My wife was putting the dog outside. The dog stopped and looked back in the direction of my office as if wondering what the idiot in front of the computer was laughing at so loudly.

If that's not the funniest thing I've ever read, it's in the top five. I think I pulled something while perusing it.

Be sure to check out the video clip. It was so horrible it was fascinating, like watching those "Funniest Home Videos" where someone says "Hey, y'all watch this!" You know the next thing that will happen is his friends will dial 911.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing