humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
Getting Older
When I was younger, so much younger than today… I was arrogant, judgmental and self important. I would be disgusted by what seemed to me to be a human giving in to aging and laziness. Be it the comb over to hide any baldness, the dying of hair to hide any aging and the stupid glasses which sat half-way down their nose as they walked around the office.
By Freddy Zalta4 years ago in Humans
Ohhhh, F**k! I said, ‘F**K!’
“Hey mom! I learned a whopper of a new word at school today! It starts with F and ends with K. I love it because it always gets everybody’s attention, no matter what they’re doing,” the little boy told his mother proudly after preschool… right before she swatted his behind and threatened to wash his mouth out with soap. As tears filled his big, brown, innocent eyes, he looked up pitifully at his mother to ask, “But why, mommy?” She knelt down on his level to wipe his tears and explained that “no matter what you hear at school, some words just aren’t meant to be repeated, darling.” The boy screwed-up his face in confusion and said, “I don’t understand, Mommy. What’s wrong with saying “firetruck”?
By Shawn Saacke Crawford4 years ago in Humans
Cabin Pressure
Starved to whip-cord thinness, hair dyed gleaming chestnut, and wearing her most youthful jeans and flattering cashmere sweater, fifty-eight-year-old Lizette boards her flight from New Orleans to Hawaii. She’s always afraid to fly, and this flight will be more stressful than most; after six months of online dating, she’s meeting Pakalo in person for the first time at the airport.
By Amy Conner4 years ago in Humans
Books Before Furniture
We didn’t have a stove yet. The refrigerator was on order. We had no bed, only a mattress on the floor. We furnished the living room with white wire patio chairs we’d bought for $5 a piece at an end-of-summer sale that left grid-marks on the backs of my thighs.
By Vivian R McInerny4 years ago in Humans
Unplugged
I'm a writer, I'm a tutor, I'm a gamer. My world revolves around being on the computer. I spend countless hours every day working on word documents, addressing questions from students, and playing games with my friends. After getting ready in the morning, I set up my room to turn into the ultimate technical playground. I don my blue light glasses and set up for the next few hours of tutoring, oftentimes coupled with writing a novel. This happens day in and day out. Even on holidays and weekends, this cycle continues.
By A.R. Zeller4 years ago in Humans
Cusses, Curses and Swear Words from The Early 19th Century
If you love Bridgerton and all those romantic costume dramas set in the early 19th century you’d probably know that Regency England wasn’t all about glitzy balls and fancy parties. The wealthy lived opulently yes, but the have-nots lived harsh lives in abject poverty.
By Brian Loo Soon Hua4 years ago in Humans
Why You Should Keep a 'Raise an Eyebrow' Diary
Everyone should keep a ‘raise an eyebrow’ diary. I did. On my first day as a rookie cop, I walked into the police office and had my first ‘raise an eyebrow’ moment before I even got started. I went home, told my family and they all said, ‘WTF’. Then we had a good laugh.
By Malky McEwan4 years ago in Humans
Big Sister Siri
It was a feeling that can only be described as a cross between an FBI/NSA intelligence specialist and Madame Curie. I had uncovered who is responsible for selling your information to marketers who send you heaps of junk mail. Not the flyers sent to Resident or Our Friends at …., but the ones personally addressed to you by name.
By michelle Spencer4 years ago in Humans
That Pesky Blue-Eyed Islander Puzzle
You may already know the famous (infamous?) Blue-Eyed Islander Puzzle. Here’s my version. 99 perfect logicians are stranded on a remote island. As perfect logicians, each is able to immediately determine the logical outcome of any statement. These perfect logicians all have blue eyes. Each Islander is able to observe all the others. However, they are all unable to communicate with one another. Furthermore, each is (somehow) unable to observe his/her own eye colour. As a result of these circumstances, each logician knows the following to be true: At least 98 people here have blue eyes. Each day at noon, a flying saucer arrives. If any person knows his/her own eye colour, that person is transported to the flying saucer, in full view of everyone. Each Islander is aware of all of these conditions with one restriction: no Islander knows his or her own eye colour. Each day, the flying saucer comes and goes. No one leaves the island. One day, a voice from the flying saucer announces: One of you has blue eyes! The flying saucer then leaves. How many of the Islanders eventually leave the island, and when do they leave?
By Adam Hrankowski, ADHD4 years ago in Humans
