May 31, 2013
Often appearing on the same vaudeville bill with Houdini was Weevil the Giant Insect. Little did the public know that Weevil and Houdini were one and the same. Weevil the Giant Insect’s act consisted of ballroom dancing with a lady selected from the audience, scuttling to a ragtime piano, and scurrying up the backdrop to […]
May 30, 2013
With the recent interview of Houdini’s ghost, it follows as paprika on chicken that there should be a Houdini kwiz. Other vaudeville aliases of Erich Weiss besides Harry Houdini were: a. Daffy Steptoe, the tap dancing violinist. b. Herman Spore, songs and mayhem. c. Dexter Bilge, the mountain man poet. d. Darius Slide and his […]
May 29, 2013
Approach ye not the bodyguard with its mane of stabbing quills Attempt to engage the diva instead through her agent, Harland Hills To bypass Harland would be foolish, something to be rued For the bodyguard is quick to strike. Do you secretly long to be food?
May 28, 2013
This tulip excused itself from the bed. It needed a few moments on its own to reflect on the general condition of tulipkind. It returned to the bed not too much later, having taken up the firm resolve to enjoy itself and make merry with its fellows in defiance of the weather’s bullying whims.
May 27, 2013
The Bird of Hope despaired. The trash can overflowed. It was Monday. Garbage collection took place each Thursday. What to do. What to do. The Bird of Hope considered a variety of options and discarded all of them with a frustrated stamp of foot. Pacing back, and then forth, the Bird of Hope desperately flailed […]
May 26, 2013
Loon: What luck! I happen to be an expert on the life of today’s celebrity ghost, Harry Houdini. Mr. Houdini, or should I say Erich Weiss, is here to undergo the 3 question interview. Mr. Houdini, do you now believe that there is an afterlife? Houdini’s ghost: Yes, and you needn’t call me Mr. Houdini. […]
May 25, 2013
Hauled stark over the gunwale he breathes upward the stench of his green grave, his leprous nosehole snoring to the sun. Genius, yes. To be read while dining, no.
May 24, 2013
She was sailing along on Moonlight Bay when of a sudden in a flash it came to her – moon, room, bunnies, mouse, everything.
May 23, 2013
Margaret Wise Brown wrote GOODNIGHT, MOON: a. on a dare. b. on a fishing trawler out of Newfoundland. c. on a slow boat to China. d. on a grizzly bear rug in Saskatoon. e. on Moonlight Bay while sailing along.
May 22, 2013
going up hill is grand with an extra lung at hand if you must do with a paltry two frequent rests are called for, it’s true crawling on hands and knees may prevent a cardiac seize really it might be best to remain at home and rest