Best Of 2021

People You Really Don’t Want to Hear Say, “I’m Not a Magician”

The defense attorney


The dermatologist


The plumber


The mechanic




The banker


The loan officer


The financial advisor when you plead with her to find a way to replenish your daughter’s college fund


The marriage counselor


The divorce attorney


The bartender after the divorce is finalized


The bartender in the bar you go to after you get kicked out of the first bar


The AA sponsor


The ex-mother-in-law when you ask if she can help you get Kimberly back


The magician you hire for your daughter’s first birthday party since the divorce


The barber when you drunkenly cut your own hair because Kimberly didn’t like it to get too long


The photographer doing your first family photos since Kimberly left


The voice teacher you desperately hire to make your daughter a star and make up for spending her college fund on all those gifts for Teresa over the past year and a half


The matchmaker friend when you’re finally ready to “get back out there”


The person in the airport you think is Criss Angel