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Points in Case

My humor pieces at Points in Case

Squirrel Police Blotter

June 26, 2023 by Mark Ratledge

The SPD’s wildest calls…. Squirrel Police Department dispatch received a call from a squirrel who said he wasn’t sure, but it seemed like he was being shadowed by a red-tailed hawk. Dispatch advised the caller that raptors and other predators were outside the department’s jurisdiction and recommended getting a life insurance policy from a reputable, […]

Emily Post’s Etiquette Advice for a Knife Fight

April 9, 2022 by Mark Ratledge

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Metaphorically speaking, gentle reader…. Miss Manners finds herself mildly excited at the thought of an etiquette dilemma more earthy than proper doily arrangement, but she must admit the phrase “knife fight” has never passed her lips. She has always handled her disputes over a quiet tea with raspberry scones. On those rare occasions when she […]

The Four Ubers of the Apocalypse

December 30, 2021 by Mark Ratledge

I’m not going to get to my destination…. And I opened the App and requested a ride uptown, and soon I beheld a driver with a long white beard, and when I entered the back seat he said unto me, “You have opened the first of the Seven Seals, and I am Conqueror and we […]

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