Runs with knives!
  Revised: 03-October-99 Douglas Coupland, born December 30, 1961 in West Germany, is the author of several books: Generation X, Shampoo Planet, Life After God, Microserfs, and most recently, Postcards from the Dead. Coupland’s work is the voice of a generation. His views and…
Since stumbling upon Counterscript some time ago, I have been on a relentless campaign against telemarketers that enter my home through the telephone. My campaign is called “Reactive Telemarketing”. Whenever a telemarketer calls, I immediately begin asking them questions as listed on the Counterscript (though…
Dammit. We’ve lost another dark humorist. George Carlin died at 71 from heart failure. He’d had heart troubles for a long time, and they finally caught up with him. Here’s a link to a YouTube video obituary, highlighting just a few of Carlin’s bits. Rest…
When the agenda for our staff meeting included the entry, “Happy April Fool’s Day!” as item one, an idea occured to me. When the meeting started with the meeting host saying, “It’s April Fool’s Day, everyone!”, I said, “To celebrate April Fool’s Day, I brought…
My recent submission to TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT, from a conversation I had about boarding our dogs for the Flying Pig weekend…
(513) Our dogs will spend the weekend in the kennel, barking and shitting on themselves.
(713) God, I need a weekend like that.
(513) ???!
Friend of mine in Texas told me about his morning: “There was frost on my windshield and I figured, "well, it’s not 20 below, so if I use hot water it won’t freeze." Went to the Ozarka water dispenser, got about a cup or two…
