Archive for August 22nd, 2007
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
One Good Reason
I am delighted to find that there is a wiki devoted to all things muppet.
I am saddened to learn that the number skits series (”Ten Chocolate Layer Cakes!”) are no longer aired on Sesame Street. My delight in the baker’s pratfalls presaged my joy in the slapstick of the Three Stooges.
I also sympathized greatly […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Fugitive Kind
Today is the birthday of Dorothy Parker, much famed for her acerbic wit.
Observation
If I don’t drive around the park,
I’m pretty sure to make my mark.
If I’m in bed each night by ten,
I may get back my looks again,
If I abstain from fun and such,
I’ll probably amount to much,
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Every Everything
This meme comes to you by way of The Sheila Variations. Consider yourself tagged if such things interest you.
What are you reading right now?
Blindness - Jose Saramago
Paris After The Liberation - Antony Beevor & Artemis Cooper
The Terror - Dan Simmons
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susana Clarke
That’s a lot of books […]
