dennis scharnberg

cutting edge morals

Doubt the truth, Janice. I know it sounds all wrong. But give it a try.”

Nicholas Crisp, Unfit for Murder.

what comes easy

Nothing has changed.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

piety and pastries

Internet: cultural entropy.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

parakeets and budgies

Some events are significant, and others are not.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

glorious internet era

At one point, he was heard to claim that [Joyce’s] Ulysses was one long elaborate palindrome. When a colleague pointed out that a simple glimpse at the initial and final line would dispel this notion, he shouted that the novel should have been a palindrome.

Leighton Johns, My Uncle Toby.

deck of cards

Any object is somewhat like any other object.

Royce Michaels, The Kingdom of Ice.

under the radar

Words cast a spell upon an audience.

Dennis W. Sylvester, Confessions of a Moon Man.

rich and strange

As Engels noted more than once, conspiracy schemes do not require puppeteers.

Hilbert Kaasa, The Fabian Way.

calling all cars

In the future, anything not prohibited will be mandatory.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

nine dull coins

…only certain things—only a few things—are natural. Mountains, for example. Or boulders.

Paul Uccelo, The Enigma of the Box.