Screwball, Surprise Twists, Time Travel, Twisted, Whimsy, Zany

Prologue: 1987 “What’s $100,000?” she asked flippantly. “It’s $95,000 more than I’ve got,” was his answer. She was starting to drive him crazy. She had two pre-occupations, money and her research. On neither score, was she in any way practical. They’d been living together in a basement apartment for seven months while attending Queen’s University [...]

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The Grief Machine

November 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Allegory or Fairy Tale, American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Children and Pets, Clash of the Sexes, Cop Humor, Cute, Fairy Tale, Family Humor, Fantasy, Feel Good, Funny Dog Stories, Funny Family, Funny Science Fiction, Funny Technology, Funny Workplace, General Humor, General Interest, Human Nature, Imagery, Irony, Jokes, Lifestyle, Not As It Seems, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Parable, Religious allegory, Romance, Sardonic, Satire, Science Fiction, Screwball, Seduction, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Workplace, Zany

XaniaXYM-529’s attention was glued to one of thousands of monitors hooked up to the enormous rumbling machine that was focused on the planet a considerable distance away. He was luxuriating onboard his species’ most modern space station. From earth, the craft was hidden in the flotsam that made up Saturn’s ring. The giant device at [...]

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There’s No Such Thing as Time

July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Celebrities, Children and Pets, Coming of Age, Cute, Family Humor, Funny Generation Gap, Funny Science Fiction, Heartwarming, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Literary, Lyrical, Nostalgia, Offbeat, Science Fiction, Screwball, Silly, Storytelling, Surprise Twists, Time Travel, Witty

Whenever I hear a major celebrity has died, I am reminded that there is no such thing as time. Our most vivid memories of these individuals are when they were at their prime. Their vitality and life force made them seem indestructible.   Then suddenly, ten or 20 or 30 years later they are gone. It [...]

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Spotting the Space Aliens Among Us

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Children and Pets, Cute, Entertainment, Family Humor, Fantasy, Funny Science Fiction, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Monster, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Puns, Satire, Science Fiction, Screwball, Silly, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany

If there really are space aliens living among us, they should be fairly easy to identify. The following are some of the tell-tale signs.   (1) They know a lot more about astronomy than seems good for anybody.

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