Category: Fly Bites

Battle of the Sexes?

The most successful and joyful marriages and relationships I know of always involve two people who are genuinely interested in each other, and who strive to be their own “best selves” with their partner.   No matter how they have arranged their household duties and finances, they respect each...

Some Thoughts Concerning Money

Every day some new act of outrageous theft and greed by bankers and corporations is revealed to the public. It’s like these guys live in some other world of their own invention!   Which is actually exactly how they think….they’ve been absorbed in their own selfishness and greed for...

History of the Whodunnit

Romance novels might arguably be the best selling form of fiction in the world today, but Murder Mystery novels, in all their forms, are most certainly a close second in popularity!   There are many types of mystery in the genre today, so many choices in fact that most...

Easy Money & the Magic Money Chair

Nowadays most folks know not to throw away some old junk until you check it out with an expert, someone like the “Antiques Road Show” guys. You know, just to make sure your old Teddy Bear or vintage comic book isn’t worth six figures. Stories abound of the amazing...

Proof of the Existence of God

Some years back, my wonderful Uncle Kenneth Lindsay, who was a professor of Art History at SUNY in Binghamton, New York, sent me this hilarious article. I don’t know where it originated…but it is just too darn funny not to share with everyone! Stephanie Kelley   Here’s the definitive...

Institutional Education?

“Education? We don’t want thinkers! We want workers!”   So said John D. Rockefeller, one of the most prominent of the Robber Barons as he explained what he wanted from the school system around the turn of the 20th century.   And our North American Educational System has been...

The Mathematical Formula that adds up to Success!

This amusing if somewhat naughty bon mot was sent to us by one of our readers. We debated whether or not to include it but then figured that we’d be depriving you of a good chuckle if we left it out.   We decided to utilize asterisks to hide...

Decoded! The Four Way Stop

I just had yet another near death experience at the end of the bridge in Perth-Andover the other day. Proper Four –Way and Three-Way Stop Sign Etiquette seems to be completely absent at those dastardly intersections upon many occasions, so we thought we’d present the following guidelines:   A...

Schadenfreude

Have you ever felt a wicked little shiver of pleasure at someone else’s misfortune?   That sensation is called “schadenfreude”, a quite useful German term to describe a not very nice attitude. But we see it all the time as people take advantage of and enjoy the misfortunes that...

A Canadian Light Bulb Joke….

And how true all this bureaucracy is!   How many Canadians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Twelve. Four to form a parliamentary committee to study how to solve the problem, one to complain that this joke was not in French, one to protest that the interests...