Our Monster
By Curtis Edmonds
The Monster came every evening. You could set your watch by it. My mother and I would sit and watch television and as the clock approached nine, we could sense each other’s unease knowing that any second, it would arrive. Sometimes there were false alarms. We would sit terrified for a few moments, then nothing […]
Week Three: The Inevitability Factor
By Jack July
You can read this series from the beginning here. It had been a hard week. Polly had assigned me to doing damage control on the Washington Post story on Senator Harry Reid’s comments about the Koch Brothers being the main cause of global warming. I had the bright idea of seeing if Sharron Angle, who […]
PreTeena October 6-12, 2014
By Michael Sheldon
October 6, 2014 October 7, 2014 October 8, 2014 October 9, 2014 October 10, 2014 October 11, 2014 October 12, 2014 <– Previous stripsNext strips –>
1-800-TAX-MDMO Call#1: Canine Waste Tax Addendum
By Curtis Edmonds
1-800-TAX-MDMO Call #1: Canine Waste Tax Addendum Phone rings. Responder answers in superhero voice: "Hello, Maryland Taxman here! How can I help you?" Befuddled caller replies, "Yes, hello Taxman? I just got my property tax bill and there’s something here that I don’t recognize…A canine waste tax? Could you please explain this charge to me?" […]
