A VENISON ERRS

November 10, 2011
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The venison pictured here made a fatal mistake. Intently focused on the loon, he failed to notice the stealthy sidle of the loon’s triffid. It’s was over quickly and painlessly, the venison rendered instantly senseless by the triffid’s deadly sting. The triffid, I might add, wastes no food and is an extremely efficient diner. It […]

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November 9, 2011

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THE ONE AND ONLY SONNET OF THE LOON

November 8, 2011
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Homecoming in Venice These are pleasant as a pheasant groping through the trash bin looking for her fancy. These are pleasant as a pheasant hoping to land a metric ton or two or three. – Silly is the pheasant in her kitchen making up a song about a muffin. Silly is the creaminess she’s rich […]

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S ‘THE LEAVES’

November 7, 2011

Remember in ‘The Birds’ when the crows begin to settle on the jungle gym next to the school house a few at a time and then the camera follows a single crow flying in and landing on the now teeming with crows structure? The loon recently witnessed something similar, but with leaves instead of crows, […]

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HOW TO PLAY THE LOON GAME

November 6, 2011
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Divide an even number of loons into two equal groups. Have each group line up along opposite walls in the foundry. Joining hands, one group advances shouting, “Henry is a Northerner”, then retreats in silence. The other group advances shouting, “He’s not. He’s not. Fiddlefaddle.” Then they, too, retreat. The game continues, turn and turn, […]

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A SENTENCE BY SUSAN COOPER

November 5, 2011
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He swung his white smile round the room like a lighthouse. A fine poetic offering in Over Sea, Under Stone.

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CARTOON FRIDAY 127

November 4, 2011
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“This wouldn’t be so bad if only we had gills.”

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JANE HORROCKS KWIZ ANSWER

November 3, 2011

Amazingly enough, ‘f’ is the correct answer. “How can this be?” you wail. It’s quite simple. She tripped and fell into Timothy Spall’s prototype teleporter and, not knowing how to operate it, flung herself thither and thather for a week before accidentally launching herself back to Mr. Spall’s parlor.

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JANE HORROCKS KWIZ

November 2, 2011

Jane Horrocks, while conducting research for the role of Bubble in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, accidentally: a. set herself on fire. b. swam from Miami to Havana. c. piloted a zeppelin. d. sang to a phalanx of Scandinavian archers. e. scaled Mt. Everest. f. did all of the above.

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SOME OF THE MANY USES FOR THE PHRASE ‘I TELL YOU’

November 1, 2011

1. I’m innocent! Innocent, I tell you! 2. It was there a minute ago. You’ve got to believe me, I tell you! 3. No, no, not me. There’s nothing wrong with me, I tell you! 4. Turn back, I tell you! Turn back! 5. It won’t work, I tell you. It’s impossible! 6. Say, Boss, […]

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