“Dear Satan” — charming Xmas short
A typo causes eschatological drama.
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Humor
On marrying philosophers: a cautionary tale
From rarddit.com: My husband and I are both academics. We’ve been married for 3 years, and been together for 6. He is an academic philosopher and I am a physicist. He has recently expressed displeasure that I’ve never seriously engaged with his work. Now, I’ve read a bit of the classics of philosophy, but my
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Heidegger’s “House of Being” takes
Martin Heidegger’s poetic line from his later “Letter on Humanism” (1947): “Language is the house of Being. In its home man dwells.” Variations: For those of modest means: “Man dwells in the bungalow of Being.” For those on the road a lot: “Man dwells in the Holiday Inn of Being.” For rustic campers: “Man dwells
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Garage captions for entrepreneurs
Caption humor challenge: My suggestions: “We’re lucky that Al Gore invented garages!” “*Exactly* why we need more government subsidies for garage construction.” “Possible — but only before global warning made garages too hot.” More?
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The Clouds and “Socrates”
The comic genius of Aristophanes, in which “Socrates” the sacrilegious philosopher explains to the not-too-bright Strepsiades where rain and thunder come from. Potty humor ensues. Socrates: That is because these are the only goddesses; all the rest are pure myth. Strepsiades: But by the Earth! is our father, Zeus, the Olympian, not a god? Socrates: Zeus!
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Love Is a Fallacy (by Max Shulman)
Love Is a Fallacy By Max Shulman Max Shulman (1919–1988) was an American humorist. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1942 and served in the military in World War II. His writing career included several collections of short stories and a Broadway play, “The Tender Trap,” which was later made into a movie.
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Starting a “Thanks to the X …” humor series
I want to start a “Thanks to the X …” series. A classic example: “We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.” (Robert Silensky) And: “We’ve been taught that all men are
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