Virussian Roulette

Flirting with death by going shopping during coronaviral stay-at-home orders.

There was a strong chance of catching the virus, going out was playing Virussian Roulette, but she had stopped caring.

by Monkey's Dad April 13, 2020

toll

A cost in lives.

Damage resulting from an event or practice.

Charge for a service or permission.

The sound of a bell rung at a steady interval.

The tolls from coronavirus will be great, many and enduring, and the bells will toll for the dead.

by Monkey's Dad April 05, 2020

Apptitude

The reflexive belief that "there is an app for everything", eclipsing the experience of simply being alive in the world.

They were in the woods on a sunny spring day. He was looking at the light streaming through the branches. She, having apptitude, was staring at her phone.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"I want to know where we are" she answered.

"We are here" he sighed.

by Monkey's Dad April 28, 2021

revidivism

To return to an appallingly bad movie, after you have done your time and pronounced yourself rehabilitated.

He had come out swearing, "Never again!", but here he was, in lockdown, serving a second stint with "Sharknado 3", an act of tragic revidivism.

by Monkey's Dad March 26, 2020

No-It-All

A person whose reflex is to refuse, dispute, and oppose everything.

No, she did not want any chocolate, no, she did not need any more shoes, no, she did not have time to take a trip, and she already had three pale pink sweaters, so thank you but no. He saw she was a total no-it-all. And the day he stopped offering would be the day she'd change her tune and accuse him of being a know-it-all.

by Monkey's Dad April 19, 2020

discrushionary income

When the amount of money you can spend any way you want is crushingly little.

Another week without a paycheck, his free-spending days a fond memory, he counted his discrushionary income in the roundest of numbers.

by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020

turning 21

The age at which a person, and America, are due to attain maturity.

After four crazy years, during which so much happened that she knew she'd later be ashamed of, she was ready. "21" was shiny with promise, and turning 21 in '21, she and the country were eager to put it behind them.

by Monkey's Dad December 24, 2020