There were just so many gosh durned columns that didn’t fit into the categories at the side, hence this Odds & Ends section. Click on the navigation bar above to read all four pages of miscellaneous columns.

Disorder in the court

“My boss was negligent in allowing me to handle paper unsupervised, and for having made no effort to warn that to do so might cause paper cuts.”

21Nov00

Dr Do As Little Pet-sitting as Possible

“I was always the most squeamish girl in class.”

25Jul00

Enough to make one turn in one’s grave

“I’d love to be a fly on the wall when their charity collectors hit the ‘burbs seeking donations to ensure they can continue mummifying your family and friends.”

11Jul00

Vital lessons from the Olympics *

“The olive branch waved to Vangelis music for 15 minutes by women in white frocks is immensely uplifting.”

10Oct00

Plunge into the mind of Mr Fix-it

“The repair industry is fraught with nuances we lesser mortals can’t hope to understand - like the concept of time being folded.”

18Jul00

It’s a wired, wired world

“We read the wire stories more slowly and while wearing thick gloves.”

11Apr00

So what do you really think about us? *

“Ever since our first race, I have started to think it’s decidedly inconvenient we’ve let some 199-odd countries come here for the Olympics.”

26Sep00

When danger is cool

“Children, having weirdly wired brains, recall no pain.”

06Jun00

Pondering loo world views

“Westerners have such fretfully embarrassed notions regarding toilet behavior to be sure, but world-view philosophy didn’t help my dilemma any.”

14Mar00