Tag Archives: humor

Book Review: X-Treme Latin

Posted on April 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

X-Treme Latin: All The Latin You Need To Know For Surviving The 21st Century, by Henry Beard This book is not meant to be taken seriously. I am not sure it is necessary for me to say this, but given … Continue reading →

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How To Market A Smart-Phone App

Posted on March 28, 2024 by nathanalbright

One of the seemingly undying questions of the contemporary world–if one judges the marketing that one sees in smart-phone apps as any indication–is how one is to make money in the contemporary world. While we cannot expect marketing (as much … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Story Of Be

Posted on March 15, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Story Of Be: A Verb’s Eye Of The English Language, by David Crystal If you love grammar and have a fondness for the history of the English language as well as regional dialects, this book has a lot to … Continue reading →

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Not Here For A Long Time

Posted on February 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

In order to protect the guilty, I will describe how I spent most of the time during the Super Bowl today. Thanks to a deal, I went to a particular place for lunch where I watched most of the Super Bowl … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Laugh Your A** Off

Posted on January 22, 2024 by nathanalbright

Laugh Your A** Off: A Steady Diet Of Rib-Tickling Belly Busters, by Jack Kresimer I have to admit that my ribs were only barely tickled and my belly never busted over the course of reading this book. This is not (entirely) the … Continue reading →

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Anyone Could Have Done That

Posted on January 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

You know you are having a bad day as a college athlete, or any other kind of athlete, when a fairly ordinary casual fan of college football not only knows your jersey number, but knows enough to recognize that you … Continue reading →

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The Quests Of Others’ Existences

Posted on October 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

I have long written about my own quests for what should have been mundane items, of the sort that people shop for every day yet because of supply chain shortages end up being a serious chore to find. It is … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Bodily Function Challenge

Posted on October 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

While we were at the Feast of Tabernacles in South Africa, towards the end of our trip, my mother made my stepfather a humorous impossible challenge not to mention bodily functions like bladder issues and bowel movements for 72 hours … Continue reading →

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The Load-Shedding Experience Part Two: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on October 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

I had commented earlier on the load-shedding experience and how it is that South Africans take it in stride and have a bit of a sense of humor about it. Yesterday, though, was a new experience for me, and that … Continue reading →

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Change Clothes

Posted on October 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the ways that one can mark just how busy a day is by how many changes of clothes take place over the course of the day. Most of the time, I content myself to a couple of changes … Continue reading →

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