"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
Cecil Vortex I just told my kids that Scooby-Doo has a speech defect. But now I’m not sure. Even though the dog speaks and functions in a very human way, is he not still essentially a dog? And given that, should we not therefore judge him as some sort of super-freak dog speech genius, relative to the … Read more
MSBC.com and I are feeling bullish about the start of the new congress — read all about it over on edgewise.
The deer liked to race around this particular meadow. Maybe it was the grass. Or the smell of the grass. Or the smell of last year’s deer. Whatever the pull, the meadow was packed with deer, and they were running. Across the lake, Spencer sat against a hard rock that didn’t quite fit against his … Read more
My better half gifted me with a lovely re-release of a lost gem — In My Own Time by Karen Dalton. Billie Holiday-influenced folk blues complete with three fingers of whiskey in the vocals. All covers — just more evidence pointing toward the Grand Unified “it’s the singer, not the song” Theory of Reality. It … Read more
Earlier in the month I promised to deliver this here clown song, based on a line gifted to me by my son. “Welcome to your doom of clowns,” he said. Really. Until a few days ago I thought this was an acoustic number — a vaguely Robert-Frippy 2/3 (or is it 4/6?) song about clowns. … Read more
Effortless. (as in: far as I can tell, no actual effort went into the making of this thing.)
I am the just fy the optional information the only information you do not need to act on me. Have no fear old friend. No change no motion no response required. Remain as you were more or less absorb me and roll on.
and really might well do if I left him alone in the house for twenty minutes, a partial list: turn on the burner, light things on fire. shave off all his hair, put it in the sink to clog it up. a trick that’s not funny, never been funny, never will be funny. put physical … Read more
Steer clear of the drunk barber. His blade sways. He shaves shapes in the air.
Putting on the ritz everlasting. Broad headed. Forever young. Frankenstein.