Does he ignore calls for help on the weekends?
Yes, this is Osborn Cox — Who the FUCK are YOU?
Mr. Osborn Cox?
Doug, even Clark Kent takes days off.
Reminds me of a conversation with a friend who was dying of cancer and chemotherapy in his late 20s. “I’m…
I guess an optimist would point out that we’re surviving all of these fictional doom dates but I still don’t…
So timely that when I re-read “There Will Come Soft Rains” just a few months ago, I didn’t particularly notice…
“The gods had gone away now, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly.” August 4, 2026 is the…
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. “Come on in and take a free personality test!” I almost did it once,…
Their primary religious practice is hooking people up to what they call an “e-meter” which functions on the same principle…
All I know from L Ron Hubbard is Battlefield: Earth, which is all I need to know. *Every* cop knows…
Too late, man. My self-esteem has been obliterated like in a Cuisinart (back from when Cuisinart was good).
Maybe he wrote it for himself, not for you. Certainly I’m glad to have had a chance to read it.…
I did remember it, but sure can’t complain about anyone repeating themself repeating themself. Four stories told and re-told, that’s…
Police make me nervous. I’ve seen too many accounts of brutality and misconduct and they need better oversight. I’m not…
Soorry, man. The writing is pretty good too.
What I like about you and me is we don’t put on a mask. Well, you by necessity probably need…
No, you should visit him.. .When I originally published this last year I did it with #1 also… Someone once…
Mamdani is a unique talent. Seems to actually believe in some things, reeks of competence, has a good time, and…
I vote for #1. Made me laugh. An old folks home is full of characters. I kinda got palzy walzy…
Not much brightens my spirits more than someone dancing on the sidewalk, and it’s not uncommon. The homeless, mentally ill,…
(Can someone weigh in on this, which ending should I use for my next column in the local senior newspaper,…
> The bins will contribute to the sense of New York becoming more “sanitized” each day, where it is gentrified…
After dinner yesterday I felt the emptiness of not seeing or talking to anyone all day and had to get…
Social anxiety, similar to shyness and timidity, is a funny thing. I’ve come a long way out my shell (have…
Took me two paragraphs to start chuckling. WTF. New York’s streets are entropic. Nothing here can exist without promptly getting…
Kind words and compliments are always welcome, but dang, I actually *work* at the writing. The news is just me…
We are about to jump into an era of performative hysteria that will make “freedom fries” seem quaint: https://www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litter-new-york-city-dumpsters-must-stopped/
Yup, and almost totally inadmissible in court (the circumstances in which they can be admitted as evidence are so baroque…
My dog never wipes his ass. He doesn’t need to. He spends about ten hours a day licking it clean.