I knew someone who started growing green fungus in his basement, but then decided it wasn't to his lichen. Bob Dvorak

Most people take up one or another hobby or pastime to fill out their days. I have a friend who's no good at puns, but he took up tae kwon do, just for kicks. Bob D

Why, Thank Ewe, he said, sheepishly.

My honey and I just watched curling, between Scotland and the US, on the Olympic Channel. The US lost the game in the tie-breaker. Ah, well. But I decided we should send the team a token of our apprec

Anthropologists are enthused by the discovery of a mausoleum in the wilds of Brazil. There's writing all over the interior walls, but they're having a tough time with it -- not only is it a previously

Authorities are on the lookout for a smash-and-grab who's running all over the countryside. He's been dubbed the Mint Jelly Man because he's always on the lam... -- Bob Dvorak

I don't know about fish, Polish. I usually save the Polish for the candlesticks. Bob Dvorak

Notes from Christmas dinner: My brother-in-law raved over the sweet potatoes; spent all afternoon yammering about them. My wife made her fantastic recipe for Brussels sprouts (with chestnuts -- fantas

Probably because many of them had loco motives. Bob

It has become apparent to me -- the reason why CSX, Amtrak, and the like, have accidents. The engineer in charge of "driving" may have 10, 20, 40 years behind the wheel, but after all that time, he's

Rumor has it that the ashes of Walt Disney are to be disinterred from repose in Glendale, CA, and placed in a memorial garden adjacent to Disneyland, in Anaheim. His family is having a special mousole

A corporate bigwig in Denver was telling his workers how he'd go up to one of the ski resorts each weekend during the winter. And, should any of them slack off, he'd get a free trip up there with him

Yes, it might be valid: The Rolling Stones "Gathers no Moss" BD

No. The point was... Sealed, with a Kiss Guilt, by Association Fly, by Knight. etc. BD

How come Kiss never did a number called "Sealed"? Why didn't The Association ever write/sing a song called "Guilt"? Why didn't Gladys Knight ever do a ditty named "Fly!"? Next? -- Bob Dvorak

There was the man who was obsessed with the gorgeous female psychologist, some years his junior. He went around humming, "Forever Young..." Then there was the farmer who grew sweet potatoes. Talked ab

It was a random Tuesday afternoon in Greenwich Village. Tony and Vinny were immersed in the daily grind at Tony's Clock Shop -- Vinny at the counter, Tony hunched over a tableful of inner workings som

@ Gary : The crack in the wall got larger as bits of plaster fell from the wall to a steadily-increasing pile on the floor -- chips that bash in the night. Bob Dvorak ----------------------------- Sea

My honey and I were watching the pre-game show this evening for NY Mets @ Atlanta Braves. It was pouring rain, there was thunder to be heard -- and all of a sudden the screen went blank. It seems the

The boss ensures his boat is properly tied up at the wharf. He gathers up his lunch pail and heads for home. He's almost there -- when the elderly woman next door calls out to him: "Yoo-hoo! I have a