Showing posts with label The Panic of '08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Panic of '08. Show all posts
Sunday, June 10, 2012

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

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She said it’s really not my habit to intrude Furthermore, I hope my meaning Won’t be lost or misconstrued But I’ll repeat myself At the ...
Sunday, February 5, 2012

Apocalypse, Ciao!

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Francie Stevens: “I’ve never caught a jewel thief before! It’s stimulating! It’s like... It’s like...” John Robie: “Like sitting in ...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

Leverage This

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Jessie Stevens: “It was exciting at first, but you know now I think it’s more exciting to have them stolen.” John Robie: “Yes, because ...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

All Together Now

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“Do you mean, sir, that these birds are cannibals?” “That’s an odd question, young Master,” the banker said. “I merely said the birds dri...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Known Unknowns

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[Edward Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood are baiting Margaret Dashwood, who is hiding] Edward: “Oh... Miss Dashwood. Forgive me. Do you by an...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke Attentive Readers will realize that I have used my...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

I Think I've Said This Before

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Ho-Fucking-Hum. Let me tell you, Dearest and Most Patient Readers, that notwithstanding my admirable innate modesty, unstudied intellectual ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Blind Men and the Elephant

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A HINDOO FABLE. I. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That ...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

You All Know Brutus and Cassius Are Honorable Men

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Much as it pains me to say it, O Gentle Readers of Tender Sensibilities, I'm afraid I must agree for once with those shills for the priv...