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4th Grade Facts O’ Life Part 3

Trouble reared its head like the Serpent in our little Garden of Eden in the guise of a fourth-grade classmate named Bill Burg. Bill was about my height but he was a lot thinner and he had olive skin, dark brown eyes, and perfectly straight white teeth; I hated him on sight. Ok, not really.…

By Charles R. Bucklin April 13, 2020 Off

“King of Pain!”

Short Humorous Story

It all started with a pain in the ass. I had turned thirty years old and abruptly my body began to experience troubling aging sensations. Twenty-year-old friends started teasing me about my arrival to “Middle Age” – to which I responded with my middle finger. “I ain’t that old,” I grumbled. Yet my body begged…

By Charles R. Bucklin April 6, 2020 Off

“Gettin’ Pantsed in College”

Short Humorous Story

Corduroy Pants? No Thank You, I prefer wearing denim jeans. Even today I can’t bear to look at a pair of corduroys without feeling a stab of anxiety and despair. My guilty secret, my private shame is an untold story until now. Being older gives a man a sense of perspective and perhaps a bit…

By Charles R. Bucklin March 30, 2020 Off

4th Grade Facts O’ Life Part 2

Short Humorous Story

So on a warm Saturday afternoon, I walked to the Los Gatos Public Library. Somehow, I found in the aisles a very large book entitled “Repo-Production.”It was a very old and large textbook that smelled like dirt. “Oh Boy, this must be it!” I thought. Not wanting to be caught at looking at stuff i…

By Charles R. Bucklin March 16, 2020 Off

Sunday Night Family Barbecue

Short Humorous Story

Charlie, do you want to help me barbecue today?” “Yeah! Can I?” “Sure. We can work as a team. We can take turns watching the steak grill.” On Sunday’s, The Old Man was in fine form. There was nothing he loved more than working the family barbecue. In our neighborhood, he was known as the…

By Charles R. Bucklin March 9, 2020 Off

“No Pancakes for You!” A Breakfast Story

Short Humorous Story

It came as a shock to us all – the day my Pop received his transfer to California by United Airlines. The Old Man a die-hard East Coaster was heartbroken – he didn’t want to leave our home in beautiful Alexandria and move to chilly San Francisco. But, if he wanted to continue being a…

By Charles R. Bucklin February 24, 2020 Off

“A Strange Turn of Events” Part 7

Short Humorous Story

My Adventures and Short Brush with Fame in Community Theatre continues… Well, Mr Wizard failed to appear to get me out of the mess So… I was left standing in my living room in Novato with my fist held high. Very much like Scarlet O’Hara in Gone With The Wind but instead of crying “As…

By Charles R. Bucklin February 17, 2020 Off

“It’s Gettin’ Real”

Short Humorous Story

“Harder! Harder! Harder!” she cried. I hovered over her body. My full body weight suspended over the narrow distance between us. A light sheet and blanket were all that separated us. Sweat beaded my forehead as I strained to go deeper, deeper. “Yes! That’s the spot! You can go deeper! Deeper!” My thumbs felt they…

By Charles R. Bucklin February 10, 2020 Off

4th Grade “Facts O’ Life!” Part One

Short Humorous Story

..and that’s are how Babies are made Charlie!” she said. Wow!!! This was News to me! The Mystery of the Universe solved! I hung up my phone absolutely stunned. My ten-year-old girlfriend had just revealed the “Creation of Life” to me and I was utterly flabbergasted. As I stood there, in contemplation, I thought heard…

By Charles R. Bucklin February 3, 2020 Off

“A Stupid Bike Story!”

Short Humorous Story

It was a stupid lookin’ bike. Really Weird. The bike was painted in an ugly metallic green color giving it an appearance of a grasshopper – if a bug could transform itself into a bicycle – this would have been the result. Obviously, this flawed contraption was not made in America. The kid called it…

By Charles R. Bucklin January 20, 2020 Off