humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
Cabin Pressure
Starved to whip-cord thinness, hair dyed gleaming chestnut, and wearing her most youthful jeans and flattering cashmere sweater, fifty-eight-year-old Lizette boards her flight from New Orleans to Hawaii. She’s always afraid to fly, and this flight will be more stressful than most; after six months of online dating, she’s meeting Pakalo in person for the first time at the airport.
By Amy Conner4 years ago in Humans
Books Before Furniture
We didn’t have a stove yet. The refrigerator was on order. We had no bed, only a mattress on the floor. We furnished the living room with white wire patio chairs we’d bought for $5 a piece at an end-of-summer sale that left grid-marks on the backs of my thighs.
By Vivian R McInerny4 years ago in Humans
Unplugged
I'm a writer, I'm a tutor, I'm a gamer. My world revolves around being on the computer. I spend countless hours every day working on word documents, addressing questions from students, and playing games with my friends. After getting ready in the morning, I set up my room to turn into the ultimate technical playground. I don my blue light glasses and set up for the next few hours of tutoring, oftentimes coupled with writing a novel. This happens day in and day out. Even on holidays and weekends, this cycle continues.
By A.R. Zeller4 years ago in Humans
Cusses, Curses and Swear Words from The Early 19th Century
If you love Bridgerton and all those romantic costume dramas set in the early 19th century you’d probably know that Regency England wasn’t all about glitzy balls and fancy parties. The wealthy lived opulently yes, but the have-nots lived harsh lives in abject poverty.
By Brian Loo Soon Hua4 years ago in Humans
Why You Should Keep a 'Raise an Eyebrow' Diary
Everyone should keep a ‘raise an eyebrow’ diary. I did. On my first day as a rookie cop, I walked into the police office and had my first ‘raise an eyebrow’ moment before I even got started. I went home, told my family and they all said, ‘WTF’. Then we had a good laugh.
By Malky McEwan4 years ago in Humans
Big Sister Siri
It was a feeling that can only be described as a cross between an FBI/NSA intelligence specialist and Madame Curie. I had uncovered who is responsible for selling your information to marketers who send you heaps of junk mail. Not the flyers sent to Resident or Our Friends at …., but the ones personally addressed to you by name.
By michelle Spencer4 years ago in Humans
That Pesky Blue-Eyed Islander Puzzle
You may already know the famous (infamous?) Blue-Eyed Islander Puzzle. Here’s my version. 99 perfect logicians are stranded on a remote island. As perfect logicians, each is able to immediately determine the logical outcome of any statement. These perfect logicians all have blue eyes. Each Islander is able to observe all the others. However, they are all unable to communicate with one another. Furthermore, each is (somehow) unable to observe his/her own eye colour. As a result of these circumstances, each logician knows the following to be true: At least 98 people here have blue eyes. Each day at noon, a flying saucer arrives. If any person knows his/her own eye colour, that person is transported to the flying saucer, in full view of everyone. Each Islander is aware of all of these conditions with one restriction: no Islander knows his or her own eye colour. Each day, the flying saucer comes and goes. No one leaves the island. One day, a voice from the flying saucer announces: One of you has blue eyes! The flying saucer then leaves. How many of the Islanders eventually leave the island, and when do they leave?
By Adam Hrankowski, ADHD4 years ago in Humans
Sexually Harassed At The Cinema
When I was fifteen, I used to spend a lot of time at the movie theater. Alone. I would skip school and take the bus to the mall where I’d spend the day seeing the same film over and over until it was safe to go home (that’s how I saw Madagascar so many times). One particular day, I was waiting in line to get a ticket and this tall, wide, peculiar guy kept looking at me. He was probably in his late thirties and a few people behind me. I noticed him because I was always looking around to make sure I wasn’t being watched (which probably got me watched even more). I made the mistake of looking back three times and, on the third time, he squinted and gave me one of those upturned nods. I ignored it, got my ticket, and went inside. I saw him in the reflection of one of the poster display cases, still watching me. It was really strange.
By A. T. Steel4 years ago in Humans
The Office Christmas Party
It was the office Christmas party at my conservative school. We did an award show themed, replicated Oscars and teacher themed categories, a red carpet and everyone dressed to the nines. The management team had spent months planning this party, and it was a huge success. I wasn’t much in the way of decorating, but the award categories and over the top dramatic speeches had been mine to create and I was proud of them. We were halfway through the evening when someone leaned over and whispered that the manager doing the next introduction had to leave to check on her kids, and I was filling in. I could not, would not, I flat refused to get up in front of almost 200 of my peers and their families. Of the 10-person management team I was the youngest, quietest, and most likely to blend in with wallpaper. My coworker Jo pulled me towards the bathrooms, encouraging me, explaining it would be fun, it would be easy, it would be 30 seconds tops, and it would mean so much to the team. She didn’t win me over with her words, but with the liquid courage she had smuggled in and now offered me. I could do 30 seconds, I would just smile and read from the notecard, I tried to channel my inner Jerry Seinfeld, I could be casual.
By Kavi Elwyn4 years ago in Humans
