College Pitch to a Middle School Student

College Pitch to a Middle School Student
Walter Bowne is a writer of humor, creative nonfiction, essays, and literary fiction. He enjoys taking commas out and placing them back in again.
Walter Bowne
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NYU is recruiting, and middle schools may hold students with great potential Office of Admissions New York University New York, NY 10003 Dear John, Listen. You’ve impressed us. … Read more

The Frat Pack: My Big Fat Greek Shitstorm

The Frat Pack: My Big Fat Greek Shitstorm
John Glynn is an Irishman, a lover of Guinness and a
potato connoisseur. An expert in the area of mediocrity, he one day hopes to own a decent coffee maker and visit SeaWorld Orlando.
John Glynn

Fraternities were created with two noble practices in mind: excessive alcohol consumption and elitism After Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s ode to Donald Sterling, fraternities haven’t just had a controversial … Read more

Hillary a Big Hit with Millennials

Hillary a Big Hit with Millennials
John Glynn is an Irishman, a lover of Guinness and a
potato connoisseur. An expert in the area of mediocrity, he one day hopes to own a decent coffee maker and visit SeaWorld Orlando.
John Glynn

Millennial icons give props to Hillary Clinton Rock up to a party in Williamsburg or Bushwick and you will notice that everybody is wearing something other than a … Read more

Harvard Faculty Resign En Masse Over New Sex Rules

Harvard Faculty Resign En Masse Over New Sex Rules
Michael was born in South Africa at the height of the apartheid era He quickly became involved in the underground resistance movement, knew Nelson Mandela and other prominent revolutionaries, some of whom later moved into privileged positions formerly occupied by whites. After several exciting escapes, he was forced to flee the country in disguise. He successfully made his way to the UK and gained his PhD at Cambridge on a university scholarship, He then pursued the dualcareer of college professor and social revolutionary, provoking academic and political mayhemwherever he went. Having thus failed miserably at both politics and education, he now cynically rails like Diogenes at the foibles of mankind in bitter satires and faintly subtly edgy political cartoons. History will, however absolve him. In 2006 he discovered a new Shakespeare play, but it's going to take a new generation to acknowledge it. Check out his website, Editorial and Political Cartoons.
Michael Egan

“If we can’t bonk our students,” say professors in response to the new sex rules, “what’s the point of coming to work?” CAMBRIDGE — Nearly half the faculty at … Read more

Lost Journal: Thank Goodness for Gobbles

Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
Tim Mollen
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Journal entry: November 19, 1990 (age 21) There’s a sense of exhilaration when a college freshman gets his own phone line and his own answering machine. (The typical … Read more

Lost Journal: Inside a Dining Hall Slop Room

Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
Tim Mollen
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Journal entry: April 20, 1989 (age 19) – Dining Hall Slop Room Earlier tonight, I stood in an empty, dreary room waiting for the grinding of soulless machinery … Read more

Graduates: Welcome to the Real World

The New York Times says Emmy-nominated comedian and writer Will Durst “is quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.” The Humor Times says "Durst is the Sage of Satire, the Learned Lampooner, the King of Political Satire!" Check his website for upcoming stand-up performance dates. Will's books, including Elect to Laugh! A Hilarious, Common Sense Guide to American Politics are available at Amazon and better bookstores all over this great land of ours. From Ulysses Press.
Will Durst
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No-nonsense tips for this year’s graduates And now, an open letter to all you new graduates. Congratulations. Good job. Way to go. Bet you thought this day would … Read more

Lost Journal: Nap During Lecture Leads to Conjecture

Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
Tim Mollen
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Journal entry: November 19, 1987 (age 18) “I’ll take Jm J. Bullock to block…SNORE…huh, what?!” I lifted my head from the cold desk, and blearily surveyed the room … Read more

Lost Journal: First Day of College Knowledge

Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
Tim Mollen
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Journal entry: August 26, 1987 (age 18) The drive from Binghamton to SUNY Oswego is only about 2 ½ hours, but the distance seemed massive as I waved … Read more

Lost Journal: Writing Like a Lefty Makes Righty Feel Wrongy

Buy your copy of "Lost Journal - the Book" at www.timmollen.com.Each Lost Journal column is a journal entry written in retrospect. In other words, Mollen chooses a different day from his past, and writes about it as though it were today. The date may be last week, Halloween 1980, or the day he was born (May 4, 1969). Some of you may be asking, “But how would he have been able to write a journal entry on the day he was born?” To you he says: “Lighten up. It’s a humor column.” Mollen is a nationally syndicated columnist and actor, and he is available as a speaker on writing and humor.
Tim Mollen
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Journal entry:  December 11, 1990 (age 21): Writing Like a Lefty Makes Righty Feel Wrongy This morning, I looked up from a table in SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library … Read more

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