INCIDENT

February 18, 2010

The storm lashing the town at noon went completely undetected. Ten minutes earlier: Tim Ketchum wore a carbon cap. James Billet tickled the lame rabbit. The Widow Hanley was seen brandishing a knife at Monroe Harper. The stones stacked at the end of Main Street disappeared one at a time into Tredmont’s Saloon. Ed Tilton […]

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THE LAVENDER WITCH’S COTTAGE

February 17, 2010

On the imaginary world of Boad there lives an immortal kindly eccentric lavender witch named Babba Ja Harick. This is a little painting of her edible cottage deep in the Danken Wood. Edible cottage? Yes, Babba Ja Harick’s sister fled Boad long ago via a time travel portal to Earth and became the Hansel and […]

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DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER

February 16, 2010

A drive-in movie theater used to live on this spot. I saw ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ here.

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THE WOLFMAN COMETH

February 15, 2010
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THE ROAD TO CRIME

February 14, 2010

Phil, Phil, dumb as a pill tried to climb a mudslick hill When he slipped for the umpteenth time he resigned himself to a life of crime Ray, Ray, dumb as a tray tried to swim in a vat of clay Stuck stock fast for the longest time he resigned himself to a life of […]

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SHORTCOMINGS AND TALLGOINGS

February 13, 2010

Shortcomings 1. Mickey Rooney entering a room 2. Toulouse Lautrec arriving on a train 3. Linda Hunt emerging from the crowd Tallgoings 1. Kareem Abdul Jabbar exiting a room 2. Michael Crichton leaving on a train 3. John Kenneth Galbraith melting into the crowd

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CARTOON FRIDAY 37

February 12, 2010

“Well, Perkins, thanks to this little back to nature thing you suggested, you’re fired.”

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ARTURO TOSCANINI KWIZ

February 11, 2010

Arturo Toscanini once: a. sparred with Jack Dempsey. b. got his hand stuck in the bell of a french horn. c. did a headstand on a speeding motorcycle. d. killed a falcon with his slingshot. e. ate an entire turkey, feathers and all, at one sitting. f. did all of the above and more on […]

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BETWEEN PORTALS

February 10, 2010

When one jumps down the well on the fantasy world of Boad, one travels through this space to emerge in a pool located in the high Sierra beauty of Kings Canyon. Stay tuned for the children’s fantasy written by the loon’s sane persona soon to be published by Wild Child as an Ebook. Visit the […]

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A LOON RECIPE TO BE AVOIDED

February 9, 2010

Fried Candy 12 kandy korn kernels 3 Tootsie Rolls 16 assorted gumdrops 8 large Milky Way bars 16 Hershey’s Kisses 5 cups lard almond paste Heat lard in pan until it becomes liquid and hotter than hell. Add candy carefully in the order listed above. After final Kiss, turn off burner. Allow lard/candy mixture to […]

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