Ask A Humor Writer

  • How do I simplify my life?

That’s easy!  Become a Shoebox writer!  You’ll need to move into a cozy apartment in the basement of your parents’ house, but only if you have a private exit, like a ground window you can shimmy through by standing on the dryer.  And you can take your dad’s old antihistamines to keep your throat from collapsing from the mold spores.  Hopefully a neighbor has unsecured wi-fi and a cable TV connection you can splice without having to let yourself into their house again.  And you’ll never have to entertain guests if your mom greets her at the door with the standard motherly, “my son doesn’t need another woman in his life!  Especially one who wears jeans, whore!”