Pop culture

Back to Basics

In spite of the salesman’s seeming sincerity and assurances, and the shiny new red paint, Beau was pretty sure there were easier options than a steam powered generator for living off the grid or back-up power during storms.  Finding three cords of wood a week or a ton of coal a month seemed daunting . . .

By |April 30th, 2018|Categories: Economy, Energy, Pop culture|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Back to Basics

Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

His friends thought competing in Nathan’s Annual  Hot Dog (Called Tubular Tenderloins by mystery meat gourmets) Eating Contest was stupid; Harry could never win.  But Harry had been working on a secret weapon . . .

By |April 10th, 2018|Categories: Food, Pop culture, Reptiles & Amphibians|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Skinny Dipping

The girls had dared each other to go skinny dipping–it seemed like harmless fun– until the nerdy kid from school showed up with his drone and GoPro camera . . .

By |April 3rd, 2018|Categories: Flowers, Pop culture|Tags: , |Comments Off on Skinny Dipping

Dancing Lessons

Judy quickly learned that teaching ballroom dancing was not as easy as she had imagined when more than one pair of legs per student was involved.  Maybe the “Watusi” or the “Locomotion” or “The Twist” would work better . . .

By |April 2nd, 2018|Categories: Bugs, Pop culture|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Dancing Lessons

FauxMo? Ho Ho!

Just back from NY NY, Tina June (called Tina Tuna by her friends) thought her NY NY FauxMo do and her new cheek tats were way cool,  but behind her back, her friends whispered, “FauxMo? Ho, ho, ho!”

By |March 21st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Glamor, Pop culture|Tags: , |Comments Off on FauxMo? Ho Ho!

Face Lift, Sort Of . . .

With doctors able to transplant corneas, hearts, and other major organs, and do cosmetic and facial reconstructive surgery, Eloise was very unhappy to learn the docs couldn’t do a cat face transplant so she could be the next new super hero film star . . .

By |March 8th, 2018|Categories: domestic animals, Health, Pop culture|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Face Lift, Sort Of . . .