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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Why Do Things Like This Delight Us? Because They Will Not, Can Not Last.

Fries ALMOST too hot to eat! Cold whipped cream on steaming cocoa! Cool rainsplats after two weeks' heat; The year's first snow... it's 6 AM. Still-ticking parking meter? Neat! Three minutes on the dollar Car Vac! A tennis "save" you can't repeat! A one-point lead! Your first crush makes your life... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Debriefing of a Martian Spy Just Back From Earth

"Each Earthling only has two ears. (I guess that they don't listen much). "But napalm and reality shows? No, they really ARE like I described, I swear! They're really not mistakes - They MEANT for them to be that way! Our abductee calls both 'inhuman'. "And those photos? Yes, I know, I know It's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

A Galaxy, of a Kind

Last night her sequin-shedding top Sparkled at the party - Setting off the blackest brows And brownest eyes I'd ever seen! I woke next day and walked a carpet Dotted over with tiny stars Still shining from the night before And waiting for a vacuum. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

You Are the Toughest Hand on the Ranch, Blanche

"If you're going to buck me over,* At least sweet-talk me first!" This to a fuming actor who just stormed off rehearsal stage and This from a white-haired tyrant-lady who clearly is in charge. Director, actor, manager,** I think she's tried it all. And just in case she's missed a trick, She takes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Three Grabber Openings for a Novel (none original with me)

As the last human in the world sat eating, There was a knock upon the door. The man with a minute left to live Sat munching on his danish. (And my favorite, Stephen Leacock's - I think - proposed formula for a successful potboiler, the formula being profanity,aristocracy, and sex. In that order.)... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Matching Column Thingy

Deja Deja Deja Vu! ( ) 1. deja stew A) chuck steak ( ) 2. deja boo B) Mongolian cat herder ( ) 3. deja knew C) litter of kittens ( ) 4. deja moo D) adult ( ) 5. deja two E) "pre-owned car" ( ) 6. deja chew F) baggage on the carousel ( ) 7. deja flew G) leftovers ( ) 8. deja glue H) plural of haiku (... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

lol And All That Jazz - txt poem in 27 ltrs - by ws

"2brnt2b!" [hmha] n...wtam... wtwtwstqstn? Translation: "To be or not to be!" [mutters Hamlet half aloud] No....wait a min... What was the question? Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

There Goes the Neighborhood

Next to Godliness is...Cleanliness? Now that surprises me. And if it's not, Who then ARE God's neighbors? The ones that he is "next to"? Compassion didn't make the cut? Honor wasn't good enough? The fact is, dirt seems close to God. I plant in it and something grows! Life fed by life that lived... Sign in to see full entry.

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Name That Movie #9 - Final Clues

This trip will really be a trip! We're planning to leave early So suck it in and buckle up - "And please don't call me Shirley." Sister, you can play guitar, Just please don't play it here. Last time it pulled the IV out Of this poor girl right here. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Name That Movie #9*

Our guarantee of safety's here, And Otto is his name. Push a button, he blows up And then he flies the plane. * Sorry, CC. It's dirty work but someone has to do it. Sign in to see full entry.

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