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The Pros and Cons of Lifting Weights
Troy Thompson
Are you wondering about the pros and cons of lifting weights? Let’s start with the cons. If you begin lifting weights, you will have new expenses, starting with food. My wife, Lori, and I had five teenagers at one time. One of them was a powerlifter who ate like three men. Every week, Lori bought…
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Publishing, Parachuting, and Three Lincolns
Troy Thompson
In the early 1990s, I was the best man for my brother’s wedding. For his bachelor party, we didn’t want to do anything immoral, so we decided to try something dangerous, instead: parachuting. My wife made me promise never to do it again. There would be three commands: get out, get all the way out…
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No Ifs, Ands, or Butts
Troy Thompson
There’s a part of the human anatomy, much maligned, ever since Forrest Gump got shot in the hind quarters, which he referred to plainly as his “but-tocks.”
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Auto Worker Strike
Troy Thompson
Auto Worker Strike Somber at First–Then Rotor Caps and PSI The Michigan auto workers are on strike for the first time in many years, and I understand. Their assembly work […]
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Medical Humor, from the Desk of TAT
Troy Thompson
Disclaimer: The names and events below are composites; no personalinformation is included that could point to any one person, living or dead. A Taste of the Office I “badge […]