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Bye Bye 2026 |
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| November 19, 2026 |
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This is the final 2026 column. The publishers of this website and their assorted family
members are taking this moment to wish you all a merry happy holiday season.
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Strange objects emerge on Saturn |
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| November 12, 2026 |
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They are called "dark beads" because no astroscientist knows what else to call the
unexpected structures found to be surrounding Saturn.
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Ask Dr. Shrink again |
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| November 5, 2026 |
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His name is still Wendell Pencilmark and he claims to be one of the best psychiatrists
in the field today - and some think tomorrow. Wendell is known to as Dr. Shrink.
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More favourite underrated, rare films |
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| October 29, 2026 |
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I don't disparage any movie based on its lack of depth or artistry but some of my
favourite films are abstruse works produced by people that never made the mainstream.
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...Space dust and the existing universe |
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| October 22, 2026 |
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The stuff NASA calls "space dust" is too small to see with the naked eye or an eye
properly dressed. The dust helps forming the stars and with enough dust can form a planet.
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Ripoff series expected to debut soon |
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| October 15, 2026 |
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Popular long-running pay TV series with conspicuous simularity to already proven hits
are now in production for release.
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Thoroughbred racehorse name crisis emerges |
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| October 8, 2026 |
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"It was bound to happen," said veteran racehorse trainer Brent Woodbottom. "There were
always only so many names available and now there seem to be none."
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Another Larry King-like column |
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| October 1, 2026 |
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As I continue attempting to convince struggling newspapers that a Larry King-like
column, filled only with his brief and timely thoughts, could still be popular...
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Nostradamus, Jr. predicts again |
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| September 24, 2026 |
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He is a son of a son of a son, et cetera of the French reputed seer. We are fortunate
to have him make predictions for 2027.
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Even More Weird Want Ads |
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| September 17, 2026 |
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Newspapers that once existed helped pay the bills by selling Want Ads for public perusal.
Here are some strange Want Ads we collected over the years.
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Obituary for Sirus McSirus |
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| September 10, 2026 |
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It is with sadness that on the seventh month and fourth day of Your Lord 2026 the man
honoured as the most confusing human - Sirus McSirus - left his mortal coil...
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Monty Cobra's Stationary Carnival |
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| September 3, 2026 |
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Stag: By jolly George I believe there is an arrow in my chest. Stig: I do not see an
arrow. Just something sharp. Stag: And?
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The new popularity of Messy Essays |
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| August 27, 2026 |
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The art of the Messy Essay is expanding. A group of renegade writers are presenting a
new platform for the platform. Here are extracts from recent pieces...
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Literary misinterpretations were violent |
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| August 20, 2026 |
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Classic books are the subjects of various criticism and numerous interpretations. These
conflicts of insight and meaning grow into outrageous conflicts between critics.
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The Skeptical Psychic and the Probable Graverobber |
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| August 13, 2026 |
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I worked as his assistant, he being Reggie Von Wethersbury, the Skeptical Psychic, for
fifteen years during the greatest time of his success...
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Nick Cretin, P.I.E. and the Killer Accordion |
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| August 6, 2026 |
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Nick Cretin, P.I.E. (Private Investigator Extraordinaire) met with Pollard Scope, P.C.
(Police Captain) because a killer was on the loose.
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Accidental actor achievements |
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| July 30, 2026 |
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There are incidental actors in every motion picture. Sometimes they are merely extras
not credited for their performances. Or their ideas.
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Generic medicine advice rejected |
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| July 23, 2026 |
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Recently rejected is the following attempt to write a generic guide for all prescribed
medicines. The draft was written by a panel of promotional employees...
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Planned sequels of films that bombed |
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| July 16, 2026 |
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Movies are financial risks but studios try to think positive when they support a
project. Many times some studios have worked on sequels before the original succeeded.
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Myths versus Legends |
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| July 9, 2026 |
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Two schools of thought are battling over the definitions of each status and the
qualifications to confirm them as myth or legend.
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Fan Fiction out of control? |
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| July 2, 2026 |
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Fan Fiction - the unauthorized creation of existing characters by amateur writers - is
beginning to show signs of self-destruction as contributions become absurd.
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Stream-of-consciousness journalism surging more |
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| June 25, 2026 |
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A new community of journalists continues to grow in the USA. Their reports address
facts but include strayed thoughts from the authors.
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Riff Shattersmith visits a UFO |
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| June 18, 2026 |
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Anywhere I go on Earth, I, Riff Shattersmith, have become part of unexpected adventures.
These are testimonies to such events.
