Cecil Vortex

For Tundra Wolves
to be to dogs
as lions are to cats, Tundra Wolves
which can already grow up to 7 feet long
would need to be 11.76 times
larger than they actually are
and weigh 1,460 pounds.
1,460 pounds of Tundra Wolf.
Do you see what I’m saying?

“Verner ist lonely in every part of his body” in this stirring trailer for an even more stirring film from extremely stirring 1920s German auteur/filmmaker/farmer Edelgard von Schinkenliebhaber.
Prepare to get stirred!

(Written and filmed by The Whittlers — East Bay cohorts in mini-movie mania.)

The guy next to me
at this breakfast joint
just said to his date
in a Jack Nicholson voice
that I think is really the way this guy talks

"looks to me like you're not a fan of berries." 

If he sees what
I'm typing
I'm a dead man.

to be brought somewhere
for some larger
purpose
or to be
brought somewhere
for some larger porpoise?
Or,
what if the larger purpose
was to serve a smaller porpoise?
What then?

Here’s the trailer for an exciting new thriller. 10% more thrilling than 2012, by volume….. Tell your friends and hide your neighbors: 2013 is nigh!

My daughter finally reached the age where she slept in so long on a Saturday, I teased her with the old “oh wow, I forgot I had a second child” bit. Much more importantly, I finally reached the age where I amused myself by delivering said tease. Woohoo!

overalls are rocking out country-style tonight.
That outrageous fiddle, the toe-tapping
outrageous lady singer and Brother Jeremiah with
his bass and jaunty
fresh-brimmed derby.
You are all outrageously dressed up like
Depression era folks tonight.
Except so much
cleaner.

Sam wanted to bob for apples on Halloween “just for fun.” Which was a relief, because I know there are some people who bob for apples competitively, and others who bob for apples professionally. And I’m just not ready for him to make either of those leaps.