dennis scharnberg

bee bop aloo-la

sewing the seeds

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

welcome to aspen

“Which doctor?  Why, of course, I mean Dr. Freud.  The only one who matters.

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

putrid postmodernist twaddle

“I declare, that hat of Olivia’s was like a punch in the nose!”

Burdyce Goode,  Wonderful With Dogs.

spelling bee winner

“I just want to improve your daydreams, Alice.  I believe that I can make them better.”

Agatha Vox,  When Everything Was Singing.

at perpetual variance

“I take back what I was saying yesterday,”  said Collins.  “I take back everything I have said since the day I was born.”

Victoria Salt,  A Compendium of Opening Lines.

other people’s stuff

“The future is known,” said Frederick, almost shouting.  “It is the past that keeps changing.”

Hugh Chumley,  Making Martha Happy.

et lux perpetua

Soaring melodic lines that seem ready to drift off out of reach.  Pulled back to us, barely.

Olmstead Trent III,  The History of Objects.

the royal we

Please name the movie:

—You’re crazy as a rabbit.

—He was kidding the pants off you, son.

—Tie a ribbon around it!

                                                     —All right, I’m not always smart.

Jeremy Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.

support leaping houses

When destroying a culture, it is crucial to do it legally.

Desmond Urquhart,  The Unsocial Sciences.

enchanting little lies

“It’s just another way of saying that we are over here and logic is over there.”

Rollin Mungo,  Selected Rants of Mr. Barraclough.