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Tarzan and a great dark danger, part two |
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| June 11, 2026 |
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan The Ape Man attained Public Domain status in 2025. This
allows me to write Tarzan adventures and not be sued.
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Tarzan and a great dark danger, part one |
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| June 4, 2026 |
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan The Ape Man attained Public Domain status in 2025. This
allows me to write Tarzan adventures and not be sued. Here is the first part.
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Obituary: Stenforth Rittenrigger |
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| May 28, 2026 |
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He was born Stenforth Rittenrigger but I knew him as Riggy. Most of my friends called
him by other names. Riggy liked that people called him other names...
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Weird Want Ads |
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| May 21, 2026 |
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Newspapers that once existed helped pay the bills by selling Want Ads for public
perusal. There was rarely a rule as to what could be advertised for sale...
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Stream-of-consciousness journalism growing in popularity |
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| May 14, 2026 |
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A new community of journalists is emerging in the USA. Their reports address facts
but include strayed thoughts from the authors.
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Ask Dr. Wizard some things |
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| May 7, 2026 |
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When a person is hesitant to trust the science of medicine, that person is left with
only one alternative: asking advice from the magical Dr. Wizard.
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The Popes' bodyguards |
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| April 30, 2026 |
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According to historian Elias Mechanic there were centuries of men whom single handedly
kept a Catholic Pope from harm (and sometimes meals).
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Rare phobias update |
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| April 23, 2026 |
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Psychologists are always on the lookout for new phobias in order to validate them
and have psychiatrists work to understand their role in emotional burdens.
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Strange books banned |
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| April 16, 2026 |
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There are many books in the history of book publishing that were banned for moral
reasons of their times. A lesser reason was the public's outrage for absurdity.
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More last words of the executioned |
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| April 9, 2026 |
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Miles DeMilo Maynard's popular book reveals the last words uttered of prisoners at
the site of their execution. The peoples' names are kept secretly documented.
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Advanced advice from the Dalai Wally |
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| April 2, 2026 |
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We continue to offer readers advanced exclusive advice for your life from the great
secluded sage, the Dalai Wally.
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Questionnaires: Sir Barton Basemaster III |
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| March 26, 2026 |
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Each year we send out a Questionnaire to semi-celebrated people. Our first for 2026 was
completed by professional royalty spokesman Sir Barton Basemaster II.
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Flying squirrel is not extinct |
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| March 19, 2026 |
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One of the the species of woolly flying squirrels which were plentiful in the area for
centuries was documented as living on the cliffs of Himachal Pradesh.
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Newest amazing laws |
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| March 12, 2026 |
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New and sometimes unusual laws are added regularly in cities around the world. Here are
some of the newest to date that have passed.
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New Mystery Files released |
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| March 5, 2026 |
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Throughout history mankind has secretly recorded events no one can explain. These files
are being made public by the year. We list some in no particular order.
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Nick Cretin and the killer numbers |
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| February 27, 2026 |
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Nick Cretin, P.I.E. was up to his neck trying to find a new kind of killer. This was
a murderer tagging his victim with sets of specific numbers.
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Snotty Artificial Intelligence on the rise |
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| February 20, 2026 |
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineers are working on a particular kink surfacing in
AI streams. They call it "Snotty" AI because responses include snide remarks.
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Riff Shattersmith: The nine-legged novempus |
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| February 13, 2026 |
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A popular deep sea explorer asked Riff Shattersmith and I to sail to a part of The
Black Sea where it is said there is a giant octopus with nine - not eight - legs.
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Ask Dr. Wellbottom: longevity |
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| February 5, 2026 |
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The popular physician and author of 56 books on medical matters for the old, the sick
and others, always takes a fresh yet traditional approach to the health of anyone.
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Classic novel sequels that failed |
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| January 29, 2026 |
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SON OF MOBY DICK - A Herman Melville-imitator wrote a follow up to Melville's classic
whale tale. In it, the son of the orginal's main character...
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Rejected pitches to develop major motion pictures |
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| January 22, 2026 |
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Every day of every week of every month of every year finds thousands of film ideas
pitched to movie corporations and independent investors.
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Life could emerge on Planet Sixteen |
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| January 15, 2026 |
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A team of veteran astronomers are studying a newly discovered planet that may be able
to produce life. They call it Planet Sixteen.
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Bad Shakespeare, part two |
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| January 8, 2026 |
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"The Bad Shakespeare tour continues throughout the world," said 'Hamlet' director Gigs
Lupane. "...one of the toughest plays for horrible actors to pull off."
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Bad Shakespeare, part one |
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| January 1, 2026 |
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Groups of actors and poets are rewriting the works of William Shakespeare and
performing the incarnations at theatres around the world.
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