Spring Rain . . .

— From the Fool — There’s a bunch of wise proverbs out there, which you can live by if you work at it. You get them on Facebook. Like roaches. It started with King Solomon. But wisdom hit a pothole with him. He was supposed to be the wisest man, but that’s setting the...

Weeds. . .

— From the Fool — My friend Joe is no fool.  He wants that to be clear.  ‘You’re a fool,’ he yells at me.  I agree. But what happened was this. He used to read all the news and watch the news on TV and dream about the news which was worse than the chainsaws they do in...

Battles. . .

— From the Fool — I had a fight with my sister.  I have a sister.  She’s okay except for her theories of economics. She’s a whore cause she’s gotta make a living, and I’m a fool, same reason.  You do what you’ve got a talent for, and what the Invisible Hand of the...

Experts and Teeth and Friends. . .

— From the Fool — I saw this guy on TV they say is the Expert.  He tells what’s going to happen if it does or if it won’t and why. He talks fast.  Nobody understands him so we don’t have to worry but according to him he’s got it under control.  Sometimes he says why...

The Latest Bulletins. . .

— From EF — When I go back and read our writing from past decades, some things make me feel, well, odd.  We wrote and produced Tapdancer 23 years ago, a dystopian comedy in which a very straight investment broker commits the crime of defacing a billboard (America Is...