A Gaga Parody

For the uninformed, a comma splice occurs when a writer plugs a comma between two independent clauses. Comma splices make my brain ache and cause unbridled frustration deep in my soul. They are as evil as “chocolate flavouring” and movies altered for the family channels. Instead of splicing, the writer could use a period. A…

The Sleep In

I got up this morning the second time Sherman poked his snoggy pink snout into my shoulder. He’ll go away once: it’s like snooze for mutts, but when he comes back and nudges me another time with his nose I know he’s feeling quite serious about wanting to go out. I put the speckled one…