dennis scharnberg

throwing it away

“Yes, Valerie.  But a con man is in the business of being kind.”

Georgina Hickes,  An Ornamental Murder.

things to ruin

Eleanor’s first run-in with the cops concerned the operation of a home brewery.  On a fairly large scale.

Trenton FitzGerald,  Doo-Wah-Diddy.

three word heading

Missed her and miss his.

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

reigns rains reins

Can ease become excessive?

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

stay see hues

Speaking is simplifying.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

lie a little

Leafblowers  R  Us

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

descent to glory

“Damn you, Hastings!  Keep that gorilla of yours away from my fine cheeses.”

Pryce Cummings,  Rattle Box.

pocket full of

“I don’t like being lied to, Harry.  Especially in a novel.”

Hartley Spinks,  Along the River Run.

lost porcelain masterpieces

“So you do have an active interest in menswear culture?”

“Well, I think that is overstating it just a bit, Robin.”

Pryce Cummings,  Rattle Box.

pay attention please

What is most exciting about being alive today?  Waiting to see the postmodernist “rethinking” of this and that and the other!

Rollo Marquardt,  Dwelling in the Cupcake World.