The latest issue hit the streets today, with articles on Lurie, bad meetings, kachinas, Asian long-horned beetles, flavored coffee, summer foods, and an Olympic quiz.
Continue reading Happiness Pony, July 2012
Author: Mike Benedetti
The arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards Worcester.
The June 2012 issue of Happiness Pony has hit the streets.
Happiness Pony for May is out
The new issue is out today with art from Jon Hansen and Cindy Brennan, and wisdom from David Rynick and the Snow Ghost.
Continue reading Happiness Pony for May is out
Happiness Pony: Year Two begins
The April 2012 issue is hot off the press.
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Happiness Pony, March 2012
The March issue is out, with stories on cinnamon, GTD, water scorpions, and loa.
Happiness Pony, February 2012
The new issue is out, with some important information about Leap Year and beards.
Happiness Pony, January 2012
A new Happiness Pony is out for the new year, with information on rabbits, monkeys, coyotes, and ice sledges.
Happiness Pony for December 2011 is out
Grammar supplement to Happiness Pony, November 2011
Readers of the latest Happiness Pony will recall Bruce Russell’s statement that “There’s more vegan in an empty skull than a heart can pump blood through 2,000 organs.”
Obviously, there are some grammatical problems with that sentence. But what are they, and why does that sentence tease the mind the way it does? Readers RR and SE are determined to get to the bottom of this, and have begun analyzing this and related sentences. Their initial work is pictured below.
“There’s more birds on it than a person can sell through Etsy.”
“There’s more rainbow in yoga than a woodchuck can chuck wood through a wood splitter.” SE says: “The word can changes meaning mid-sentence.” Me: “That’s why it’s so uncanny!” SE: “Oh, please.”