STATEMENT

December 11, 2012

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. IT, IT, IT, IT, IT.

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WAITING FOR THE RAKE

December 10, 2012
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BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – TIMOTHY LEARY

December 9, 2012

Loon: They brought me some guy name of Timothy Leary. I have no idea who this guy was. So let’s see if I can find out in 3 questions. Mr. Leary, did you have something to do with the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, for instance? Timothy Leary’s ghost: Wow. Loon: Is that a […]

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A SENTENCE BY CHAS DICKENS

December 8, 2012

And he laid her down there, and saw the pride of his heart and the triumph of his system, lying, an insensible heap, at his feet. This is on page 254 of Hard Times and pretty much sums up what was, for Dickens, a 342 page piece of flash fiction.

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H. L. MENCKEN KWIZ ANSWER

December 7, 2012

It was a bit of a trick kwiz because a and b were the correct answers. For you see, Mencken’s barber took that picture of him. And by the haircut, you can see that Mencken had ample reason to hate the barber.

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THE H. L. MENCKEN KWIZ

December 6, 2012

H. L., the famous misanthrope, hated for good reason: a. his barber. b. the guy he’s looking at in the picture above. c. everybody with the possible exception of a cabdriver he once encountered in Washington D.C. d. the upper crust, the lower crust, and all the crusts in between. e. being interrupted when he […]

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SENSIBLE LEAVES

December 5, 2012
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Sensible leaves don’t just fling themselves to the ground. They carefully lower themselves on braided strands.

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ATTACK GIFTS

December 4, 2012
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This year I’m having my property defended by attack gifts. Why, only yesterday these three successfully challenged and mauled a trespassing band of ocelots.

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TRAFFIC DIRECTIONS

December 3, 2012

Turn right at the corner of Purple and Gaudy. Proceed uphill to the domicile

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BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – HARPO MARX

December 2, 2012
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Loon: Welcome to the 3 Question Interview With a Celebrity Ghost, the show that interviews a celebrity ghost by asking 3 questions. Today’s guest is Harpo Marx. Harpo, were you the oldest, the youngest, or some other rank among the 5, 8, or 10 brothers? The ghost of Harpo Marx: ………. (nods eagerly) Loon: Well, […]

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