dennis scharnberg

catch a wave

In an anonymous internet film review,  I found this lofty aesthetic praise:  “I was never bored.”

Desmond W. Foote,  More Pedestrian Observations.

accepting torsional vibration

Most “order” is meaningless.  Not so much irrational as arational.

Maynard Bittle,  Order in Magnitude.

a persistent smirk

Irritation:  an inelegant proof of existence.

Clive Morrow,  A Crustacean’s Dictionary.

pointing and sputtering

a symmetry

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

a right uppercut

Resentment:  an immensity.

Clive Morrow,  A Crustacean’s Dictionary.

a fuming rage

Hegel, Marx, Engels—all these guys were made for prime time television.  They were just born too soon.

Jackson Currothers III,  The View From the Cauldron.

the left jab

Are we to be confined to the language—the words—that the mass media professionals deliver to us?  Is that the fate of the English language?

Palmer Coates,  The Dark Afternoon of the Soul.

the laugh test

Electric power brought an end to humility.  Just look at the nightsky of any city.

Rollo Marquardt,  Dwelling in the Cupcake World

the right cross

“Too late” is an undervalued concept.

Travis Hilliard,  The Private Language.

the left hook

Discourse:  Be wary of anyone—anyone—who uses this word.

Nicholas James Barnarby, ed.,  Dr. Sonderborg’s Book of DOs and DON’Ts.