Year: 2006

  • Paranoia

    An old Arab lived close to New York City for more than 40 years.  He would have loved to plant potatoes in his garden, but he is alone, old and weak.  His son is in college in Paris, so the old man sends him an e-mail.  He explains the problem:Beloved son, I am very sad,…

  • Boston Legal

    For a few weeks, maybe a month, I’ve been intermittently watching Boston Legal.  It’s very funny.  I think that William Shatner has finally found his calling.  He was good as a letch in Star Trek, but he has elevated his performance to new astounding heights in this program.

  • Privacy

    To me a job is an invasion of privacy.Danny McGoorty

  • The Test

    I was happy.  My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married.  My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me, and my girlfriend?  She was a dream!There was only one thing bothering me, very much indeed, and that one thing was her younger…

  • Success

    The way to succeed is to double your error rate.Thomas J. Watson

  • Squirrel problem

    There were four country churches in a small town: Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and Catholic.  Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels.One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels.  After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn’t interfere…

  • Crash

    It was nice to see the movie Crash win the Oscar for Best Picture.  We watched it on Saturday before the Oscars and I said to Jill, “Brokeback Mountain had better be much better than this to win the Oscar.”I’m wondering if the Academy voters didn’t think that it was better to give the vote…