In one of those Halloween shops this weekend, with Bridgid. You know–those Halloween shops, the ones that randomly spring from the earth this time of year, like earthworms from the soil after a driving rain; except for the fact that earthworms are an important part of the cycle of life, the give and take of our ecosystem, the tapestry [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Charles Dickens’
June 30, 2009
Sea Change
Sunday afternoon, Lake Michigan. Sitting on some rocks with Kimbo and Laura.
There is a family a few feet away. Three little ones, two boys, one girl. Their mothers in tow. Suddenly:
LITTLE GIRL: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAHGAHAGHAGAHHHHHHAAHAGAieieieiei!
Her mother rapidly begins to remove the t-shirt the little girl has over her bathing suit; the little girl’s head becomes briefly entangled.
LITTLE GIRL: [...]
May 26, 2009
It’s What It Is
I learned a new thing.
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There is a type of supernova called a Type Ia supernova. A supernova occurs when a star explodes. A Type Ia supernova is related to a white dwarf, supernova-wise, and that’s really, really all the further I’m going with that particular line of thought, because then we’re forced into all this na-na-na about “luminosity” and [...]
May 18, 2009
Oo-ooo!
I’m alllllmost done with my latest Dickens, “Our Mutual Friend”. It’s his last novel, and it’s purt’ good. Again, though, as ever: WHY, Dickens, must you pair your protagonists with lady-loves who are such TOTAL GOOBERS? Goobs, I tell you! Goobs!
Somebody with sweet potatoes for brains could see, for instance, that Bella Wilfer and John [...]
March 24, 2009
“Now you are a very decent flower.”
March 20th was the first day of spring.
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Is there anything better than lilacs? Anything at all? No, you shut up.
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I’ve been reading Charles Dickens’ “Dombey and Son” for weeksweeksweeksguh, and finally–finally!–I’ve put her to rest. There is a character in “Dombey and Son” named Captain Ned Cuttle, with a hook for one hand [which he kisses to ladies], [...]
