Satire: Life

by Stephen Surgener

By the standards of most, I am a simple kind of guy. I drink my coffee black, beer cold or warm, and if the dog's willing to eat it, then it wont kill me. It's my way of bringing a little peace to the world. Enough people...read more

by Bishop Taylor

There are many of us who believe that in this country anyone can sue anybody, anytime for anything. As it turns out you can't. A friend who is a real estate broker swears this story is true. Because both parties involve...read more

by Ryszard Krasowski

NOTHING. One day I sank into the cozy armchair and I lost myself deeply in thought: Is it possible to write about nothing? Has anybody ever written about nothing? Is there any sense in picking up a pen and writing about...read more

by Amanda Day

PUFF My sincerest, profoundest rants on the word - puff. Not Honah Lee. Not a dragon. Not a little boy. Society. Exquisite people recoil at the sight of puffy morning eyes. They reach for the almost empty tube ...read more

by Mark Hamilton

Life Life or the perfect life is the ever illusive vision we spend countless hours chasing but very few will realize. Is it that perfect life eludes us or do we have a skewed vision of what life is suppose to be. Man...read more

by Wynn Eisman

The Next Big Thing. Each Friday, at lunch-time, Bernie climbed the cellar stairs at his local pub. The stairwell was steep and badly lit. Warped timber on the supports had given the staircase a twist to the right; a dec...read more

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by Katy Andrews

I've always said that if I were someone else listening to me tell my life story, there is a good possibility that I would think I was a compulsive liar. My life has always felt more like an April Fool's Day joke than an...read more

by Ruth D. Hochman

SURVIVAL "I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism, and much more, only to find that truth is basically simple and feels good, clear and right." Armando "Chick" Corea Misfortu...read more

by Ronnie Jay

History of a Clodhopper I am a shoe. To be more precise, I am a man's shoe, tan of colour, eight-and-half of size and tailored to fit a right foot. I have a partner, the mirror image of myself, but where he is I can...read more

by Kelly Trickett

I looked at him from across the room, sitting there, eating my food, every other word out of his mouth vicious and mean; my poor kids, so happy to see him and hurt at what is coming out of his mouth. To be happy or cry? T...read more

by Yolander Prinzel

As I write this letter, the strain of my owner's enormous, undulating mass of belly lard threatens to rip out my exhausted seams. For the past two years, she has consistently brought her boundary breaking fat accumulation ...read more

by Eoanna Petropoulacos

An oddly assorted gaggle of elderlys clustered around the television ignoring the show attention otherwise engaged by countless fascinations afforded by the giant thermometer/barometer gleaming handsomely against the wall....read more

by Carol Gustke

A "DREAM" VACATION: "We won! We won!" I greeted my husband, Art, at the door. "Won what?" His skeptical expression only made my news sweeter. "A trip," I taunted. "Where to? He laughed; "Cisco Clipton's Fillin...read more

by Mugurel Stejar

I am perfectly aware of the wisdom, or of lack of pouring gas on an open fire, however the rush of adrenaline provoked by the shooting flames, and the challenge of getting your hands out before the flames touch your skin i...read more

by Ken Alexander

My Fourth of July Oh, what a day. The 4th of July. I awoke early to plan my day. Let's see; the beach, the park, a game. I chose the park. The beaches are polluted and I don't like crowds. Ok, what to bring. The barbe...read more

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by Jim Byrd

The world of mathematical academia is in a state of disarray since the establishment of a new theorem in basic mathematic fundamentals last week. The discovery was thrust into the spotlight in Manchester England, by a one,...read more

by Winfridah Mcekeni

One day as I sat on the porch on a warm autumn day, admiring the warm ablaze colors of the woods, I watched leaves falling from the trees. As the gentle winds blew swiftly, the leaves blew away from the branches in the dir...read more

by Alice Montgomery

As my grandma, a spunky 97 year old lady who had lived through two strokes, three husbands, four cats and five near death experiences, laid on the bed she called me close to her. Grandma was the inspiration of everything t...read more

by Matthew Doherty

This world that brings such a crazy wonder called "life". Something that nobody will ever ever be able to search deep into, because by the time they do we may not be here. Some say that it is us as humans that live this ...read more

by Jon Trier

Not for the Timid! OK, time for another episode of wtf irritates my hind end. Today's subject: The iPhone Wtf kind of moron would spend $400 on a phone, then spend $300 more on thier first bill? Honestly, this i...read more