A little library-related humor for your afternoon…
Collective Nouns for Librarians – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
by Sally Miller
A group of librarians is called a cardigan.
Hee hee!
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Posts Tagged ‘humor’
A Little Library Humor
Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, collective nouns, free reads, humor on November 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Funny Fiction for Your Monday
Posted in Funny, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, data centers, free fiction, humor, short stories, Writers, writing on July 20, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Sure, this short story from Ellie Race-Moore at McSweeney’s may be a little too on the news nose, but it is funny!
A Case for the Giant Toxic Goo Pit I Want to Build in the Center of Town
I am a humble man. I made my fortune the old-fashioned way, through grit, determination, and a small multi-million-dollar loan from my father. And now I’m trying to achieve something beyond what humans have ever imagined: a giant toxic goo pit.
Because Mondays are better with a bit of humor!
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Story for a Monday
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, free fiction, humor, self reflection, Writers, writing on December 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Emily Bressler is helping you recognize, reflect on, and reject hypocrisy with this story at McSweeney’s:
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my job requires me to commit sociopathic acts of evil that directly contribute to making the world a measurably worse place from Monday through Friday, five days a week, from morning to night, outside work, I’m actually a really good person.
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Welcome to the School Year
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Fiction, free fiction, humor on August 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »
As the run-up to back-to-school time is starting up again, I’m thinking about students and teachers and technology.
With that in mind, I share this short in the tongue-in-cheek spirit in which it was written:
How I Learned to Stop Teaching and Love AI by Brian Michael Murphy
All students, for all assignments, should use ChatGPT to complete each task. Why would you waste your time writing a paper? We now have a tool that can do that for you. And all professors will save massive amounts of time and energy by using ChatGPT to grade all those papers. Isn’t that great? I mean, what an educational revolution.
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Laughing Too
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, climate change, climate communication, comedy, creativity, humor, science, Thoughts on June 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »
First let me make clear that what I’m about to share is 100% not safe for work. Or delicate ears. I mean, yeah, there’s a lot of swearing. That said, the subject matter is one of those topics that almost requires strong language.
This series of videos pairs climate scientists with comedians who translate for us regular folks.
Again, there’s definitely swearing!
Here’s an article about what they’re doing and why with a link to the main site.
And here’s an example:
David Cross Meets Prof Michael Oppenheimer | NSFW – YouTube
Watch Emmy Award-winning comedian David Cross and Professor Michael Oppenheimer pretty much fix the climate crisis between them, in the first US pilot of the hit “Climate Science Translated” series. What’s the gist? Most Americans (74%) actually want more climate action from government. What no one wants is sky-high insurance bills, a home destroyed by extreme weather, or to pass on a ruined planet to their kids.
The films use humor (and profuse swearing) to translate the urgency of the problem, and bring it back down to Earth.
For more, check out the playlist. They even made PG versions, if that’s your thing!
And yes, climate change is something to cry about. But we can laugh too.
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No Joke
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, humor, jokes, pranks, silliness on April 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Happy April Fools’ Day, everyone. In case you were wondering about the origins of today’s wacky “holiday”:
April Fools: The Roots of an International Tradition
But where do we get the strange custom of playing pranks on April 1? The short answer is that nobody knows for sure. All we know is that the custom was known in Renaissance Europe, and probably has roots older than that.
The article goes into detail (a lot more detail), but if you just want to get into the spirit of things, here’s one outlet’s list of the 30 Best April Fools’ Pranks 2025.
And if this is your kind of thing, go forth and be funny!
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Crazy Days
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, animals, humor, ugh work on March 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »
This week has been a little nuts, work wise, and I’m missing the time and energy to write. I was working on a draft for today’s post but it’s not ready, so here’s a helping of fun animal news:
- Baby Elephant Tula Explores Outside For The First Time What is a baby elephant called? Ah yes, a calf.
- Apropos of nothing: Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
- A pip!…And Another!…And…! Because there are still good things happening in the world, and I still like eagles. Especially cute baby eagles.
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
— Bob Hope
Hope the week is treating you well!
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A Quick Bit of Fun
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, free fiction, genre fiction, humor on December 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
A fun short story from Andrew Jensen in Stupefying Stories:
The display of Screwdrivers I was admiring wasn’t the problem. The talking alien was.
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Humor, That’s the Ticket
Posted in Funny, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Fiction, hope, humor, Thoughts on November 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
The arc of the moral universe is running very late. It’s sitting in standstill traffic behind a fleet of Amazon delivery vans, a burning Tesla, and a stretch limousine with Truck Nuts.
The arc of the moral universe is leaning on the horn.
The arc of the moral universe shouldn’t have stopped for that latte.
The arc of the moral universe owes you an apology.
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Lighter Reads
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, free fiction, genre fiction, humor, reading, sff, Thoughts on May 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The news, man, it can be heavy. If you’re in the market for lighter reads, put these short stories from Reactor (f.k.a. Tor.com, why are so many sites changing their names these days? like we don’t all have enough to keep track of) on your list.
Six Seriously Funny Speculative Short Stories – Reactor
Haven’t read them all yet but I’m looking forward to it. For even more recommendations, scroll down to the page’s comment section. Readers have thoughts.
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