September 27, 2013
Whenever I visit Penelope on the bank of the stream where she lives ‘neath a tree I bring an assortment of her favorite treats like mud sludge and pond scum and rotten black beets. For this I’m rewarded with one of her smiles and one of her bloodstained tooth sharpening files. Don’t believe for a […]
September 25, 2013
Oh, my word, what cutthroat bowling matches they had, girls against the boys.
September 24, 2013
When Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields were vaudeville headliners, they spent whatever spare time they had: a. in the lab fruitlessly trying to develop a ray gun. b. reading Kafka to their chihuahua, Roderick. c. bowling with their pals, George Burns and Gracie Allen. d. speaking easy, if you know what I mean.
September 23, 2013
1. Atomic sandwich bags 2. Do-it-yourself lobotomy kits 3. Braided worm bracelets
September 22, 2013
Loon: Today for the 3 question interview we have the highest unprecedented honor to present to you for the second time, ladies and gentlemen, the ghost of a movie star of unbound certitude, Mister Harpo Marx. Welcome again, Harpo. Harpo’s ghost: (honks horn, grins maniacally) Loon: First question. Could you really play the violin, or […]
September 20, 2013
Tommy did make the mistake of challenging Pat to a 3 mile run.
September 19, 2013
Besides for president, Pat Paulsen once ran: a. a hippopotamus into the ground. b. from Moline, Illinois to Wichita, Kansas wearing a lemon-scented orange beret. c. the Bald Eagle Hawk, a small newspaper in Weed, California. d. Tommy Smothers into the ground. e. a zoo in Poland.
September 18, 2013
The marmalade man went door to door in his dark clothing. He carried his fired clay pot of marmalade hanging from his neck by a chain. A silver ladle he clutched in his left hand. At each door he rapped twice sharply. When he did so, a thin panel slid open and out was thrust […]
September 17, 2013
RED RAGE SEETHING CHAINSAW TEETHING LO, THE TINY TRIFFIDS SWARM BEST NOT LINGER TO LOSE A FINGER IN THE ENSUING FRENZIED STORM
September 13, 2013
Nothing exciting. She slipped, fell, and sprained her wrist. Favored it for a while, but didn’t miss a single day’s work.