Gloom Pillows

"There was a time when I'd have dismissed him as a crank."

Do you think I'm sixty?

Covid Music

"Why don't you move over here, Mr. Lowery, where you'll be closer to everything."

The Depressing Economic Crisis

I just want to look natural. You know, like a movie star.

Misery lit...

The Ins and Outs of childhood

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"Let's be realistic. Are we all going to try to keep this party afloat, or should we just go home and forget it?"

'...Then I swept down the staircase, into the ballroom.'

How the other half live.

Woman Weaves a Poem

"Your credit score is lower than your golf score, even with your handicap."

'I've been glamped!'

'She's always got to go one better.' (Two catty ladies knitting, talking about the other lady at a loom).

Good Hair Day

Pessimism Quiz.

'In 1959 it was, took his only penalty - missed.'

"If only we could sell shares in doom and gloom."

'We'll be a few minutes late. Ed got a primo parking space and he needs a little gloat time.'

The Ultimate Pessimist: "The glass is half empty and what's in it is toxic."

"Malcolm believes we're all f****d."

"Oh no! - Here comes ol' Mr. Doom an' Gloom. . ."

'You'll never lose this tie mom and I got you for this Father's Day because it glows in the dark.'

'Uh oh, not good: There's a light at the end of the tunnel...'

'And you have utterly destroyed my love of flowers.'

"We've TRIED sun, surf , and sand. Do you have anything in the way of darkness, darkness, despair?"

'I do love you, Arnie, but you're such a downer!'