Buddhists believe that life means suffering. And while I’m no Buddhist, I find it hard to argue with this belief. Over the course of our lives, we endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression. What a bummer. So I say, why not laugh at suffering, why not laugh at life? It’s the least we can do. This blog is a catalog of my suffering, a compendium of my woes. My hope is that by reading these entries, you will be able to laugh at life…and at me.

Perhaps one term that is critical in the appreciation of this site is this: schadenfreude, which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as “malicious enjoyment of the misfortunes of others.” So, please maliciously enjoy some of my past and current misfortunes, as well as other true tales of woe.