A few jokes I was asked to invent at dinner in honor of St. Patrick’s Day:
Q: What do you call half a potato in a small bowl of tepid water?
A: An Irish Martini.
Q: What is the difference between an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman?
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Check out my new web comic: Stupid Talk
I call it “the comic of bizarre word play and logical malapropism”. It’s very zany and off the wall. Hope you enjoy it!
Hi Folks,
I want to announce a new feature here on The Granite Notebook : a monthly short story rotation. I realized the other day that I have written quite a bit of awesome short fiction over the years and need to give readers here the opportunity to see some of it. Soon, probably early next year, I will publish a short story collection that will include many of these stories, but they are being published here for the first time. So readers of The Granite Notebook get to see them before everybody else. :)
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Wienerschnitzel is not a restaurant chain I am familiar with. In fact, I’ve never heard of them before. But I happened to be scrolling through this article today, and they definitely caught my attention.
You don’t want to click over there and see? Let me paint the picture for you….
First of all, this picture features the word ‘THANKS’ written in big red block letters.
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the ‘Never’ Cut + sand : raw, virgin hair untouched by scissors and tools of any kind
So… sometime this summer I did a new hairstyle thing. One day I shaved my face and then I shaved my head, and then I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just never cut or trim any of this again.’ Let it all grow out even, the way it wants to, unfettered and un-harassed.
From where (sic) came the inspiration for this fantastic idea, you say? Partly, it was inspired by laziness. Partly, it was inspired by love of nature. Partly it was inspired by skepticism. But the larger truth is: it was inspired by babies! You know, babies whose hair is allowed to grow out all wild before they get their first haircut? Sometimes that actually looks pretty cool!
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