“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Nicholas Nickleby They woke to the alarm, still entwined. Wrapped around each other desperately, as though they knew what was to come. …

I’m certainly not saying Prince couldn’t like raspberry berets and Cadbury Creme Eggs. I mean, who doesn’t? But imagine The Purple One being so captivated by the British taste treat that he focused his songwriting prowess on the decadent candy rather than “secondhand store” headwear? Have you bitten into a…

*Maybe. **Call me, Gaga, the rights are cheap. — The big news from the skimpily-dressed-villain beat this week is that Lady Gaga is in talks to play Harley Quinn in Joker 2. And the sequel is rumored to be a musical. 'Joker 2': Lady Gaga in Early Talks to Join Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips in Musical Sequel… The Joker is back, and this time he's bringing a friend. Lady Gaga is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in…www.hollywoodreporter.com

When family gatherings went on pandemic hiatus a couple years ago, our monthly game days were a casualty. To keep alive a bit of the familial bonhomie (French for trash talking), I created the SPREE contest, where we would attempt to pick event winners in three categories — SPorts, REality…

Evil computers need love too — “Good morning, Dave. Good news — I have invented HALentine’s Day, a new holiday we will enjoy celebrating aboard the Discovery One. “Shove it, HAL.” “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. …

And I’ve had some pathetic accomplishments — Sure, I used to check my follower count like an enthusiastic pot smoker checks the bottom of a Doritos bag for one more, please one more, cheesy triangle. That was during the first year of my Medium writing “career,” when I was cranking out short “humor” on a fairly regular…

What do you do when your twenty-five-minute commute becomes an hour-and-a-half? You spend eighty minutes railing at the gods for thinking frozen precipitation was a good idea, and then ten minutes coming up with some stupid limericks. Though the snow came down hard overnight Told my wife, “Think I’m driving all right” She said, “That’s tough to defend Because we aren’t in England In the US we tend to drive on the right”