dennis scharnberg

apple brown betty

The Lady in Cement.  What is this movie about?  Well, Tony Rome goes here, then Tony Rome goes over there.  Tony sees these guys, and then he meets up with those guys.  Tony sees Jill St. John bend over.  What more could you want?

Jeremy Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.

the proper respect

Does the neighbor’s boredom make him deserving of my sympathy?

Tanner Faust,  A Scrapbook of Impertinent Interrogatives.

mother of pearl

Italian Opera:  codpieces and creases.

W. Karl Bavinger,  The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.

where fishmen lounge

One man’s daydream is another man’s nightmare (e.g., “revolution”).

Oswald Delling,  Where Are the Vikings?

buy on spec

18.  Not taking a journalist seriously is abusing the journalist.

Trevor Martens,  A Great Many Gratuitous Remarks.

the little moron

The analogy between writing and defecating has been worked, of course.  But does that mean that it has been overworked?

Tanner Faust,  A Scrapbook of Impertinent Interrogatives.

nothing to do

The easier it is, the worse it is.  Now, what am I referring to here?

Tanner Faust,  A Scrapbook of Impertinent Interrogatives.

quite a few

Life:  a mental illness that is terminal.

W. Karl Bavinger,  The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.

in just ice

This is the only “fun” that I have anymore:  watching the Media professionals construct (and reconstruct) the world for us.

Jackson Currothers III,  The View From the Cauldron.

ill gotten gains

Being afraid is what I do.  And that’s true of everyone.  The pretense to the contrary can be stunning.

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man.