I was just getting quizzed by my kids about the tooth fairy, and her castle, and the fact that it’s 100 feet tall and 5 feet wide and only has two rooms — the main room and a bathroom. And…
Author: Cecil Vortex
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 18
Still reading, still consistently posting late, still about 100 pages behind. But still enjoying the book too, and that’s something. A big something. And now suddenly thinking that yes, in fact, I too may someday sip from a dishwasher-safe “I…
Two Astonishing Facts about Creed Bratton
Not-so-astonishing fact #1: Actor Creed Bratton, who plays the character “Creed Bratton” on the hit NBC TV show “The Office,” is actually named “Creed Bratton.” Really-quite-astonishing fact #2: Back in the ’60s, this selfsame so-called “Creed Bratton” was a member…
R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly (1948-2007)
I just learned that CNR passed away late last week. It’s been my long-held belief that if the aliens learn everything they know about humanity by watching Charles Nelson Reilly performances, they’ll treat us with great loving kindness. 0
In which Tekton mania, its root causes and implications, are briefly considered
Whatever did we see in Tekton? There was a time — back in the early-to-mid ’90s — when we loved that font with a love that was shameless. We were puppies, licking the face of Tekton. Or perhaps Tekton was…
…and the Academy Award for Best Bee in a Motion Picture
Taking Place on the Windshield of a Moving Car, goes to
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 17
I finally got my head back into the book and read 50 pages today, which means I’m only — yikes! — 100 pages behind. I did dig the hottentot attempt (remember that?). And you guys are all inspiring me with…
This is lovely
A site called idealog had a link to a beautiful collection of post-it doodles — the artist (Scott E. Franson) did one a day for a hundred days. Time well spent, sez I. 0
Now more than ever (age 39)
Now more than ever we could all really use a yearbook photographer. Whispering ’round the quad. Snapping photos of us and our respective pals through the zoom lens of a swank 35mm Canon (Christmas gift) as we participate in various…
Our hymnal
If I end up founding my own university (“Cecil Vortex University” — or perhaps “the University of Cecil Vortex”) the CVU/UCV hymnal will include the following words: “roar” “kindled” “e’er” “hail” “gibbous” 0