dennis scharnberg

into the mud

About halfway through The Thin Man I knew all there was to know about Myrna Loy’s shoulder blades.

Jeremy Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.

another aspiring rapper

the Wright side of history

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

little porky pies

“Yes, Janice, I am secretive.  That’s because when I neglect being secretive I always end up being bitterly disappointed.”

Ralston Dowd,  A Spot of Bother.

celebration of deficiencies

“It just seems to me,” said William, “that we ought to be able to talk about a football match without using the term iteration.”

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. 3.

lumen de lumine

“But I don’t want an audience, Birdie.  Not even a small one.  Better dead than read!  That’s what I say.”

Myrtle Mawby,  Cabinets and Drawers, a Novel.

making interest payments

Lennonism.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

on the edge

asp  ire

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

crime of noticing

“Of course Jamison was able to fly in his dreams,” said Thornhill.  “But it was a silly way of flying.  And it was no damned good.”

Otto Klegg,  The Ellipse of Uncertainty.

less talented rapper

It is all about sophistication.  That is the actual commodity, not the fiction itself.

Alice Trinculo,  Speaking to Sparrows.

adoration of banks

mallets aforethought

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.