MiracuStack
Miracles large and small
Dear readers,
Wonder of wonders, it is I, Amy K, bringing you a miraculous Stack, on this, the first night of Hanukkah.
Many people don’t know the real story of Hanukkah, so let me summarize it for you now:
Once upon a time there was a gang / a cappella group called The Maccabees. One day, a rival a cappella group called The Greeks challenged The Maccabees to a sing-off, judged by their favorite God, Zeus. The system is rigged! cried The Maccabees. We won’t capitulate to your nepotistic singing hierarchy! Hearing this, The Greeks got drunk and toilet-papered The Maccabee’s rehearsal hall. The Maccabee’s got even drunker and then sang an eight-part harmony about the beauty of their suffering so charming and with such perfect beatboxing that even Zeus was like, yeah, I’m gonna email this to my extended family. Then The Maccabees cleaned up their rehearsal hall, stored all the toilet paper for a future plague, and lit some candles, because they were in the mood.
‘Tis the season to suspend disbelief, dear readers! Virgin births, mutant oil that burns for way too many days, psshhh those miracles have nothing on the miracle of CARTOONING. We routinely give birth to fully formed humorous drawings, ripped from our brains like Athena from Zeus’s skull, and we don’t get to have sex first either.
This week, I asked the ToonStackers to give me their most miraculous cartoons. So please enjoy. Happy Hanukkah, and may the sun set tonight on your inner critic.
Mads Horwath
I am extremely amused by Brooklyn dating TikTok and I have learned a few things about it: Don’t date in Brooklyn. I can barely sit alone in my apartment in Chicago without being exhausted by Brooklyn dating.
Jason Adam Katzenstein
Sometimes you see something that totally shifts your paradigm for what you thought was possible. In this case: a starfish that talks? Dang.
This is how I feel when I see any athlete, or anybody who can touch their toes. They are as different from me as a shooting star from a fishy star. I respect it. A miracle.
Johnny DiNapoli
As I write this, there are several leaks in my apartment being “repaired” by my landlord. With some luck, prayers, incantations, and a small miracle or two, I’m hoping to have them all fixed by spring.
Hilary Campbell
I, for one, think it’s a miracle anytime I don’t forget to buy something at the store.
Kendra Allenby
They say “data.” I say “what convenient miracle numbers you pulled from your fancy hat and choose to interpret however you wish.”
Amy Kurzweil
Some miracles are fully funded, and others require miraculous feats of logistical ingenuity.
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