humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
Fandom: A Comedy
Teacher: This is how it began, and I hope that I don’t have to explain myself again. She is in my class, and she stayed behind one day to discuss an assignment that she still has not finished and has no intention of completing. I kept the door open for the meeting and recorded our conversation while the camera system was working for my own purposes. She complained that it was unfair to target her in the group just because she was late. I pointed out that the assignment was based on the very first part of the text we are studying and that we are now on the third section. We are about to have our first demonstrations and I doubt she has even started putting notes together for that one (she seems to be in a committed relationship with her Samsung that cannot be disturbed).
By Kendall Defoe 10 days ago in Humans
The Funicular That Had Everyone Laughing
Some family memories become more entertaining with age. Not necessarily because anything exceptional happened, but because the people who were there have somehow managed to remember the same event in three entirely different ways. In our family, one such memory involves a hotel in Puerto Rico, a slow-moving train, three hungry daughters, an increasingly impatient crowd, and one daughter who arrived at the wrong place at precisely the wrong time.
By Anthony Chan10 days ago in Humans
The Dime and the Glass Door
Every time I walked into my grandpa's automotive shop as a kid, I needed a dime. Not a quarter. Not a dollar. A dime. That was the price of admission to the best part of the whole building, and I knew it before I knew how to tie my shoes right.
By Overdrive Records11 days ago in Humans
"We Should Grab Coffee Soon" and Other Polite Lies We Say to Avoid Each Other
The English language is a magnificent, sprawling monument to cowardice. And nowhere is this proclivity to cowardice more obvious than in our use of “Optimistic Rejections” — words that sound like a sunny promise of future collaboration, but in reality mean that absolutely, categorically, nothing is going to happen .
By Scott Christenson🌴11 days ago in Humans
The Night the Beads Never Moved
He still tells it the same way every time someone asks about their mother’s last Christmas. She asked for the Rosary, he says. Right after the dishes were done. She was in the chair by the window with the old afghan across her lap. She looked at both of us and said we should pray before she got too tired. So we did. All five decades of the Joyful Mysteries. She held the beads herself for the first two. Her hands shook, but she kept going. When they finished she touched his hand, then his sister’s, and told them to take care of each other. After that she closed her eyes for a little while. When she opened them she asked if anyone wanted more coffee. Ordinary. Peaceful. The way he needs the night to have ended.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Humans
The Last Christmas Eve
He always starts the story the same way. She asked for the Rosary that night, he says. Right after we finished the dishes. She was sitting in the old chair by the window, the one with the crocheted afghan. She looked at both of us and said, Let’s pray before I get too tired. And we did. All five decades of the Joyful Mysteries. She held the beads herself for the first two decades. Her hands were shaking, but she kept going.
By Overdrive Records13 days ago in Humans
Excursion up to Stuckagain Heights
My daughter says I tried to kill her on Stuckagain Heights. Her nine-year-old self sat in the back seat with her friend, looking over our shoulders as the car sped backward. The top of the hill faded as the car rolled back up the undeveloped 10-15% incline. Then, as she turned around, she saw boulders, hemlock and alder trees, and the road's edge we were fast approaching. My boyfriend (my husband now) sat next to me in the front seat.
By Andrea Corwin 14 days ago in Humans
