Somber Staff

Before he made the big time, actor Ray Liotta held a less glamorous job working in a cemetery. ...

-- Submitted by Joseph Bludis

Missing the Point

I got so excited when my husband expressed interest in my meditation sessions. "You don't have ...

-- Tracey McCaughey, Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Father Fatigue

The dad in the supermarket clearly had a bad case of parental burnout. His toddler would not sit ...

-- Paul Groszkiewicz, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Lost in Translation

A friend's daughter, Callie, had enrolled in a Spanish class taught by a Hispanic teacher. ...

-- William Herrington, Smyrna, Georgia

Post Surgery

Our patient in the hospital was a big, burly former officer. Just after surgery, and still half out ...

-- Patty Andrews

Read the Fine Print

The woman ahead of me in line at the library wanted her own card but was told she needed to bring ...

-- Erin Carver

Hold the Mayo

Hygiene is in the eye of the beholder, I've decided. One lunchtime I watched the woman in the ...

-- Natalie Walker

Pain in the Back

A patient limped into our University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill hospital with his girlfriend in ...

-- Alex Aggen

Long Lost Son

Recently my girlfriend, Karen, got a job at a local hardware store. "The owners don't want us ...

-- Anand Maharaj, Norfolk, Virginia

Stained Sister

Because my husband works for the Episcopalian Diocese, our family frequently has to attend social ...

-- Brandii Baker, Greenwich, New York