Sayings of the Jewish Buddha — If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so..

A plateau is a high form of flattery. A calendar’s days are numbered.  A thief who stole a calendar… got twelve months. A bicycle can’t..

IN A SHOE REPAIR STORE  — We will heel you, We will save your sole, We will even dye for you. IN A PODIATRIST’S OFFICE..

Don Stewart — One bright and lazy day, Toucan  Alarmed his friend the Panther:  “It’s time to get you up!” he cried,  And waited for..

There are some very clever lexophiles who compose word arrangements like the following, and many more who appreciate them. Friends send them to me without..

Don Stewart — Two pea vines (courtesy of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who deciphered the rules of genetic inheritance by carefully observing these plants..

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Don Stewart — Eye-ronically, I was initially trying to make an “ear” pun out of corn, which didn’t work so well. With a little bit..

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There are so many things we want to remember and can’t. And then there are the little episodes we’d like to forget that stay with..

My Sax drawing unfolded in a dream. I woke up one morning with the image floating just beyond my visual field, a golden saxophone writhing..

Can you figure these out? Just in case, answers appear below: pumpkin pies 2. fork in the road 3. card shark 4. sweet tooth 5...

Amazing Anagrams 1. “To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows..

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… cleverness from the Washington Post reprinted here: Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers..