Nancy Franklin's MirthquakesThis website is about life's absurdities
First, let me explain that when you have kids, the best look you’re going to have on the weekends is tired. That ‘just been fucked’ look? It’s now more like ‘Just fucked.’ It’s no coincidence that…
I’m not good at corporate finances. My husband explains spreadsheets to me using his “Nordstrom Postulate,” which is much silliness about what you’re really paying when you buy a dress on sale and use your credit…
For men, laundry is like a basketball game where they strip naked and, while scratching themselves around their private parts, attempt jump shots which land about a foot short of the laundry hamper. Which is pretty…
There wasn’t a woman in America who was surprised by a medical report published in the British Journal of Urology International. The report said, and they were darn serious, that frequent masturbation could help protect against prostate cancer.…
I’ll be looking forward to Memorial and Veteran’s Days this year. These are traditionally an opportunity for us to honor our veterans and those who died in foreign wars. This is also an opportunity for what I…
The only things I’ve ever seen my husband finish in a timely manner are meals and a cold beer. As I write this, my husband is decorating the front yard for Halloween. He does this for…
Remember Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at the Super Bowl? I think the only people who were really in ‘shock and awe’ over that were the network executives who probably still shudder at the thought of Janet…
Summer’s almost here which means summer camp is right around the corner. If you’ve already signed up your kids for sleep-away camp, you’re ensured at least a week of independence, fun-filled, carefree days, pillow fights, wet towel…
Nothing signaled the impending end of the school year quite like the fourth and fifth grade Spring Sing, Band and String Concert. Or, as my husband and I used to call it, “Name That Tune”. It’s…
Extra video! Enjoy these extra videos and out takes from “The Snack Bowl!”