by Bill McCurry | Aug 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
We all know that most Canadians are polite. I now know why. They sublimate their fury. Canadians drive like enraged Mongols. They walk through public places like they were electrons pinging around in a supercollider. I can only confirm that’s true for the ones in...
by Bill McCurry | Nov 5, 2013 | Depression, Humor, Life, Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve learned how to derive an extraordinary amount of self-esteem from washing dishes and scooping cat litter. That’s because we unemployed people have to seize our ego-boosts wherever we find them. Folding laundry may not seem like something to celebrate, but after a...
by Bill McCurry | May 29, 2013 | Humor, Life, Marriage
I like strong-willed children. I believe they will go far if they’re not hanged. It’s my bias, of course. I was known to be a kid who followed the rules, but in fact I was a kid who broke the rules whenever they aggravated me. I just didn’t get caught very often. It’s...
by Bill McCurry | Aug 17, 2012 | Communication, Confidence, Fear, Humor, Life, Marriage
I like almost everybody. That’s why I hate to be around people. I don’t mean that I like everything about everybody. That’s some kind of psychiatric illness, and I’ve already got all of those I need. And there are a few people I’d just like to stab a lot and be done...
by Bill McCurry | Oct 21, 2011 | Confidence, Humor, Life
Yesterday a lady told me, “I like men who are gentlemen. Until it’s time for them not to be.” Well crap. I’m confused enough about this gentleman thing without having to figure out when it’s time to stop being one. It’s like saying, “I like freezers that make ice....
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