Time Is Not A Monkey

Sid is driving in his brand new Ford Fairlane (new for him, anyway). Out of the radio speakers rasps “Tiiiiiiiiiiiime is on my side. Yes it is. Tiiiiiiiiiiiime is on my side. Yes it is.” He can almost feel Mick’s blubbery lips slap the microphone. It’s his favorite song after I’m a Loser by the [...]

Lizard Envy

I wish I had eyes like a chameleon. Did you know they can move their eyes independently of each other? They can track a buzzing fly that’s high and to their right and a crawling caterpillar climbing up the tree, below and behind them. At the same time! Wow! That would be so awesome. Not [...]

Dryer Lint and the Theory of Relativity

A man knocked on my door and asked if he could have our dryer lint. Being surprised and curious, I invited him in and over a cup of coffee asked why. What follows is his answer.

“After Steve Jobs died, I applied for his job. I figured, what the heck, I could do it. [...]