Dave Berkoflavin was feeling bored and directionless. Being a cube dweller for over twelve years was getting to him. He’d had his job at the Xerozatis Factory Corporation for over 12 years and really wasn’t getting anywhere. XFC had promoted him to manager but that didn’t really change anything. The…

The Worthlebees from Busted Fir — The Worthlebees from Busted Fir, Montana decided it’s time to revive chemically-aided enhanced consciousness. Wilfred Worthlebee has a PhD from Stanford in American cube theory and his wife, Cherry, has her PhD from Brown in cake mix design. They have co-authored and published several peer-review papers on the intersection of…

The town council of Happy Pleasant Hills, Indiana was getting increasingly worried about how the town seemed to be losing its wholesomeness, its purity, its inner beauty. Young people and some old weird ex-hippy types were trying to make changes. They’d congregate in the town parks and talk to each…

I found it the attic one night. It was in a sealed metal box that was welded shut. It had a bright orange biohazard warning on it. On the top was a another warning: “DO NOT OPEN THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES — HIGHLY DANGEROUS.” I thought wow, this is really…

Larry’s friends are merciless when to comes to his preferred game, wild mice. “Yeah, they call me Mouseman but I don’t care. There is nothing like a freshly roasted mouse with some ketchup. Plus it takes a shitload more skill to peg a tiny mouse rustling under some leaves than…

delicious liquor from compost? — Who would have thought that you could make a powerful and delicious liquor from compost? I suppose I should have had an idea. I always seemed to catch a little buzz whenever I packed a wad of it between cheek and gum in late summer while cutting grass or doing…

The James Webb space telescope cost about 10 billion dollars and doesn’t even pick up ESPN. We threw that sucker out a million miles from earth so we could look at stars. I can see stars from my backyard, at least some of them. However I’m told it’s not “visible”…

When Maggie and Thrump Kithpepper decided to open an ice cream stand in Culthton NY to sell their ice cream directly to the public they had no idea how popular it would be. People lined up for scoops every single night throughout the year, especially when there were events at…

Walter had it with dating sites He struggled to create the perfect profile. He took a million selfies in his car to get just the right look. He browsed his dating sites everyday (he belonged to eight of them) and sent out hundreds of cute, respectful messages to prospective dates. …