dennis scharnberg

pool of darkness

“Well, there was the time someone broke into his house. And things were stolen. But all he could talk about was that damned mojo box. And where was it now and who had it now!”

Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.

make more lists

“Banality,” sayeth the preacher. “Banality.”

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

renaming the things

“Let’s face it, Olive, Buddy puts chow-chow relish on everything. Simply everything he eats.”

Connor Archibald, Nothing in Particular.

amazing and impactful

Axiom: a statement that is so true that we do not need to find out whether it is true.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

bag of clothes

“The internet is nothing but Achilles heels. Abundantly so. That is what I mean, dear.”

Horace Vespa, Nine Easy Lessons.

ball and chain

hour democracy

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

depth of corruption

die agnostic

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

height of corruption

Everything is strange. But we convince ourselves that the world is otherwise.

Cedric Plumm, All Roads Lead.

width of corruption

“Look, I realize that you are a girl—and that you are therefore quite desperate to say the word chaconne, and to pronounce it correctly. Nevertheless, the actual word is ciaccona.”

Dickinson Holmes, The Book of Shoes.

self acceptance now

Psychology is the modern elixir. The modern explanation for all things.

Chalmers van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.