HISTORICAL MARKER.

Lee surrenders: Here Confederate General Robert E. Lee gave up one-third of the way into the Richmond News-Leader’s daily crossword puzzle.

April 10, 2025. 2 comments.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

April 9, 2025. One comment.

FROM THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

Come on up. There’s room for two in Uncle Ramses’ lap.

April 8, 2025. No comments.

IN THE NEWS.

The Great Blando was in the news again, charged with attempting to smuggle a rhinoceros on a flight from Latrobe to Orlando. Mr. Blando told TSA agents that the animal was his emotional-support rhinoceros, which he had been instructed never to be without by his therapist, Dr. Emil von Wolfspitz. Dr. Wolfspitz was unavailable for comment, as he was in custody at Allegheny County Jail, charged with illegal procurement of a rhinoceros and unauthorized addition of the preposition “von” to his name.

April 7, 2025. No comments.

THE BELA LUGOSI OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

No explanation is necessary: the photographs, taken yesterday in a forest near Pittsburgh, are enough to make the point that Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) is the Lugosiest of all our native plants.

April 6, 2025. 2 comments.

From DR. BOLI’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.

Euphonious (adjective).—Having to do with the phone belonging to you.

April 5, 2025. One comment.

FROM THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

Woman to Mountie: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you. It’s a very nice hat—really it is. I just thought it might look even more dashing if it had a chin strap.”

April 4, 2025. One comment.

HISTORICAL MARKER.

Assault on Lee: Here Confederate General Robert E. Lee was hit in the face by a custard pie lobbed from a slave cabin by an unidentified assailant. General Lee never recovered his dignity.

April 3, 2025. No comments.

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April 2, 2025. 2 comments.

IN SPORTS NEWS.

In their opening game of Artists League Baseball season, the Pittsburgh Warhols defeated the New England Rockwells by four identical runs in different combinations of garish colors.

April 1, 2025. 2 comments.

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