Category Archives: Humor

My New Low-Impact Drinking Game

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Michael Cohen

Because I hate myself, I have begun to dip into the seemingly endless parade of made-for-TV Christmas movies currently running on the Hallmark channels. Furthermore, because the stories are so contrived and because the acting and direction are so pedestrian … Continue reading →

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I need a flux capacitor to fix this…

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Michael Cohen

I recently wrote an article for TidBITS about the app’s resurrected text-box-linking feature. A reader responded with complaints about Pages 7: Whatever, it is still the most ignorant word processing software. I can open a document in Word I made in … Continue reading →

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I am not David Redux

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Michael Cohen

[Author’s Note: A couple of decades ago, I wrote the following essay after I was called, yet again, “David” instead of “Michael” during a meeting. It lived on a site of mine for a while until the site, and the … Continue reading →

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Ozymandias at Mar-a-Lago

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Michael Cohen

I met a traveller from a strife-torn land Who said: “An orange and empty head of stone Screamed at the people . . . Near it, in the grandstands, Half drunk, a bitter correspondent, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and … Continue reading →

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Comic book cities

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Michael Cohen

I was talking with a friend this evening to distract ourselves from our forthcoming dystopian future, and our rambling conversation came around to comic books: “Most cities in comic books tend to be based on New York, because that’s where the … Continue reading →

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It happened again…

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Michael Cohen

Every so often I’ll draw a cartoon and then, a few days or even a few months later, I’ll see that some professional cartoonist has done something that seems very similar to the gag in my drawing. It’s happened again, this … Continue reading →

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Math is hard, even to talk about

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Michael Cohen

Imagine how hard math would be to discuss if the length of a number’s name was equal to the number itself. For example, this might be how you would say 1,000: That number you get when you take one, and … Continue reading →

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Apple Watch—First Impressions

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Michael Cohen

My Apple Watch, a 42mm Space Gray Sport, is still in the Apple Store’s “processing” phase and hasn’t yet been shipped, but because everyone else is already posting their first impressions, I would be disappointing my massive fanbase if I … Continue reading →

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What happened in Super Bowl XLIX

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Michael Cohen

A recap for those who missed it. Balls were thrown. Some were caught. Some weren’t. Some balls that were caught were caught by the opposing team. Fans cheered. Fans booed. There was a fight. The most important thing we learned … Continue reading →

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The Stupidest Way to Carry an iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on October 11, 2014 by MEC

A link to this was included in a Mac Observer piece titled “9 Alternative Ways to Carry Your iPhone 6 Plus Other Than Your Pockets”, which just confirms the Macalope’s assertion that “web journalism is a gigantic link machine seemingly … Continue reading →

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