August 11, 2016
This British film star of the 1930s and 1940s was also: a. an accomplished track star specializing in the steeplechase. b. a world class chef specializing in Finnish cuisine. c. a literary scholar specializing in the works of Mark Twain’s cousin, Porky. d. a skilled seamstress specializing in aprons for infants.
August 10, 2016
My job is bumping words together to produce an effect.
August 9, 2016
ah tak me home to the velvet loam where once i gang aglee a tossing stones o’er earthy bones in purple reverie tra la in purple reverie
August 8, 2016
The woman behind the counter nodded severely at me as I came in, glancing up through eyeglass frames that were black and round like little handcuffs. from The Flame Throwers
August 7, 2016
Loon: I’m particularly thrilled to present today’s guest for the 3 Question Interview, one Arturo Toscanini, who was, I am informed by the Lords of the 4th Dimension, one of the greatest conductors of all time. Welcome, Mr. Toscanini. Tell me, did you ever get bored riding around on those trains all the time? Toscanini’s […]
August 6, 2016
Once upon a time there were 2 names. One of them was Moira O’Neill, and the other was Nesta Shakespeare Skrine. They belonged to the same woman, and she used one of them as a pen name. Yes, her pen name was Moira O’Neill. Her given name was Nesta Shakespeare Skrine. I pause to reflect.
August 5, 2016
They were really looking forward to enjoying a nice piece of cake.
August 4, 2016
Here Lon and Maria realize for the first time that: a. some fiend ate the last piece of cake. b. mountain lions and lambs cannot live together in peace. c. the script girl is transforming before their eyes into a script armadillo. d. all of the above
August 3, 2016
escape was a dream of a hope. was it barely possible? nope. surrounded by trees unforgiving he knew not for long he’d be living. when a suddenly descending hawk landed nearby on a rock and presented a passionate plea. the trees bowed away. he was free!
August 2, 2016
‘to gett away warts: take black snayles and gash and cut them with your Knife then take the liquor which comes from them and anoynt your warts with this liquor 3 or 4 times every day till all beee gone’ – from Restoration London by Liza Picard