Bits of Humor

Over the past few years Stan has published a number of short humorous pieces mostly in Defenestration On-Line Magazine. Here’s the lot of them.

The Placebo Meadows Lecture Series 3 Despite the objections of a number of enraged individuals and institutions, Placebo Meadows continues to hold their well known Lecture Series. In this set of lectures you’ll learn about the envy=driven life, how to hike the Appalachian Trail for less than six thousand dollars, all about the Horse Shouter and more. This incisive piece of fake non-fiction was published in the July 2025 issue of Defenestration Magazine. To read this short but informative announcement, click on: Placebo Lectures 3

Stan’s Idiom Store Do you ever want to touch something you otherwise wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole? Did you ever be doing something difficult and you dislike someone telling you it’s not rocket science? The items in the Idiom Store can solve these problems for you. This short catalog first appeared in the February 2025 issue of Defenestration Magazine. To read it, click on: Stan’s Idiom Store

The Placebo Meadows Lecture Series 2 Welcome to Placebo Meadows Retirement Community and the announcement of their latest lecture series. Learn how to control your fear of fear itself, how to protect arctic garbage dumps and more. This inane piece of fake non-fiction was published in the July 2024 issue of Defenestration Magazine. To read this short but informative announcement, click on: Placebo Lectures 2

The Placebo Meadows Lecture Series Welcome to Placebo Meadows Retirement Community and the announcement of their current lecture series. Learn how to cash in on your friendships, how to productively channel your guilt and more. This pithy piece of fake non-fiction was published in the December 2023 issue of Defenestration Magazine. To read this short but informative announcement, click on: Placebo Lectures

Educational Toys Review The Educational Toys Collaborative has let me publish this review discussing the dangers inherent in a number of educational toys and kits. Find out about the dangers in using the Make Your Own Nitroglycerine Kit, for example. Published in Defenestration Magazine in 2023. To read this short but informative report click on: Educational Toys Report