NEW YEAR’S EVE

December 31, 2012

new year’s Eve i do believe is really Brigid O’Shaughnessy not Mary Astor or anyone vaster than the red dressed maidenly walking disaster

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BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – MAE WEST

December 30, 2012
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Loon: Today for our 3 questions we welcome the writer I consider to be the finest playwright in American history. I’m honored, Ms. West. Mae West’s ghost: Mmmm, thanks, honey, but honor has nothin’ to do with it. Loon: What do you mean? Mae West’s ghost: I always mean what I say. Get me? Loon: […]

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A SENTENCE BY ISAAC ASIMOV

December 29, 2012
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Every human being lived behind an impenetrable wall of choking mist within which no other but he existed. Ummm, Oooooookay.

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THE VLADIMIR NABOKOV KWIZ ANSWER

December 28, 2012

The V-man lived on a train with his pet spiny anteater, Terrible Ivan, from the age of six to the age of 12. When Terrible Ivan died, Vlad left the train to pursue butterflies.

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THE VLADIMIR NABOKOV KWIZ

December 27, 2012

As a youth in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov: a. became the youngest tractor factory foreman ever. b. startled Muscovites with his spot on wounded bear routine. c. wrote a novel outside in the dead of winter on the bark of a birch tree. d. designed pants. e. lived on a train.

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THE TRIFFID SLITHERS

December 26, 2012
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I suppose the loon shouldn’t have hopped out from behind the bushes and shouted “Boo!” yesterday when the triffid was in the act of slithering down to its venison cache. It really wasn’t all that funny and might have cost the loon a limb or two. Fortunately, the triffid has a sense of humor and […]

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THE LITTLE LEAF QUEEN

December 25, 2012
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The festivities were well under way. The Punch bowls sloshed. Conversation clattered and banged and rustled. The Lemon Drop was passed out drunk in the kitchen and in danger of being stepped on by the staggering reindeer. The Pool Cue splashed giggling from one end to the other, spitting a stream of water toward the […]

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TWAS

December 24, 2012
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BANAL INTERVIEW WITH CELEBRITY GHOST – DAVY CROCKETT

December 23, 2012

Loon: Today I confront the ghost of Davy Crockett with 3 questions. I’ve been told that you killed a bear when you were only three. With that in mind, did you ever kill a rabbit in order to be someone’s friend? Davy Crockett’s ghost: Plenty times. I done polecats and possums, too. Loon: Very interesting. […]

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A SENTENCE BY JAMES M. CAIN

December 22, 2012
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When she spoke, it was in a whisper that sounded like a snake licking its tongue in and out. I ain’t kiddin’. This guy dealt in some serious noir. That sentence up there is from The Postman Always Rings Twice.

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