dennis scharnberg

please drink this

Sometimes I find that contemporary art is so slight that it isn’t fair to laugh at it.

Hill Boothby, Essays on Disappointment Management.

back in saddle

Almost everyone is not a philosopher.

Travis Hilliard, The Private Language.

spanky alfalfa weaser

When we are free to do whatever we want, we can’t seem to do anything that is interesting.

Logan Nygaard, A Treatise on Amusement.

seeking instruction manual

It is difficult for people to care about what you think you are.

Dennis W. Sylvester, Confessions of a Moon Man.

into the rosegarden

Internet: a means to scrub sincerity from the face of the earth.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

in a reality

We know these Rothko paintings are important because Nelson Rockefeller actually owned one. At least for a while.

Eugene Bavinger, The Turpentine Blues.

innumerable hidden things

“You are wrong, Elizabeth. Everything is embarrassing. Or, it should be.”

Diana Moone, Living Well.

liars and manipulators

“Call me Vivica!”

Victoria Salt, A Compendium of Opening Lines.

this day shines

sew sari

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

hallabalooya yeah boy!

“I’m not asking Alexa a damned thing! I don’t pose questions to anyone or any thing that I can’t strangle.”

Sebastian Sleeve, The Random Walk and Other Stories.