REPORT FROM A BORING MAN

June 19, 2013
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Each morning, after I reaffirm my existence, I prepare and consume a light breakfast. This activity is followed by a brief stroll to the hammock in the yard. There I render myself recumbent for not more than ten minutes. The ten minutes having elapsed, I venture forth into the outer world, where I sidle as […]

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NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

June 17, 2013
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This is NOT what it looks like up here today. I repeat. This is NOT what it looks like up here today. You may safely return to your homes or cardboard boxes under bridges, if that happens to be where you live. Up here today, this is NOT it. Keep your antennae aimed at Jupiter […]

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BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – R. L. STEVENSON

June 15, 2013

Loon: We’re bringing you this special Saturday edition of the 3 question interview because there’s something happening here tomorrow about a flower show or blooms or something. Anyway, our celebrity ghost is none other than Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island. Welcome, Mr. Stevenson, and I want to begin by asking you if John […]

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THE JOHANNA SPYRI KWIZ

June 13, 2013

Spyri, who wrote the children’s classic, ‘Heidi’, dealt with writer’s block by: a. charging up the Matterhorn barefoot. b. tossing heavy boulders into a ravine. c. flinging herself about while crying, ‘Why? Why? Why?’ d. marching around the town square counting backwards from 10,000. e. enjoying a cup of tea with just a drop of […]

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SUMMER CAMP

June 12, 2013
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Freshly scrubbed. bright and eager, the poppy children arrive for the first day of camp.

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MORE NOIR TITLE SUGGESTIONS

June 11, 2013
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Be Deadly, My Heart Long Night On A Train To Misery My Dagger Plays For Keeps No Holidays For The Ice Pick I Loath You, My Love

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BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – BASIL RATHBONE

June 9, 2013

Loon: Today’s 3 question interview victim, ha ha ha so to speak, is the very famous portrayer of Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Basil Rathbone. Tell me, sir, just what is a rathbone? Basil Rathbone’s ghost: You jest, my dear fellow, but nonetheless, the question is one of interest. It has to do with a Mr. Charles […]

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THE JEAN RENOIR KWIZ ANSWER

June 7, 2013
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Yes, it is a blessing that The Little Blind Legless Cat never made it into production.

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THE JEAN RENOIR KWIZ

June 6, 2013
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Now that we know about his mom, let’s take the Jean Renoir kwiz. Jean Renoir and Edith Piaf: a. never dated seriously. b. were the mixed doubles ping pong champions of France in 1938. c. co-wrote a script, The Little Blind Legless Cat, which was thankfully never produced. d. exchanged friendship lamps. e. cheated at […]

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THE DAY AFTER THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

June 5, 2013
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