“I usually have about half a dozen (notebooks) on hand and I used to make notes in them of ideas that struck me, or about some poison or drug, or a clever little bit of swindling that I had read about in the paper” –Agatha Christie Here’s something interesting: In 1926, Archie Christie, Agatha’s first […]
I have just sent my story “Things You Don’t Want” to its seventh adressee, which is, for me, a record. I’d give up, but it would be pointless. After a certain amount of time, I become twitchy if I’m not working on some kind of fiction. And this one was one of those stories that
Maybe I’ve been missing out on the fashion world, but this was unusual. (NSFW) What is pain, in the context of fashion?What is fashion, in the context of world history? Tall, elegant women parade around in gauzy clothing. Their faces are drawn and vicious-looking, as if they were outraged at what has been done to
The bedtime ritual has now come to include a big, noisy tickle session just before she goes to sleep. It seems she needs to store up enough wiggles to make it through the night…
Stan posted a link to the Sesame Street Personality Test. Ernie:Playful and childlike, you are everyone’s favorite friend – even if your goofy antics get annoying at times. You are usually feeling: Amused – you are very easily entertained. You are famous for: Always making people smile. From your silly songs to your wild pranks,
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Dale! Lee’s brother Dale made it up to the Springs Friday night after a bit of on-again, off-again scheduling issues. We dragged him to the zoo on Saturday, had supper and cake for Lee’s UnBirthday (since there was no cake on his actual birthday due to moving), and sent him off to Pierre, SD, to
The Senate passed Bush’s torture bill. The House of Representatives will probably follow suit. I went to a retirement ceremony today at work for a colonel. They played the National Anthem, prayed, thanked the guy for helping create the most feared military on the face of the planet today, and gave his wife an award
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I wonder whether there’s a reason genetics seems to skip a generation. Like, for the longest time, the average life expectancy was 40 years or so. If a trait skipped one generation, then you’d be, statistically, sure to get necessary traits all the time, without doubling up. A shoemaker begets a poet, who begets a
Warning: Puns. If Sondra Locke married Elliott Ness, then divorced him to marry Herman Munster, she’d become Sondra Locke Ness Monster. If Shirley Jones married Tom Ewell, then Johnny Rotten, then Nathan Hale, she’d be Shirley Ewell Rotten Hale. (via Grow-a-Brain.)
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