A #MeToo Story by a Mermaid
Being the chair of the local Mermaid Public Relations Committee isn't all it's cracked up to be. Like today, for example, I'd like to be out swimming around in the ocean with the other mermaids. Instead I'm tasked with reading the entries of my fellow mermaids to a short story contest by a local magazine and choosing the ones that will proceed to the next round of the competition. The magazine edi...
Read full story4 Awful Mother’s Day Gifts to Show How Little You Care
It’s common knowledge that most people secretly dislike their parents, blaming them for their problems in life and resenting how they raised them. This, of course, creates challenges every May when Mother’s Day rolls around. You don’t want the woman...
Read full storyPaper And Pencils Are Back!
In the least scientific breakthrough for centuries, the 'writer's tools', paper and pencils, are making an astonishing and unexpected comeback! Out of vogue since the dawn of the computer age, sales of 'writing instruments' - as pencils were known - have been in steady decline, but new research has shown that, in a revolutionary turnaround, people are turning their backs on the latest computer...
Read full storyGlaswegian police search for massive lost python with magnifying glass
Shock, horror in Glasgow, as a super-huge Burmese python goes on the run (slither, surely?) after breaking out of a tiny flat in the Gorbals area. Schools, mums and dads, were issued warnings through huge megaphones for their wee kiddies to stay i...
Read full story"Pull the Plug!" Taxpayer Group wants Comatose State Pensioner Euthanized
Sacramento, CA. A group of conservative California taxpayers asked a state court to remove all medical support that now keeps a 101-year-old retired state worker alive in a permanent comatose condition. Their request has sparked renewed debate over t...
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