Category Archives: Humor

Heaven or Hell

March 3, 2024 – 7:34 am

Two old men are living in Miami Beach. Their hotel is undergoing renovations. The entire neighborhood has been transformed by young trendies. Izzy and Moishe sit on the terrace of the Breezemore Hotel and watch the parade of millenials. They are feeling their age and Izzy says, “You know Moishe, we’ve had a good life, […]

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White Men Redux

February 17, 2024 – 12:49 pm

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the civil equality to black ex-slaves and the GOP has promised to honor their privilege, but the Republicans remain true to the immortal words of Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture, who explained why the party of Lincoln was short on blacks. “I’ll tell you what the coloreds want. It’s […]

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Premature E-Jack-O-Lantern

October 30, 2023 – 1:30 am

What do you call celebrating Halloween before October 31st? Premature E-Jack-O-Lantern my younger brother Patrick Anthony Smith told me that joke last week. It works.

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CLOCHEMERLE by Gabriel Chevallier

April 1, 2023 – 11:30 am

In 1994 I was stranded in Penang, Malaysia. I had gone to the Malacca Straits city to rendezvous with Sam Royalle to film my trip down to Singapore and off the Sumatra, however my friend was stuck in London. “Sorry, mate, no money.” “No worries.” Indeed, I was stranded in Asia. My sick travel companion […]

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Dark Humor

September 16, 2022 – 8:52 am

On the first anniversary of the World Trade Tower Attack I was sitting with two NYPD narcotic detectives in a bar on Avenue B. Rocco and I went back to the Milk Bar and his partner Stevie was telling us about his 9/11 “My sergeant said as we approached the north tower, “Be careful, boys, […]

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