dennis scharnberg

making ends meet

Why do we wake?

Amanda Willcoxen, ed.,  The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.

the watchdog’s bark

If [with respect to a journal entry] you had asked me who wrote that, I would not have known that it was I.

Jennifer Turkwood, ed.,  Journals and Letters of Tomas Tinturra—Vol. 2.

chinny chin chin

Webb put it succinctly:  If you don’t like the facts, attack the source.

Hilbert Kaasa,  The Fabian Way.

some sunny day

If it exists now, it is mocking itself.  That is the way of being today.

Desmond W. Foote,  More Pedestrian Observations.

man of letters

nose his onions

thong-in-itself

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

virtue without restraint

Speaking as an artist, Owen said that he was sorry.  He was sorry about everything.

Trent Bendix,  Patricia Knows Best.

good and ready

The way to justify a purely rhetorical approach is to claim that language is inherently rhetorical.

Hill Boothby,  The Dazzling Realm of Almost.

lucid new perceptions

Boris owned a peculiar hair-do.  That seems the only way to put it.

Gladys Huizinga,  Hard-Luck Dennis.

mending the world

The word “remarkable” is redundant in any statement.  A portable redundancy.

Tyrone Sommer,  Circling the Drain.

rules of evidence

We must remember this:  The Marxist just wants to learn.  To find out more about the world.

Anthony Falfurrias,  Pieces of Thought.