Table of Contents
1 That Was Embarrassing
1 What Not to Carry Through Airport Security Ree Pashley 1
2 Seeing Double Anne Oliver 5
3 The Blue Patch Ric Keller 8
4 The Keys Becky Campbell Smith 11
5 Exposed Micki Findlay 15
6 Steve's a Fox Sheila Embry 19
7 Bridal Bra Disaster Teresa Murphy 20
8 A Tale of No Pants Jeremy Mays 22
9 Getting Back in the Water Michael T. Powers 27
10 Mission Accomplished Connie K. Pombo 30
2 I Can't Believe I Did That
11 You Smell That? Erika Hoffman 33
12 The Campground Nancy Gail Collins 35
13 The One That Got Away Robert Grayson 38
14 Lip Balm Addict Pat Solstad 42
15 A Purr-fect Spring Concert Nancy Fmmick Panko 44
16 The Beret Monica A. Andermann 46
17 Ride 'Em Cowgirl Kathy Dickie 49
18 The Ladybugs Hannah Dougherty Campbell 52
19 Smooth Move Kelly Bakshi 55
20 Don't Worry Michael Jordan Segal 58
21 Bubbles Mary DeVries 60
22 The Front Row Denise Svajlenko 63
3 Mistaken Identity
23 The Canadian Who Came to Dinner Leslie C. Schneider 67
24 Uncle Steve Rachel Remick 70
25 Melba Who? Linda Shaping Smith 72
26 Albert the Pig Cassie Silva 74
27 A Double Order of Joe Jeanie Jacobson 76
28 Deflated Egos Nancy Noel Marra 79
29 Funny Bones Mary Z. Whitney 81
30 Home for the Night Amanda Ellis 83
31 The Great Grandpa Exchange Annette M. Clayton 86
32 Something's Bugging Me Linda O'Connell 89
4 These Modern Times
33 Pelotaur January Gordon Ornellas 93
34 Self-Checkout Winter D. Prosapio 96
35 The Sounds of Silence Carol McCollister 98
36 The Accidental Catfish Diane Stark 100
37 A Strong Signal Donny Thrasher 104
38 Pranked in Produce Camille DeFer Thompson 106
39 An Unnnnsatisfactory Lineup Shirley Corder 108
40 Giving Credit When It's Not Due Lisa Kanarek 111
41 Who Am I? Winter D. Prosapio 113
42 Thinking Inside the Box Vicki Liston 115
5 Not What I Meant
43 Looking for the Source Nathan Burgoine 119
44 Spanks to the Football Team Kaitlyn Jain 122
45 Looks Can Be Deceiving JoAnn Roslan Aragona 125
46 Granny on Wheels Jeanie Jacobson 127
47 For Pete's Sake C. Joy 130
48 The Ex and the Text Helen Boulos 133
49 The Trouble with Words Cindy Hval 137
50 Unintentionally Frigid Consequences Carol L. MacKay 140
51 This Time in Latin Wallis Landrum 142
52 It's How You Say It James Michael Dorsey 145
6 Domestic Disasters
53 Officially Fired Becky Campbell Smith 148
54 Bakin' Bread Margaret Nava 151
55 The Day Mandy Died Jill Nogales 155
56 The Rat, the Ninja, and the Intruder Renee Brown Harmon 157
57 Lessons from a Garage Door Diane Young Uniman 161
58 Hash Brown Disasterole Lou Clyde 164
59 Houdini Hound Susan Trough 167
60 Sourdough Smarter Sandra R. Nachlinger 170
61 I Got Drawed Jesse Neve 172
62 The Lowly Horseradish Margaret Nava 174
7 Happily Ever Laughter
63 Help! Save Me! Renny Gehman 178
64 Urine Test David R. Wilkins 181
65 The Case of the Stolen Car H. R. Hook 183
66 Rattle-Rattle-Bang-Bang David Hull 187
67 Room for Two Ryma Kolodny Shohami 190
68 We'll Always Have Paris Joyce Newman Scott 193
69 Strange Attraction Beverly F. Walker 197
70 The Lie Sarah Strausbaugh 200
71 The Towel Protocol Marty Anderson 203
72 Shoe Fly Don't Bother Me Douglas Osgood 206
73 The Airport Expert Mary Ellen Angelscribe 208
8 Laughing at Ourselves
74 Gabriel, Stop Blowing That Horn! Mariane Dailey Holbrook 211
75 Aging Gracefully? Not Me Jody Lebel 214
76 Too Legit to Quit Dieting Paul Lyons 217
77 Perfectly Respectable Chompers January Gordon Ornellas 219
78 A Lesson from a Small Town James A. Gemmell 222
79 Senior's Report Card David Martin 225
80 An Innocent Transgression Eva Carter 228
81 The Last Time I Saw Paris Louise Edwards Sowa 231
82 A Very Bad Day James Collins 233
83 Thelma and Louise and Louise January Gordon Ornellas 235
9 I Kid You Not
84 Out in Left Field Marilyn Cohen Shapiro 239
85 The Name Game Mary J. Staller 242
86 Over the Hill, and Then Some Clara Brummert 246
87 Sunday Best Patricia Wachholz 249
88 The Pursuit of Privacy Marina Bee 251
89 Don't Ever Say That! Holly Green 253
90 What Does the Dog Say? Darbie Andrews 255
91 Viva Las Vegas! Jeanne Cassetta 257
92 My First Day as a Substitute Teacher Chris Orlando 260
10 Family Fun?
93 Andrew Andrew Holly Green 264
94 The Maximalist January Gordon Ornellas 267
95 My Innocent Gardener Terry Hans 270
96 Re-Pete Bob Ditchfield 272
97 Homer's Last Hurrah Jenny Pavlovic 275
98 Connecticut Sasquatch Sarah Martin 277
99 The Hot Seat Barbara LoMonaco 281
100 Locked In and Locked Out Barbara Bennett 284
101 The Last Laugh Marya Morin 288
Meet Our Contributors 292
Meet Amy Newmark 305
Thank You 307
