THE MAD DOG EARLE HIGH SIERRA KWIZ ANSWER

January 30, 2015

Yes, it’s all of the above. Ida was quite the woman.

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THE MAD DOG EARLE HIGH SIERRA KWIZ

January 29, 2015
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Working on location for the movie High Sierra, Humphrey Bogart playing Mad Dog Earle was confused:

a. when Ida Lupino reverted to her native English accent between scenes.

b. when Ida Lupino prepared waffles for the entire crew one morning.

c. when Ida Lupino insisted everybody join hands and sing ‘Greensleeves’.

d. when Ida Lupino showed up for work with a Bengal tiger.

e. when all of the above.

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THE REBELLIOUS POEM

January 28, 2015
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i refuse to rhyme june

with that night sky disc

or that other word for melody

i won’t do it

and don’t even think about asking me to rhyme it

with a common kitchen utensil standing in for the concept of making love

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SLEEEEEP

January 27, 2015

leopard with green eyes

‘Sleep…Your eyelids grow heavy…You want to sleep…sleep…sleep.’

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THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

January 26, 2015

Jerome Bessemer was not by any stretch of the imagination a major participant in his own life. Chosen to be valedictorian of his high school class, he gave a terrific speech at graduation. It’s a pity he wasn’t there to hear it. At college he was a rogue bacteriology student, but never found the time to leave his room or, for that matter, to acknowledge the fact that he was in a room. There were rhymes. There were reasons. He was unaware of them. Somehow he got a job under the floor of a museum. That said, he never reported to work or to anywhere else. When he died, he didn’t die. He wasn’t even watching. He played cards instead in a stairwell, the cards being blank and often imaginary.

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STRANGLE THE COBWEB

January 25, 2015
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strangle the cobweb, my lady

don’t live on borrowed time

although your past, it is shady

the couplets, they must rhyme

strangle the cobweb, my lady

in a warm and sunny clime

while still you’re in your prime

strangle

embrace the grime

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COLD ENOUGH

January 24, 2015

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It’s cold enough for snow.

The elevation of 6240 feet is high enough for snow.

So where’s the snow?

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THE LOCH NESS KWIZ ANSWER

January 23, 2015

It might surprise you to learn that the Loch Ness Monster is a mutated butterfly.

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THE LOCH NESS MONSTER KWIZ

January 22, 2015
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The Loch Ness Monster:

a. can be lured ashore if you play your cards right.

b. eats only the finest eels shipped directly from the Sargasso Sea.

c. cannot dream in technicolor.

d. is really a mutated butterfly.

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WHAT IS MISSING?

January 21, 2015

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6240 feet above sea level on January 21 in the town of South Lake Tahoe

Where’s the snow?

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