Shop Till Ewe DropShepherd Dieter Michler had no real answers for why 50 members of his flock split from the 500-sheep herd and made...

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This conversation is excerpted from The Funny Times Podcast, which explores the history of humor — and the relationships and stories the paper has cultivated over the past 40 years in print.

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Animal Antics Ray Ray the cat clearly did not want to be left behind when his family left their home in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, for Keene,...

We are constantly being reminded of all the terrible things going on in the world by our news feeds, Substacks, email blasts, and Cousin Rudy, who calls every morning with his latest doomscrolling updates. I am fully aware that the end of the world could be only one bad bowel movement away by our current Commander of the nuclear football...

Animal Antics A black swan nicknamed "Mr. Terminator" was removed from his adopted home in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, on Sept. 30, the Independent reported. The swan,...

We're all hearing a lot about AI and how it's going to completely change the world as we know it, or possibly, depending on the algorithm that AI is feeding you, is a hoax perpetrated by the same people who brought you the QAnon shaman and will someday be remembered the same way as the Edsel, or "New Coke", or the totally faked "moon landing".

That's Not How You PlayIn a new twist on Ding Dong Ditch, German authorities have identified the culprit of late-night doorbell rings in Schwabach,...

My rolodex has changed a lot since 1985 when we started The Funny Times. Back then one of the most important phone numbers I had for each contact was their fax number, which allowed us to instantly send blurry, partly illegible documents back and forth to each other to review, and possibly even sign. We haven't quite reached the day when I tell my AI assistant to engage my counterparts' AI assistants and then tell us what they've decided we're going to do, but it's coming. In the meantime, I still use the little cards in my rolling contact file, because they allow me to make certain special (off-line) notes about each person that I can review before I try to communicate with them. Here are a few examples:

Are We On A Date? is a collection of cartoons about men, women, dating, love and relationships. It features many of the situations that anyone who's ever been in a relationship goes through. Are We On A Date? is available as an ebook.