Humor

And A Grand Welcome To Cavalier County!

The road less traveled, for a good reason.

Feb 22 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The hidden secret behind food porn.

Everybody is trying to sell you their top-secret cookie. It doesn't exist.

Jan 31 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Applying Carl Orff therapy to the potheads living below my apartment.

No, marijuana isn't harmless, and also, enjoy 4:20 a.m. operatic wake-up calls.

Jan 19 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A buying culture on a no-return trajectory.

I did not know you could return food.

Dec 19, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The United States Postal Service has a few problems just in time for Christmas.

As it turns out, sending a Christmas present to Germany is more difficult than crossing the Maginot Line.

Dec 4, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Chocolate Is King: A terrible Thanksgiving tale.

I’m not new to inappropriate Thanksgiving tales, but a decade ago, after significant professional degradation during this time of giving thanks, I…

Nov 18, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The rise and fall of civilization is because of shopping carts.

While watching my overweight cat swat his partially empty food bowl around and while looking at me accusingly, I was reminded that there are several…

Nov 5, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A reader's manifesto, revisited and lightly acidic.

Even a nation brainwashed to equate artsiness with art knows when its eyelids are drooping.

Oct 28, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A writing class via Zoom, and my apology session with God afterwards.

I don’t know how the kids did it, during the pandemic.

Oct 15, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

In the grand history of horrible logo remakes, Cracker Barrel is nowhere near as Legendary as what Doug Burgum did to the state of North…

Sep 1, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The splendid self-driving camper.

When a hitch is optional but swear words are not.

Aug 11, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

If I were to start my own lifestyle brand show, it would look like this.

No one should sell you their life as a brand.

Aug 4, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

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