Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Autopen is Mightier than the Reality Show

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Autopen is Mightier than the Reality Show Techniques for job seekers change with the times, but althou...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Tour de Hello Kitty

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Tour de Hello Kitty When did America cease to be a nation of workers and become a community of guys in kne...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

The Class of 2011

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com THE CLASS OF 2011 Children insist on growing up and going away. Their teachers are not happy about that. ...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

With Our Thrift-Shop Televisions We Will Conquer the World

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com With Our Thrift-Shop Televisions We Will Conquer the World With the death of what’s-his-name in a small ai...
Sunday, May 1, 2011

Always Wear a Clean Shirt at a Wedding

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Always Wear a Clean Shirt at a Wedding During the recent royal wedding one could not help noticing the wil...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Mice That Ate My Car

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Mice That Ate My Car The micezillas are eating my car. Why do mice eat the wiring of some makes of car...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Russian Easter Overture

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Russian Easter Overture Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral piece “Russian Easter Overture” premiered during Christmas...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

With Our Number Two Pencils We Will Rule the World!

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com With Our Number Two Pencils We Will Rule the World The other day I spent several hours proctoring a standardize...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

The EuroGuitar, the Train, and the Squiggly Light Bulbs

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The EuroGuitar, the Train, and the Squiggly Light Bulbs “Guitar” is a French word for kindling, but a great man...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Reporter in the Closet

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Reporter in the Closet In a masterful, post-dawn kinetic journalism action strike, Vice-President Joe-the-T...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Technology -- EEK!

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Technology – EEK! If an individual were to awaken from a winter of hibernation and read the news today he would...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Reverend Charlie Sheen

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Reverend Charlie Sheen An organization styling itself Family Radio declareth unto us that the world is going to...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

The World's Largest Shopping Mall and Noodle Cart

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The World’s Largest Shopping Mall and Noodle Cart The world’s largest shopping mall is open for business, but t...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Day the Attack of the Killer Dachshunds Didn't Stand Still

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Day the Attack of the Killer Dachshunds Didn’t Stand Still “I perceive that you do not own an Afghan hound ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

A Martin Luther King Moment

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Rioting in the Streets Any civilized man must grieve to see benighted peoples, deprived of culture and literacy...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mucus on Call

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Mucus on Call My mother’s last words to me were not “I love you,” but rather “Now you know I like lots of ice i...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

The Discount Dictator

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Mack Hall The Discount Dictator His Excellency the President Presidential Palace Cairo Egypt Alternative address: The Kloisters Ski Resort a...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Captain Blood Did Not Save the Whales

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Captain Blood Did Not Save the Whales Captain Blood, the 1922 Rafael Sabatini novel on which the terrific Olivi...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Woolly Booger Scientists from several countries are using the frozen DNA of a long-gone woolly mammoth in an at...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Katherine Mattie Bevil Blanchette Hall, 1922 - 2011

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Katherine Mattie Bevil Blanchette Hall In 1917, Louie MacMicken (Mack) Bevil left off pitching pine-knots into the firebox of a Santa Fe loc...