Kris Frieswick > Humor

Here Comes
the Repo Man

It’s easy to blame sub-
prime lenders for the
mortgage mess. It’s also
wrong. (Boston Globe
Sunday Magazine,
2/24/2007)

The Cheap Bastard’s
Guide to Boston

A humorous guide to
everything free or obscenely
cheap in Beantown. (Globe
Pequot Press, 2007)

Handle With Care

What with all the new age sermonizing? All I want is a massage.
(Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, 5/4/2008)

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hu•mor/
es•says

(hyōō′mǝr, ĕs′ā′z) n. 1. The
quality that makes something
laughable or amusing;
funniness.. 2. A short literary
composition on a single
subject, usually presenting the
personal view of the author.

Music To My Years
Life would be so much easier
if I only had my own soundtrack.
(Boston Phoenix, 6/18/2004)

About Face
If I'd only known sooner what
I look like when I'm dancing.
(Boston Phoenix, 10/3/2003)

Playing Dead
Slip 'N Slide, the Pitch Back,
and other horrors of my youth.
(Boston Phoenix, 9/10/1999)

The Most Prestigious Park on Earth!

What if Harvard keeps bungling its money? The outcome is all too clear. (Boston Globe Magazine,
11/15/2009)

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Here Comes the Repo Man It’s easy to blame sub-prime lenders for the mortgage
mess. It’s also wrong. (Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, 2/24/2007)

Handle With Care What with all the new age sermonizing? All I want is a massage.
(Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, 5/4/2008)

No Pain, No Allowance If your Pee Wee Football team looks more buff than usual,
we know why. (Boston Magazine, 9/2005)

A Modest Proposal Charity athletic events are great, but when do we get our
streets back? (Boston Magazine, 7/2005)

A River Runs Through It A Man. A Woman. A Canoe. A Fight.
(Boston Phoenix, 7/11/2003)

Call Me Dated On the eve of my wedding, here's what I can tell you about playing
the field. (Boston Phoenix, 6/13/2003)

Householder Etiquette Buying the place is the easy part.
(Boston Phoenix, 5/16/2003)

Burp and Be Free It's not crude; it's a blow against puritanical repression.
(Boston Phoenix, 3/1/2001)

The Boss of Me Why do we all turn into 15-year-olds around our parents.
(Boston Phoenix, 8/18/2000)

Real-Life Survivor Some game shows I'd really like to see. (Boston Phoenix, 7/7/2000)

Thong Thang In praise of bottom floss. (Boston Phoenix, 1/21/2000)

Sexual Harassment You'll miss it when it's gone. (Boston Phoenix, 10/1/1999)

101 Damnations The humorists’ tour of personal hells. (HarperCollins, 2002)

More Mirth of a Nation The best contemporary humor. (Dunne Books, 2002)

Take This Job and… It feels good to burn bridges, but it’s never a good idea, especially in Boston. (Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, 6/1/2008)