Monthly Archives: May 2020

  ONCE IN A LIFETIME   (With thanks to David Burns and the Talking Heads)   And you may ask yourself How do I handle this? And you may ask yourself What is this pandemic? And you may ask yourself … Continue reading →

  PFIZERMACHINATIONS   A frustrated CEO, G. Armanio Day, in an internal memo, admitted that his company, Pfizer, discovered a proven-successful vaccine for Covid-19 months ago, but still cannot agree on an effective ad campaign or a catchy name for … Continue reading →

Hello everyone out there in TV-land. Welcome to the revival of “What’s My Line?” Most of you in the slightly older crowd remember the early version of this show that ran for a couple of decades. Remember the host, John … Continue reading →

If he should love me not   the morning would still be here The rays of sun or drops of rain   would still pass among our ears If he should love me not If he could touch me not  with eyes … Continue reading →

Let the fire continue as the smoke remains aloft  Let the ambers glow as mannequins remark  The ashes that are left untilled are blown away with wind  Leave us all when mornings come, the personage again   Times are spent … Continue reading →

We’ve all made adjustments to our lives recently. But, my routine morning is to get the paper from the driveway through the garage. No adjustment there. My wife said often, “just use the front door”. But I never do. So … Continue reading →

I’ve been awake now for 48 hours and I know I won’t be able to stay this way for much longer. Who wants to die at 31—I know I don’t, but I’ll have to sleep sometime. Maybe the end will … Continue reading →

  The wreckage spread both up and down,    a storied sandy beach The countless names and monograms    witness to defeat No one saw the giant storm   that crashed upon the ness the blinding light hide all despite   the bells of … Continue reading →

The airplane touched down in Columbus, Ohio, as the “what will she look like, what will I say”, pinged around in my head. The anxiety grew exponentially. Haven’t seen Caren since I left for Vietnam, twelve months ago. A few … Continue reading →

I like to be in charge. I hate it when things don’t go as I planned. I stand before you. In spite of my careful planning, you have been eaten. Deer love newly sprouted hosta. Yes, the deer have to … Continue reading →

The Virus called, “Come out and Play!” Smiling to myself, said “Not today!” T’wer I still young, not compromised I might succumb to your “surprise”! But now, though old, the brain now works Not falling for your nasty quirks! So, … Continue reading →

  SHOWER SAFETY   A bizarre news item appeared in the Peabody, Massachusetts’s newspaper,” The Peabody Post”. It reported on a local resident, Stephen Millersteen, who told a reporter for the newspaper that it had been months since he has … Continue reading →

Any resemblance to other comics or comic characters is strictly coincidental. We will have no copyright infringement at this desk! The illustrator of this strip fell ill with the Covid-19 thing and he is currently in isolation on an undisclosed … Continue reading →

  I went to Costco today and stood behind a man in his early thirties wearing a mask perched on the top of his shaved head. The ID checker asked him to cover his face with the mask and he … Continue reading →