Wallace Beery: a. never did learn how to wear a hat. b. never did earn that degree in horticulture. c. never did forget the debt he owed to porpoises. d. never did become a sheepherder in Montana. e. never did leave a party until a shambles was achieved.
BLACK GATE, BLOOD DESCENDING is an obvious choice, but far subtler would be HELEN’S DREAM or my personal favorite NOT EVEN CLOSE TO FINDING NEMO
new year’s Eve i do believe is really Brigid O’Shaughnessy not Mary Astor or anyone vaster than the red dressed maidenly walking disaster
Loon: Today for our 3 questions we welcome the writer I consider to be the finest playwright in American history. I’m honored, Ms. West. Mae West’s ghost: Mmmm, thanks, honey, but honor has nothin’ to do with it. Loon: What do you mean? Mae West’s ghost: I always mean what I say. Get me? Loon: […]
As a youth in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov: a. became the youngest tractor factory foreman ever. b. startled Muscovites with his spot on wounded bear routine. c. wrote a novel outside in the dead of winter on the bark of a birch tree. d. designed pants. e. lived on a train.
I suppose the loon shouldn’t have hopped out from behind the bushes and shouted “Boo!” yesterday when the triffid was in the act of slithering down to its venison cache. It really wasn’t all that funny and might have cost the loon a limb or two. Fortunately, the triffid has a sense of humor and […]
The festivities were well under way. The Punch bowls sloshed. Conversation clattered and banged and rustled. The Lemon Drop was passed out drunk in the kitchen and in danger of being stepped on by the staggering reindeer. The Pool Cue splashed giggling from one end to the other, spitting a stream of water toward the […]
Loon: Today I confront the ghost of Davy Crockett with 3 questions. I’ve been told that you killed a bear when you were only three. With that in mind, did you ever kill a rabbit in order to be someone’s friend? Davy Crockett’s ghost: Plenty times. I done polecats and possums, too. Loon: Very interesting. […]
7 one-nighters in Wales followed by 7 one-nighters in Cornwall were the lone two weeks of existence for ‘Daph and Dyl’, eccentric comedy dance team consisting of Daphne DuMaurier and Dylan Thomas out to engage in a bit of a lark.
Dylan once: a. toured Wales and Cornwall teamed with Daphne DuMaurier as the slapstick comedy duo, ‘Daph and Dyl’. b. drained a full stein of beer the size of the mayor of Hamburg. c. swam up the Nile to its source. d. shipped out for Shanghai on a submarine. e. balanced on one leg for […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
