Complete the Serious… 12, 8, 6, 5… Anyway, picked up The Witches of Chiswick, by Robert Rankin: “‘Winsome Wendy Wainscott, Channel Twenty’s wonderful weather woman, says it will be clear by Wednesday,’ ventured Will’s mum, a moon-faced loon with a vermillion hairpiece and hips that were a hymn to hamburger. ‘I could call you in […]

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Louisiana Chefs. “New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.”— Mark Twain, 1884 Someone was talking about famous Louisiana chefs, and we got in an argument over who says/said what: Justin Wilson: “I guarontee.” (Go to “A Louisiana Original” and scroll down.)Emeril Lagasse: “Bam!” and “Kick it up a notch!”Paul

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The Flying Karamazovs! I saw a video of the Flying Karamozovs back in college once…and never heard of them again. For some reason, I was thinking about them yesterday. Juggling metaphors…juggling metaphors…wonder why juggling metaphors keep coming to mind…

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Quotes of the Morning. If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again. Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. Room service? Send up a larger room. She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon. When I was young I was

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Playing Games. I love simple games, so it couldn’t come as a surprise that I’ll spend a night or two obsessing over Sudoku here and there (I currently struggle through the “hard” level). ***Dave, with the comment “Ho Hum” passed along an article about Sudoku that lays out basic rules for completing a puzzle. The

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Writer vs. Editor Mental Gap. Dunno about anybody else, but if I spend the day writing, I’m usually refreshed for the rest of the day. Although if I push it too far, I’m wiped out. Go figure. On the other hand, if I spend a good, solid chunk of time editing, I feel disoriented afterwards.

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