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Thursday, December 18, 2014
mister mcgrumpigle’s revenge
Mister McGrumpigle was a happy man. Then, while on safari in Madagascar,
his wife was eaten by lemurs.
“I will avenge you, Judith”, he was heard to remark at the time.
“I will avenge you, Judith”, he was heard to remark at the time.
And he did. And that’s why lemurs are extinct, now.
Now is 2739, by the way.
The End.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Saturday, November 24, 2012
sons of the desert 1
My brother was hit by a moped three years ago. It ran right
over his face and took his nose with it. He has a hole for a mouth and a tire
track running from the left side of his forehead to the right side of his chin.
And then there’s this:
Yesterday, I asked my brother if he’d ever seen Sons of the Desert, a Laurel and Hardy movie.
“No,” he said. And
then he paused. “Wait, are you talking
about me or Arnold Schwarzenegger?”
“You”, I said.
“Oh, okay. No, I
haven’t.”
“Have you seen any
Laurel and Hardy movies?”
“I think so…wait, me or Arnold Schwarzenegger?”
And so on.
Every time I ask him a question about his personal history,
his favorite ice cream flavor, his shoe size, anything, he always has to
clarify whether I’m asking him or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Which is not to say he thinks he IS Arnold Schwarzenegger. He still signs his rent checks with his given
name. And he still introduces himself as
Auggie to new acquaintances, as long as his name isn’t solicited. If it is, well:
“And you are?”
“Me or Arnold
Schwarzenegger?”
I’ve asked him numerous times if he was aware of his own
peculiarity. And in each instance, he’d
ask me if I meant him or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I mean you,” I said, the first time we had this
conversation, about a week after he returned from the hospital, “I always mean
you when I ask a question about you.”
“Right.”
“So why do you have to ask if I’m talking to you or Arnold Schwarzenegger? He’s not here. He’s never been here, nor will he ever be
here. Neither of us know him, and no one
we know knows him. He’s a former movie
star and the former governor of California.”
“I know who he is,
Bob.”
And he stormed out of the room.
We spoke again at breakfast the next morning. I waited for him to sit down and pour milk
into his bowl of Mini-Wheats. Then I
asked him to pass the carton.
“Me or Arnold
Schwarzenegger?”
“Arnold Schwarzenegger,” I said.
“Yes” he said.
I wasn’t sure how to respond to that.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
more rabbit
Julie Danielson, the picture book maker's best friend, shares a heck of a lot of Rabbit's Snow Dance stuff today on 7-Imp!
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
louis, don't!, continued
Here's a sample spread from my *nearly* complete book dummy, Louis, Don't!, which shows a typical interaction between Louis and myself (both in the book and in reality). Just a couple more pages, and it'll be publisher-bound!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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