Taking Place on the Windshield of a Moving Car, goes to this feller.… Read on Macduff...
This; And also that
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.
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”
Seriously
“I’m not laughing at you.
I’m laughing with me.”
Something that surprised me today
The downright deviant number of flip-flops
we have in my house. We have, like,
fourteen pairs of flip-flops in my house.
And I don’t wear flip-flops. They flip too much.
So that leaves three people in my house with fourteen … Read on Macduff...
Kurt Vonnegut
In seventh grade I read Cat’s Cradle, my first Vonnegut book. I remember standing in front of the class and giving a book report. I played a newsreporter delivering the play-by-play from the book’s closing scene (“a tragedy today, … Read on Macduff...
Happy Dyngus Day! At last!
Dyngus Day is finally here! And you know what that means — beware kids sporting pussywillows and water guns. Especially if you live in Buffalo or South Bend.
In an almost entirely unrelated development, So-Called Bill was angered by advertising … Read on Macduff...
Kids say the darndest things about modern art
I took my kids to SFMOMA today for the first time, and they each had a line I feel compelled to share.
Sam (6), on Lesende by Gerhard Richter: “I’m just blinking ‘cuz I’m so amazed.”
Susannah (9), on A … Read on Macduff...
Wouldja believe: Dyngus Day
I just learned something so wonderful, I felt compelled to use the world wide web to let people know about it. Were you aware that the Monday after Easter is a Polish holiday called “Dyngus Day”? It’s true! Dyngus Day! … Read on Macduff...
Dialogue, motivation, bumpers
Thought for the day: Trying to write dialogue without first getting a bead on your characters’ motivation is a little like trying to move a car by pulling on its bumper. Oh sure, you can do it. If you’re really … Read on Macduff...