Category Archives: humor

Ennui; or, The Cat Who Read Mallarmé

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Boz

La chair est triste, hélas! et j’ai lu tous les livres. [The flesh is sad, alas! and I have read all the books.]

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Rutherford B. Hayes, Who Are You–and Why Are You Tormenting Me?

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Boz

In the summer of 2012, my husband and his 12-year-old daughter went on a 2,200-mile bicycle trek from Selma, North Carolina, to Austin, Texas. They slept mostly in tents, usually in a manner known to long-distance hikers and cyclists as … Continue reading →

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A Napple, a Norange–and a Numpire

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Boz

In the third grade, we guffawed about Little Johnny, who left out the P when reciting the alphabet because it was running down his leg. Those of us with more highbrow tastes in humor also found amusing his further adventures: … Continue reading →

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Where There’s Smoke

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Boz

At the beginning of this month, I received an email from one of my online students. She told me that she was confused about an assignment and needed some help. “I can go to the learning lab,” she continued, “but the … Continue reading →

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Dr. John V. Eckleburg?

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Boz

I am now going to debunk all my foregoing pretensions to serious intellectualism. 

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