Author Archives: Anonymous

Pet Grooming

Last summer, we paid a pet groomer eighty dollars to shave our long-haired and very overheated cat. This year, we saved the 80 bucks and did it ourselves. It was late at night and we’d been drinking. I guess we … Continue reading

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Enhanced Interrogation

So the other night, I was dreaming about fishing. Then, I’d somehow taken Osama bin Laden prisoner. I had him stuffed into one of those cat carriers that you use to take animals to the vet. Then I was sitting … Continue reading

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A Bicycle

I got a brand new bicycle; I got a cool new bike! Went to Walmart to buy it and I got a lime green bike. My bicycle has a basket rack and shiny lovely wheels. I went riding on my … Continue reading

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Chinatown DC

It’s a surreal experience. There are black-power activists and crazy Christians shouting on their horns under a Chinese Arch. Hipsters walking around in outrageous outfits, waiting on the bus to NYC contrast nicely against dicks walking around with sticks up … Continue reading

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The Elephant-Sized Puddle in the Room

There is a large and slowly growing puddle of liquid by the drinks fountain in our office kitchen, and I’m enjoying watching my colleagues pretending it’s not there. The first person to acknowledge it will have to do the decent … Continue reading

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That girl

“That girl” is the girl who gives up her entire life for a man. “That girl” is the girl who will put her needs before her friends. “That girl” is the girl who use to make fun of “those girls,” … Continue reading

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Hold It

I first encountered the phrase ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’ on a Cub Scouts trip, when the leader, after a long day, asked wearily if anyone needed to use the bathroom before our bus left London for the … Continue reading

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Wronged in the worse way

We went to the beach this weekend. We saw wild ponies, walked the gray sandy beach, drank Bacardi and Coke from a Nalgene, played skee ball for hours, gave air hockey a try and took photo booth pictures. Twas like … Continue reading

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In Too Deep

I once went swimming with whale sharks, off the coast of Australia. It was amazing but I can’t say I enjoyed it. We were dropped by boat two miles out into the ocean where there were tiger sharks as well … Continue reading

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Charity Begins at Someone Else’s Home

We did a good turn this evening. Walking the dog, we saw a driver with his front wheels buried on a snow-covered driveway; pealing his engine and stuck fast. So we offered to push him off his driveway back onto … Continue reading

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