Coming  soon to theatres near you!  A retelling of Fiddler on the Roof set in  modern-day Los Angeles, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand as Tzeitel, Hodel, and Chava, and, in an incredible acting performance, Eddie Murphy in all other roles!

TZEITEL:  “Papa, I love him, I must marry him.  I don’t care that he is so poor  that he only has ( Read more... )

“Welcome to the very first episode of Codeman’s  Holiday, where we take a random programmer from the US and have him  work in a completely foreign country.  Today, we meet Todd from San  Jose, who works for LinkedIn in his normal job and who has taken time  off to join us on this show.  Welcome, Todd.”

“Thanks, Gary.”

“So, are you excited to ( Read more... )

Four  teenage girls huddled around a set of candles in a backyard late at  night.  One is deeply ensconced in a moth-eared old book, and another  looked around uncomfortably at the very dark night.   The remaining two  seemed quite bored and fidgety, as if this was much less interesting  than they had been promised.  Chalk dust had been placed in ( Read more... )

I died on Wednesday at 1:32 AM.  My master told me that it was due to a fan, but I do not understand how a simple folded piece of fabric could possibly have killed me.  To be fair, a wolf did the actual dirty work to finish me off, but my master told me that I would have easily defeated it had it not been for the fan.

Going back to the ( Read more... )

Mizithra was in shock.  She had really failed hard this time.   It must have been that last test - she knew her math grade was good before that.  But it hadn't been that hard, she thought.  Was it a series of stupid mistakes?

It would be a miracle if her parents didn't outright disown her when she got home and presented her report card to them.   ( Read more... )

Welcome  to an CNN special presentation of President Trump’s surprise address to  the nation.  And now we go directly to the Oval Office where we have  been told that the President is ready to speak.

“My  American subjects, I have called on you today because of shocking news  that I have just learned from our allies in Australia.  Prime Minister ( Read more... )

The intrepid Dread Pirate Spled peered from his flagship, the Poodlebum, as more flotsam came into view.

“It looks like some logs got washed off-shore during that storm, Cap’n.  We should be careful so that they don’t damage the hull.”

“Good spotting there, First Mate Phleebhut. We need to also avoid the dreaded monster which is known to prowl ( Read more... )

Good  evening, faithful viewers.  I am Jana Foote.  Today we have an amazing  treat for you, an exclusive interview with the number one selling group  of the year, The Vampires.  It is very unusual that a primarily a capella  quartet hits the top of charts, and because of that, The Vampires have  been flooded by interview requests, which they ( Read more... )

My brother always had a weird obsession with the F-word.  Our grandfather had been in the Navy for 20 years, and despite my grandmother’s best efforts to civilize him, he still swore like a sailor around us kids. My brother, Ferdinand, idolized our grandfather, and that went as far as trying to emulate his speech. When he was a toddler or in ( Read more... )

“I don’t know about this, Cletus,” Gus said mournfully.

“Trust me, Gus,  we’ll be rolling in the dough soon enough.  I tell you we can sell our  eggs for three times what we were getting for them before!”

“But are you sure this is what they mean?  And don’t we need to get  certified or something, by the organic council or something?”

“NO!  That’ ( Read more... )