JETH AND JITH

August 11, 2010

On the fantasy world of Boad, where Bekka of Thorns (https://bekkaofthorns.com) takes place, there are two moons. One is Jeth, and the other is Jith. Here they are, hanging full over the Wide Great Sea and shining down on Sill, whose twin brother, Fiss, is out of sight to the right, floating on their trampoline […]

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THEN AND NOW

August 10, 2010

This … …is now this.

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STAT

August 9, 2010

“Stat!” shouted the doctor. “Maury Wills stole 104 bases in 1962!” the scrub nurse quickly responded. The doctor then hit the scrub nurse over the head with a rubber chicken, and all concerned in the operating room donned red clown noses.

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BOB’S ATOMS

August 8, 2010

On August 22nd, the atoms presently working in harmony to comprise Bob Dylan will perform on that particular outdoor stage.

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A SENTENCE BY DODIE SMITH

August 7, 2010

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. One of the better first sentences of a novel was brought to you by Ms. Smith in I Capture the Castle. To be sure, this is the same Ms. Smith who wrote The One Hundred and One Dalmations.

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CARTOON FRIDAY 62

August 6, 2010

“If you want to reach the top in the lip balm game, gentlemen, you’ve got to be able to slug it out in the trenches.”

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THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE

August 5, 2010

Ty Foat, the fastest man alive, settled into the starting blocks. To his left, Plodslow Heavyfoot did the same. To his right, Weakstarve Brokenankle was likewise occupied. Lesser entities in other lanes completed the field. The starter, wearing a silly straw hat, raised his pistol, paused dramatically, and fired. Ty was out like a shot, […]

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KWIZ KWIZ

August 4, 2010

Taking a kwiz demonstrates: a. the proper way to tie a shoe. b. imbecility. c. a lack of morals, manners, sense, money, pancakes, etc. d. knowledge of marzipan. e. the Lady Beldon knee snatch.

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THE STEPS OF HOPE

August 3, 2010

The Steps of Hope, bruised and battered, shackled by bars of despair, bleed pink, bleed yellow, bleed the tears of a bear.

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BILLOWING INGOT

August 2, 2010

Jowls Revenue and Pride Hassenpfeffer mused independently, Jowls somewhere in the Amazon basin, Pride somewhere inside a python. Surprisingly, they mused in similar veins. I wonder if the rent boy forgot to walk my cheetah, mused Jowls. I wonder if the rent boy forgot to exercise my ocelot, mused Pride. Sadly, the rent boy had […]

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