One of my fondest memories as a child is of my father reading the paper, especially on the weekend, and chuckling over the comics which we referred to as the Sunday Funnies.
My own attachment to the New York Times these days – and the very tactile pleasure of slowing down to the Real Life Newspaper – is bringing me back to lovely recollections of a time when we took the time to read at a more leisurely pace.
And also, to laugh.
Occasionally, there’s a “Sunday Funny” that I can’t resist.
So thank you to The Strip and Brian McFadden for his “Tax Credits for the 99 Percent.” Just in time as we head into the last week of tax preparations!
Among my favorite contributions to tax humor – the “Overqualified Barista Credit,” for those with higher education qualifying us for positions in the Food Service Industry, and the “Parents’ Basement Renovation Credit,” for adults moving back in with parents and renovating the recesses of the subterranean Laundry Room in which to sleep.
Ah, but there’s more.
The telling touch of taxing humor that is dearest to my dictionary-loving heart and my meta-marveling mental muscle?
A tidbit that is all too true for those of us who draft, blog, edit, revise, proof, and otherwise manipulate words on the page or screen for a living… or for the love of it – the Freelance Writer Subsidies, of course!
Thank you Brian McFadden, for this Sunday Funny. You made my flirty fiscally flagging freelance funny bone crack… a smile.
Image scanned from the New York Times. Go buy a copy! See the rest! Read the newspaper!
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© D. A. Wolf
Yes — Humor is the best medicine (as Bennett Cerf used to say). I recognize that your blog is not about religion — that is understandable. What I want to appreciate today is that you didn’t get drawn in to making some half-way secular response to this day — no nostalgic references to Easter baskets, chocolate eggs, bunnies, or the like. Those were the pictures that occupied much of my Facebook homepage today.
And by the way, Fran joined me at the Good Friday observance at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons manufacturer. Interesting that, as a spiritual atheist, she found it particularly meaningful. Also had her first arrest — now my partner in crime.
I have nothing against eggs, chocolate, and creatures with floppy ears… but I suspect that if I took on the Bunny Topic it might be accompanied by heels, a corset, and references to an episode of Mad Men Season 4…
🙂
So Paul, now that you and Fran have shared the experience of arrest resulting from civil disobedience, how are you marking the occasion?
I resisted any temptation to blog about Eastermas and the Santa Bunny. In exchange, we enjoyed the warmest April 8th in Seattle. At least that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Hopefully some good coffee with your sunny Sunday, Gandalfe!
Don’t get me started on my banker and 1%er jokes. They’re not printable.
Just smirking, Wolf… Do check out Brian McFadden’s personal site (BigFatWhale.com). There’s some great stuff to be enjoyed…