Ballad of the Good Shepherd Sandwich (NSFW)

The plastic sandwich bag from the shelter was helpfully labelled "God loves you. Ham and Cheese." I took it from there... into a realm of pure, puerile, polymorphous perverse filth, so, like, NSFW. Or anywhere, really. Don't say I didn't warn ya. MY PAPPA HAD A SAYIN' That seemed to help him copeNo matter he … Continue reading Ballad of the Good Shepherd Sandwich (NSFW)

Some pics of {dis}interest from the innerweb…

...though I may have mixed up the captions. Hey, I'm 64, so kindly ease up on your running victory laps around me as you hold aloft your Pulitzer Prize for Too-Clever-By-Half. And, sorry, but have we met? Anyway, I'm extremely upset right now, so please at least pay attention so I can milk this for … Continue reading Some pics of {dis}interest from the innerweb…

SlowPainful: Director’s Cut, cha-cha-cha!

Well, it's good news, here at bittersweet-comic-personal-essay-political-satire-with-a pimento-stuffed-olive-and-a-twist-of-gay-as-a-goose bootcamp. I'm done.  Not just done.  Done, or even DONE.  There's nothing more. I am squeezed dry, like a lemon wedge squeezed repeatedly by a blue-haired lady over her Dover sole in the dining room of her cheap seaside bed and breakfast, somewhere on the south coast … Continue reading SlowPainful: Director’s Cut, cha-cha-cha!

Can You Spot All Eight Trump Ticks On This Muffin?

CDC Creeps Out Internet With Horrific Viral Post The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have tweeted a photo of a muffin that has ruined muffins for everybody. Trumpticks, with their tiny minds and even twinier hwands, can totally spoil your day should you accidentally ingest some of their toxic ideas, which have been … Continue reading Can You Spot All Eight Trump Ticks On This Muffin?

Just getting up from the Ditch of Despond and climbing back onto the Carousel of Crazy: An overview

Hello, many of you have written to ask if I'm OK. Actually, that's a blatant lie, not a single one of you has written, sent a message in an old Shiraz bottle, hired a bird from "Carrier Pigeons Plus" or done any of those "too busy to express how little I care but spending a portion … Continue reading Just getting up from the Ditch of Despond and climbing back onto the Carousel of Crazy: An overview

Done Done Done! PLUS: “The Kytt-yger!” + Fun Facts About Literary Icons #14

Never forget how good I am to you.  Deal? First off, let this be my official announcement: There's an idée fixe that's been taking up WAY too much of my mental real estate. So, to make way for more positive, healing thoughts, let me say that I am DONE DONE DONE with posting my - … Continue reading Done Done Done! PLUS: “The Kytt-yger!” + Fun Facts About Literary Icons #14

Social Awareness: The Day, The Ribbon, The Sorrow

You may be wondering. I know you may be wondering because you've been texting me  "???'" repeatedly since two this morning when I didn't respond in under a nanosecond to your message consisting of "Sup?" Well, "sup" is, to my chagrin, National "Walk-In-Front-of-David-Reeeaaal-Slowly-with-a-Cane-While-Being-Elderly" Day.  Which will explain why I didn't make our afternoon hook-up where you wanted both of us to … Continue reading Social Awareness: The Day, The Ribbon, The Sorrow

Breaking news: Young whippersnapper tries to be as funny as me. Almost succeeds.

It is with a self-consciously pained facial expression, and in my best Walter Brennan voice on the words "young whippersnapper", that I announce an annoyingly successful attempt to bring laughter to the unwashed masses - that's you, in case you haven't had a discreet sniff recently - by someone whose age - by the look of their … Continue reading Breaking news: Young whippersnapper tries to be as funny as me. Almost succeeds.

Low-paw Entertainment: Never forget how good I am to you

An interim post while I think of something, anything, more interesting to throw your way.   My life is largely absorbed with how to entertain, impress, and otherwise get you to validate me.  So how about a little appreciation.  Well, then, here we go, and it's probably more impressive than you expected.  Which is a … Continue reading Low-paw Entertainment: Never forget how good I am to you

In which I admit that I’m kind of wrong about something, but only in a way that totally validates me. So don’t get too excited.

To kick off this exercise in self-flagellation, let me share a post I made online – or "on the computer" as my Luddite friends say – earlier this week.  Here it is, beginning under the image - which is just a screenshot, so don't sit there clicking on it.  I mean, really. “   ... And one … Continue reading In which I admit that I’m kind of wrong about something, but only in a way that totally validates me. So don’t get too excited.