Feb 25, 2009

Whiplast

When my friend Lindsay wants to change the subject she precedes it with the phrase: "Whiplash alert."

Feb 23, 2009

The End

When I die, I want them to put up a sign about ten feet in front of my tombstone that reads "Spoiler Alert."

Feb 22, 2009

Devolution.

Why human beings love the ocean: given what we evolved into, we're starting to realize we went too far and should probably be headed back in the other direction.

Feb 19, 2009

Is it done yet?

I don't cook much. I just made a meatloaf. The whole time I had to keep reminding myself, "You are not cloning a human embryo. You are making a really big hamburger."

Feb 16, 2009

This didn't happen.

I came home and found a man face down in a pool of blood. It was murder...draining all that blood out of the pool.

Poetry motionless.

Death is not the worst thing that can happen. Poetry slams are.

Feb 14, 2009

Name game.

We were told that a friend had a baby and named it "Bruno". I joked "Is it a boy or a girl?" My friend Barbara said, "Yeah. Nowadays you have to ask...."

Feb 12, 2009

Groan

A man suspected of having intercourse with an underage sheep escaped while in police custody. Police suspect he is still on the lam.

Feb 11, 2009

It's a matter of degree.

I called my brother on the East Coast. He said the weather is finally warming up. I told him Los Angeles is freezing cold. He asked how cold. I told him 43 degrees. He said, "Yeah. Same here."