Should You Run for President?
Terry was a frequent contributor to Today’s Chicago Woman in the ’80s. Here’s one of his humor pieces, with a topic that remains timely…
Omni – Whale Hating
One of Terry’s favorite opening sentences: “Sitting there, bound to a crude wooden chair by leather straps, I began to question the career choice I had made so many years before.”
Omni – Lovesickness
“Deane suffered from an affliction more common than measles, more deadly than bubonic plague, more stupefying than a subscription to Reader’s Digest. Deane was in love.”
Golddigger Aptitude Test
Golddigger. It’s not a word that gets thrown around a lot anymore, is it? It conjures up images of dizzy starlets and castrating, manipulative spinsters, dying to get their lunch-hooks into some graying widower moments before he keels over. (Actually, I always think...
Omni – Lost Shopping Mall of Gold
“Here we have evidence that centuries before we ever thought of such things, the Mayans had built this mall, conveniently located and with plenty of free parking.”
Omni – Auto Psychaiatrist
“Connors is one of a new breed of automotive maintenance specialists who promise to change garages forever. He is the word’s first car psychologist.”