February 9, 2012
Dickens’ favorite activity when visiting the United States was: a. riding shotgun on a Wells Fargo stagecoach. b. swimming in the Hudson River with porpoises. c. laughing at Chicago. d. dressing up as Queen Victoria and skipping down the street reciting randomly from Shakespeare. e. arm wrestling circus clowns. f. raging over shoe polish.
February 8, 2012
A gather of triffid food sighted by the loon When informed of the gather, the triffid responds with some emotion. Following the sting of tranquility, the triffid informs the loon that the prey falls into a mellow contemplative state as the frond of digestive envelopment descends.
February 7, 2012
Happy birthday, Chas the D I perused Dave the Copp 2 times 3 Plenty of evidence, you gotta see that I dig your stuff to the Nth degree Here’s to you, talented dude Grab a beer! Have some food!
February 6, 2012
If you’re awaiting an event with bated breath, you’re scarcely breathing. Your breath is restrained. If you’re awaiting an event with baited breath, you’ve been eating garlic.
February 4, 2012
The sky was burning with the soft pink and silver of a cloudless summer dawn. Willa makes a quick sketch of daybreak.
February 3, 2012
“All right. You’re a cab.”
February 2, 2012
‘b’ is true. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the early 1950s, much like the Pirates of today, were not a pretty sight. Gloria at second base certainly would have helped to remedy that situation. ‘d’ is a definite maybe. I mean, look. ‘a’, ‘c’, and ‘e’ are probably false, though all the research has not been […]
February 1, 2012
Gloria Grahame: a. was the unacknowledged great granddaughter of Hans Christian Andersen. b. could have, if she felt like it, played second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates. c. wrote three unpublished novels about string. d. could kill with her laser death stare. e. dumped a vat of tar on Shirley Jones.