funny tag

Posted on: December 15th, 2009
Posted in: Thoughts

I have an admission.

It’s not something I am proud of but, as the old adage goes, the first step in solving a problem is to admit you have one.

So here it is. I laugh when people fall.

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You’ve fallen and I can’t stop laughing

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Posted on: September 3rd, 2009
Posted in: Videos

Author Tobias Wolff reading an excerpt from  his book, The Benefit  of the Doubt.

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Tobias Wolff

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Posted on: July 6th, 2009
Posted in: Thoughts

So I’m wondering where I misplaced the memo detailing all the current sexual innuendos, out-nuendos, under-nuendos, and any other “nuendos. When tossing the salad no longer involves the use of tongs (or maybe it still does). I’m scared that I’ll say hello to a co-worker and it will mean I like to see you naked.

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Tossing the Salad and Pearl Necklaces

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Posted on: June 26th, 2009
Posted in: Stories

Asian mothers have the ability to change kernels of guilt into full-blown stalks of blame and penitence. When Asian mothers are in this mode, it’s best to lay supine on the floor and act dead. Hold your breath for as long as you can and stay still because if she detects you survived the initial blow of guilt, she will go after the jugular.

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Mother

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Posted on: June 17th, 2009
Posted in: Stories

I find it ironic that probably the most translated words in any language are cuss words. I don’t know how many times I have been asked at small get-togethers or informal dinners how to say, how shall I put it, less than dignified words. It got to point that I just started to expect it:

Excuse me, can you pass the salt and, by the way, how do you say asshole in Vietnamese?

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Luck in Translation

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