Summerween
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Never underestimate the power of a store display. As a kid, nothing ruined my summer like seeing “Back to School” in big yellow letters above shelves of pencils, notebooks and...
Category: Humor
‘Mostly Jokes’ standup show brings dark comedy about mental health to the Panida
By Reader Staff Comedian Aaron Foster has been around. From performances at The Comedy Store, The Ice House, Flappers, The Ha Ha and The Comedy Chateau in the L.A. area, to Laughs Unlimited in...
Becoming (in)human
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Operator…” “Agent…” “Help…” “Rrrgh, just let me freaking talk to somebody, you son of a…” If anyone had overhead me trying to call my internet provider’s support line over the...
The Haunting of Homer Simpson
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I used to be terrified of Homer Simpson. It was the first grade, 2007, and the Simpsons were everywhere thanks to the then-upcoming movie. Burger King was giving away golden...
Holy shed
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I’ve been lucky in my life to pretty much always have my own “space.” My brother and I had separate bedrooms starting when we were in grade school, and my...
Free laughs at IPA
By Reader Staff After years of gigging as a musician, Grant Winkels finally convinced himself that he was funny. The Minneapolis-based stand-up comic will try to convince Sandpoint of the same at a free...
Lifestyles of the rich and worthless
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Most sources credit Jean-Jacques Rousseau with writing, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” No one knows for certain whether he actually...
Dumb of the week
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Perhaps, in a decade or two, we’ll look back on this time period and shake our heads softly, saying, “It was a strange time to be alive.” But, to...
So dumb it squeaks
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I have an itinerant column I trot out every month or so I’ve dubbed “Dumb of the Week,” which highlights the sheer stupidity at work — usually by politicians....
2025 year in preview
By Reader Staff Even if you’ve never read any of the works of 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, you’ve probably heard someone repeat his famous line: “A pessimist is an optimist in full possession...
