Day 41 Sobekneferu /absurdist comedy/ I tried to convince myself that female cyborgs were cute. Who cares that she looked like a nuclear mutant? I’d still spend a few genuinely jolly minutes in her arms if it saved me from meeting with Mr. Vegas. “Do you want to know a secret?” IContinue Reading
Day 40 Between Life and Death /absurdist comedy/ When the bag was removed from my head, the first thing that caught my eye was a chain of long tables with hundreds of people sitting in companionable silence. Most of them were rocking back and forth as if in a trance. “What’s up?”Continue Reading
Day 39 In the Kitchen /absurdist comedy/ For every accident in life, there are many different angles from which to view it. When I look back now at the events of that day in the kitchen, I see it from a wider perspective, with greater joy. But back then… A dish fullContinue Reading
Why am I here? What is the meaning of my life? What should give my life purpose or value? These are tough questions – ones you’ve likely confronted at one point or the other in the past. But don’t be mistaken; you’re not alone. Nearly every thinking person in history has facedContinue Reading
Absurdism is, in a philosophical sense, the idea that there are no gods, higher purpose, or order to things. At least, that’s what Wikipedia told me. With that in mind, it’s pretty easy to find humor in the mundane. For example, consider a rubber duck. Humans tend to be highly sociable butContinue Reading
Years ago, I watched the late 90s movie “The Truman Show” with great fascination. In that movie, the protagonist thought he was living a normal life, but he didn’t know that he was part of a massive TV/game show shot in a gigantic studio set. There were hidden cameras everywhere recording allContinue Reading
Day 34 Passing Through Difficulties /absurdist comedy/ Do you remember how the Dalai Lama once said that you could be a rich and powerful man, with a big house and a huge bedroom playing relaxing music, but still be full of jealousy, anger, and attachment and unable to relax? I was thatContinue Reading
/short story – surreal comedy/ Written by Dany Tanner Part I DP Airlines Flight 96 from McCool Junction, Nebraska to Paris, was droning somewhere over the Indian Ocean when Bobby finally got the nerve up to speak to the attractive young woman next to him. “Hi,” he coughed. His throat was hoarse,Continue Reading
Day 32 In the teeth of lost memory /absurdist comedy/ Do you remember the words of Henry Miller? “Life’s wildest moment — she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies, lies.” This is how I felt — used by every woman I’ve met so far, especially by Mrs.Continue Reading
written by Laolu Ogundele What makes you laugh? Seriously, this is not a trick question… Okay, let’s narrow the question down. What kinds of films make you snicker, giggle, and guffaw? Whatever your answer is, do you know that it would likely be different if you lived 100 years ago? What ifContinue Reading