dennis scharnberg

dallas hot club

Dinsdale’s mistakes were often honest mistakes. And he seemed to be proud of that, although he sometimes wondered about the meaning of it all.

Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.

catch a tory

“Chemistry never stops, Alice. Actually, nothing ever stops.”

Trent Bendix, Patricia Knows Best.

tiny saint james

Internet: Before this, what did we ever do and call it living?

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

whole lotta love

You cannot go at poetry directly. Not today. Not anymore.

Logan Nygaard, A Treatise on Amusement.

around the clock

Until that moment—or so he thought—he had never truly experienced feminine beauty. Now, of course, what to do?

Margaret Eden, Boyish Ineptitude, a Period Novel.

lost and found

We must see materiality as an odd thing. An exception.

Gilbert Ravening, The Phantom of Mechanical Consistency.

house of lies

Isolating something by naming it is what we do.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

down to earth

“Damn you, Farley. You’re either drunk or crazy. Or both!”

“That’s it? Only three alternatives? Charles, old boy, what a narrow world you experience.”

Dickinson Holmes, The Book of Shoes.

pieces of eight

Intelligence: a mysterious something that takes place in an armchair.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

big daddy lipscomb

“Everyone has to dwell in the internet culture, Caroline. Including me. But I do it my way—through bitter relentless mockery.”

Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.