MLB All-Boardgame Team
For those of you who miss baseball and have been playing boardgames way too long: 1B Ted “Clue” Kluszewski 2B Wally Backgamman SS Leo Cardenas Against Humanity 3B Howard Battleship LF Carl...
View ArticleThanks for Your Concern
Sent out last week in the Quarantine Cavalcade, a substack from The American Bystander that sends up-to-the-minute humor to your in-box every day. What’s your take on Covid-19, Audio Aficionado...
View ArticleQuarantine Counterpoint from Curtis
My name is Curtis, this is my gun, Just try and stop me from having my fun. I need a haircut, my gal some ink done, And a bacon chili burger with ranch-style Funyuns. Hey, you govs! We the People have...
View ArticleFirst Bitch
Jealous of “Just Outside” Fauci,Dollhands got a little bit grouchyInvented an inviteTo throw for the PinstripesProving himself gouty, pouty and mousey.
View ArticleWhistling Past the Ballyard
Rupture your hamstring?It ain’t no thing.Pitching arm strain?Could be a gain.Muscle tear to the groin?You can still make coinAnd skip empty cheering sections,Playing the Marlins and Cards,And the risk...
View ArticleAnd She Has Season Tickets
One evening on 35th StreetA cardboard fan I happened to meetShe thought me conventionalHer? Two-dimensionalWe plan to get married next week.
View ArticleGe Get ’em, Tigers
The blue plastic transistor radioI snuck intoSister Geraldine’s classThat OctoberPoured heavenly imagesInto my ears The centerfielder moved to shortThe old lion roaming in rightThe brawny arms of...
View ArticleDoggerel of the Plague Year
Let’s pause and raise a glass of cheerTo the closing of a horrid year (Without our loved ones in the room,We’ll have to give our toast on Zoom.) Headaches and heartbreaks too long to listIn our own...
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My Storied Stuff
My friends Steve and Sharon Fiffer started a marvelous site a year ago called STORIED STUFF, where people show the various precious objects in their lives and share the story. He asked me to write one...
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My Storied Stuff
My friends Steve and Sharon Fiffer started a marvelous site a year ago called STORIED STUFF, where people show the various precious objects in their lives and share the story. He asked me to write one...
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