My elementary school class (the children are between six and seven) has just seen a little play about the Nativity at the local parish. Since this is Sweden, they only describe the account and don’t claim that this is the truth or anything. Most people in Sweden aren’t religious, so ...
Children say, ‘Great Mick Jagger mask!’ But you’re not wearing a mask. You get out of breath climbing three steps and knocking at the door You ask for high-fiber candy. You lose your false teeth apple bobbing. You are the only ‘ghost’ with a Zimmer walker frame. At the end of...
It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eatin...
In 1942, learning of a show that was canceled, he pitched People are Funny to NBC, and it went on the air April 10, 1942 with Art Baker as host. In a popular first-season stunt, a man was assigned to register a trained seal at the Knickerbocker Hotel while explaining that the seal ...
Those who say they slept like a baby have obviously never had a baby. No, underarm farts are not an impressive party trick. Why do we panic when our phones fall but laugh when our friends do? Why do we remember all the things we forgot to do once we are in bed?
t pretty, but a brightly-lit nativity next door to a pumpkin display was more than she could take. In case you have never met one, a child coming up on Christmas is greedier than Wall Street. This one told me things are out of control. It’s official. The world has lost its mind...
I feel as though quite a lot of you will be choosing to stay in a bit more in the weeks ahead, what with the cold dark nights and the threat of a new variant, etc, so I thought we’d start this week with a selection of things ...
Children say, ‘Great Mick Jagger mask!’ But you’re not wearing a mask. You get out of breath climbing three steps and knocking at the door You ask for high-fiber candy. You lose your false teeth apple bobbing. You are the only ‘ghost’ with a Zimmer walker frame. At the end of...