Rain, Rain…
July 4, 2008
“Watch out for the third-floor rapids!” whooped Virgil,
paddling past the dining room on a wingback.
“I wonder if Edna’s still in the cellar?”, Edgar mused,
splashing a little, as a prosthetic leg and
the collected works of W. Somerset Maugham
eddied gracefully around a side table.
~*~
There Is No ‘Eye’ In Minestrone.
June 27, 2008
“There’s a thumb in my gazpacho!” shrieked Edgar delightedly,
spattering the maître d’ with cold peas and chloroform.
“And so you win the doubloon and the Party Sombrero,”
cheered Father, magnanimously attempting
to conceal his disappointment.
~*~
You will nip over to The Cactus Patch and wish Parenthesis a Splendid Birthday today, won’t you? And while you’re there, apologise for being two days late - because, you know, time-keeping is not my strong suit. Olé! (Seriously, dear - I hope it was wonderful.)
But I’m not late for everything. No. Kyknoord will, in fact, be knocking back the cupcakes and birthday canapés with his nearest and dearest tomorrow - here’s to an action-packed, fun-filled, and smoking-hot year ahead for you too, dear.
Happily Ever Afterlife.
June 20, 2008
“What is it this time,” tut-tutted Edna as the clash of steel
echoed from the parapet, “the choirmistress in Utah?”
“Fresh bloodstains on your Mother’s collar,” whispered Nanny Swedbourg,
distractedly ladling more starch into her tea.
~*~
Pass The Ducats.
June 13, 2008
“Stick to your lanes - and no jostling”, hissed Coach Falconetti,
handing stocking caps and a crowbar to the 4th Grade Relay Team.
“Now, let’s bring home some silverware!”
~*~
You Have A Problem. Please Be A Patient.
June 6, 2008
The raid on São Paulo Charlie’s Drive-thru Sanatorium®
was a bit of a disaster. Father almost lost a frontal lobe
in a duel with an orderly, and Edna flat-out refused
to eat any of the vegetables.
~*~
Gone, but not forgotten: It’s true: I haven’t visited your sites in ages, I haven’t written, I haven’t called, I haven’t thanked you for your lovely write-ups… I’ve even missed a couple of birthdays. And dangitalltoHades if I don’t feel a wee bit guilty about it all.
I’ll get back to Teh Internet eventually. I swear. I’ve only got 3 gargantuan epics left to midwife, and 8914… 8913 heads to pickle.
Update: The incomparable Ms. Vita ages disgracefully on Sunday - do join me in a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday.
Quick, while she’s still got that hangover…
Updated Update: Aaaand… let’s belt out another verse (I know it’s Monday, but with feeling, okay?) for Dolce’s Evil Twin and Trailer Park Temptress: daisyfaaaae!
Happy Birthday(s), dears - long may the liquor flow, and the cakes continue to… crumble.
Class Acts.
May 30, 2008
“Three Ds and a C”, Edgar mumbled, reluctantly
surrendering the Report Card. “Three Disinterments and a Cremation!”
exclaimed Father, dabbing his cheeks with a blindfold,
“Son, we may just get you that new bicycle after all!”.
~*~
Our Man in Valhalla.
May 23, 2008
“There’s a snekke blocking the driveway again,”
said Virgil, peeved, “Great Aunt Freygerd?”
“Third cousin Yngvar,” Edna grimaced, tossing him a helmet
and a hammer, “what - for the love of Stan - have you
done with my drinking skull?”
~*~
ZZ Big Top.
May 16, 2008
“The Carnival’s back in town”, said Mother, casually,
“you aren’t still upset about the thing with the bear, are you?”.
“Of course not” snapped father, “but I do hope your sister’s
brought her own beard trimmer this time”.
~*~
Pit Stop.
May 9, 2008
Edgar asked to be buried between Augie Podgórny
and the Feuerbachs. “You’ve got your snorkel and
a peppermint”, said Virgil, swatting a clod with his shovel,
“we’ll be back for you on Thursday”.
~*~
Rawhide.
May 2, 2008
“Ain’tcha getting a little warm in that coat, Ma’am?”,
stammered the cowhand, pompadour glistening in the moonlight.
“I’m not going to bite, dear”, I whispered, flashing an incisor,
then drowned out his moans with a howl.
~*~
