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May 2017

May 10, 2017

Trump said . . . (choose your next word!)

People started a text message with the word "Trump," and then kept choosing only from...

January 2015

January 12, 2015

Back to school special: A liberal arts education in 500 words!

Don't forget me later, when you've landed an awesome job because of your sweet, sweet...

January 05, 2015

10 Tips for Becoming an Amazing Husband

Hey, you don't stay married for 35 years without learning a thing or two ...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Life on my blog (sometimes)

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Gay porn as published by Christians fundamentalists (NSFW)

I was idly browsing the books section of my local Craigslist site when I came...

May 2014

May 13, 2014

The 10 best arguments for Donald Sterling keeping the LA Clippers

Want to defend the right of Donald Sterling to own the LA Clippers? Here are...

May 12, 2014

10 life lessons Jack Bauer taught me

If you haven't watched "24," you don't know Jack about life.

May 06, 2014

Jesus’ funniest joke

I've been told by at least five major Christian leaders that it's actually blasphemous to...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

A New-Age translation of The Lord’s Prayer

(Written on a whim after attending a thoroughly engaging interfaith council meeting.) Our genderless spirit...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

“I have had it with these !!#!@&*!! snakes in this !!#!@&*!! glen!”

But, as he grew older, Pat found himself increasingly distressed by the fact that his...

March 03, 2014

A new sexual alphabet

You've heard of LGBTTQQIIAA. Now meet the rest of the alphabet.

January 2014

January 29, 2014

10 reasons why the Super Bowl is more fun than church

This Sunday I, along with bazillions of other Christians, will choose watching the Super Bowl...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

True or False: Dinosaurs Lived with People

You may have already seen on the Internet this "science" test, which was given to...

April 11, 2013

Letter from a sincere would-be polyamorous guy, or a fundy troll faking it?

If you read or skimmed the reader comments to Christian Polyamory and/or One Man. Two Fiancees. One...

December 2012

December 14, 2012

The Mystery of the Disappearing Carolers

Whatever happened to that great tradition of wandering around in the freezing dark singing Christmas...

December 06, 2012

Get thee behind me, Santa!

[READER ADVISORY ALERT: Joke. The below is a joke, with the funny and the laughing and...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

How to make a cop insist that you get out of his car

First of all, let me say happy Monday! A new week! New possibilities! New challenges!...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

Top 10 Things I WON’T Say To Rob Bell During Our Lunch Today

Later today I'll be having lunch with former mega-church founder and leader, best-selling author and...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Then I went to hell

I saw her standing there---then I went to hell! I heard it through the grapevine---then...

February 14, 2012

Love is a many splintered thing

People always say that love is an unfathomable mystery no mortal can fully understand. But...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

What?! Mark Driscoll a Pinhead?

Yesterday a young man wrote to ask why I thought so many people are attracted...

January 04, 2012

How To Win Every Argument With Your Wife

Husbands: As you know, arguing is a humologargantuamegamondo part of being married. The main thing...

January 02, 2012

SALE! My collected humor: 99 cents. One week only

HA!, a full-sized collection of five years worth of my best humor, is now on...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

How to go to work as The Twelve Days of Christmas

Wondering how you can go to work every day every day for twelve days in...

July 2011

July 21, 2011

As Jesus Said: A Smile Is Just a Frown Turned Gay

In case you haven't seen this insanity. Behold the screen-save: And look at...

March 2011

March 17, 2011

When Leprechauns Attack!

Yesterday I wrote St. Patrick: The Most Famous Stoned Druid of All. And then today,...

March 16, 2011

St. Patrick: One plucky, tone-deaf little alcoholic

About this time of year people find themselves wondering, "Do I drink too much?" Plus,...

March 15, 2011

Tim Pawlenty and Gomer Pyle: Separated at Birth?

March 09, 2011

I Dream of Charlie with the Way Big Bong

I had a dream starring Charlie Sheen. And these are the things I'd now like...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Why Aren’t Fundamentalists Telepathic Comedians?

I knew I'd end up in hell! There's such a dangblangit fine line between "Funny!"...