Bella the Singing Dog
Our dog Bella loves to provide vocals when my daughter plays the piano.
View ArticleFade to Black (A Ramble)
Throughout my life I’ve been strangely attracted to dark humor. Before I wrote software I was a cartoonist, and back then I’d wonder what humor was and why people laugh. I decided it was madness...
View ArticleA Hairy Practical Joke
Many years ago my oldest brother lived in an apartment complex that had tiny mailboxes. Any mail that wouldn’t fit would be left out in the open – for everyone to see. So I thought it’d be funny to...
View ArticleAnother Hairy Practical Joke
Some time after the first incident, my now-beardless oldest brother decided to host Christmas. My other brother would be there, and I had long given him grief about his unkempt nostril hair (what are...
View ArticleFake Gifts for Christmas
Speaking of Christmas and practical jokes, something all three of the Bradbury boys enjoy is giving fake gifts. One year there was a present under the tree from one of my brothers to my parents. My...
View ArticleMonty Python and the Holy Roller
It’s only Sunday, but I can honestly claim to have had the highlight of my week already. There’s a local rock radio station whose weak signal sometimes gets overlapped with that of a religious station....
View ArticleThe Perfect Job!
My nephew, Brandon, is a budding director. He’s an 11th grader with a ton of talent. I’ve enjoyed his videos for years, but none more than this one he created with two of his high school classmates.
View ArticleThe Legend of Nicky Poot
Each year at the Automattic Grand Meetup, everyone gives a four-minute “flash talk” on any subject. Here’s the talk I gave this year. Yours truly delivering this talk. I’m sure we’ve all had this...
View ArticleAnd now for something completely different…
I was born in England but moved to the US when I was very young. My parents held onto their British culture in many ways, one of which was continuing to watch British comedy. When I was in elementary...
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