LAUGHING AT LIFE

I have an uncle who is a violent drunk. Or was. He still drinks, but not like he once did. He would yell at and threaten everyone around him including my aunt, who is my father's younger sister, and cousins. Well almost everyone. He never bucked with my father, because he knew better. And one day he... Sign in to see full entry.

Whenever we had a a new litter of pigs, a friend of mine's father would come over and cut out the testicles of the males after they were a few weeks old. The reason for this, is that you don't want more than one male, because they will fight and kill each other for rights to the females. Or, if they... Sign in to see full entry.

From about the sixth grade on, my friends and I had a way of always getting to the brainiacs in our class. You know. The ones who always got straight A's and were the first to raise their hands with the answer when the teacher asked a question. Now, don't get me wrong. We weren't stupid ourselves.... Sign in to see full entry.

Last game of the season. We are playing the team which is going to the playoffs. Their pitcher's father OWNS the field on which we play. It is literally in his backyard. All he has to do is jump over the center field fence and he's home. Well, Mike doesn't want to pitch in this game, because if he... Sign in to see full entry.

I am sitting on the bench beside the two coaches sons, Jeff and John. Jeff, who kind of favors the kid who played catcher in "The Bad News Bears" with glasses, once wore his pants to a game backwards and spent the whole game at third base wtih his hand in his pocket which made it tough on me,... Sign in to see full entry.

A pretty hefty friend of mine has the biggest set of man boobs you will ever see on a 12 year old. One of the girls swims up to him and asks in front of everyone "Johnny do you wear a bra?" To which he replies, "Naw, I let it all hang out." Sign in to see full entry.

watching TV with my boys Jose and Gabe on a Saturday morning. It's 1987 and the Hispanic group Minuedo comes on. I look at the screen and say, "Man I hate Minuedo. They're a bunch of fags." Jose looks at me and says, "Timmy they're my cousins." I said, "Stop lying." Gabe says, "Yes they are." Jose,... Sign in to see full entry.

One day on the farm my dad told me to chase the pigs who were rooting up our backyard back to their pen. Since he and my brothers were doing some chore that I didn't want to do it didn't take me long to bolt across the yard after them. They turned and ran for the pen when suddenly I felt my feet go... Sign in to see full entry.

I grew up and live on a farm in Southern Maryland out in the country. I am African-American, but the town where we lived was pretty much divided between black and white and we all knew each other and still do. My father has lived here all of his life, 74 years. Along the way he has made many friends... Sign in to see full entry.