The Lint Screen

Category: Whatnot

  • Lint Turns 100

    Satire is an alien concept to many. Much of what I’ve written in satire. It is sarcastic, ironic, silly smartass stuff that lampoons many of the follies of people in our modern times. But, I’m sad to say, many people have no satirical sense of humor. Too many take everything at face value. It’s a…

  • Easter Bunny Blasts Boy As Socialist

    Fortunately for little Frankie Urbeenor, he sleeps on a very absorbent pillow. The child cried torrents last night after his visit to The Easter Bunny at the East Waverly Heights Mall in Port Arthur, Texas.

  • My Idyllic Nun

    As a kid, I attended St. Patrick’s Elementary School in Hubbard, Ohio. My uniform was sharp-creased navy blue dress pants with a crisp white shirt and clip-on tie. We had ‘lay teachers’ (ordinary civilians), but we were also taught by ruler-wielding nuns who smacked palms into submission. The pain told the brain and body to…

  • Oh, Lady Liberty!

    Why have you brought yourself to this? Standing on the corner, waving a sign to get attention; prostituting freedom to sell income tax services. You join the huddled masses of other mascots: the wiener in a bun, dancing taco dude, the purple gorilla, twirling condo sale sign guy and all the many mascots pimping their…

  • Ain’t It The Truth?

    British journalist Charlie Brooker reveals proven tricks of the trade for putting together a news segment.

  • Getting Hipper (Pt. 19)

    While I thought I had pulled the plug on my total hip replacement series, some people have asked for an update. They are either curious, or taking some sick pleasure in my pain. Either way, Iā€™m happy to oblige.