The snow fell in cold kisses upon his burning cheek as he strolled down the prospect. A small wind whipped off the Neva and played at the fur of his overcoat, sweeping it this way and that. He swigged again from the bottle of Troika in his gloved hand, the condensation turning to ice around its neck. The beer was cold and crisp, and further warmed ( Read more... )

This is a post I found in my email from last year, around March time. I either never posted it or have since deleted it, but I was pleased with it when I read it again, so I thought I'd share. It was originally titled ( Read more... )

So, it has been quite a while since I last updated this doodad, but fear not! I have not abandoned you! I wasn’t getting many comments, so I figured you wouldn’t mind if I ducked out for a while. Would be interesting to see whether any of you actually read this, in fact. Bloo blah bloo bloo blah. Leave me a comment if you read that, just so I can ( Read more... )

Well, as of last night I can officially say I have eaten buffalo, alligator, kangaroo, and boar. And pretty tasty it was too. Wouldn’t particularly miss any of them if I never had them again, and it was quite expensive, but at least I got to try them. In case you’re interested, none of them have a particularly strong taste, but can be described as ( Read more... )

Today’s update is brought to you by the letter F and the number 6.

The Wildebeest who Couldn’t BurpOnce upon a time there lived a young wildebeest, or gnu, called Milton, who was unable to burp. He was very upset about this, because lots of his animal friends had learned to burp already, and he was beginning to feel very left out. They often had ( Read more... )

Everybody loves Jay-Z. It’s a universally known fact. But here are some things you don’t know about America’s best loved hip-hop ‘artist ( Read more... )

This winsome chap had Euthanasia entranced by his beguiling ways. There was nothing on Earth this man could not do with the flash of a carnivorous smile and a wink of the eye, but tonight was not to be his night. Dancing through the assembled throng, she passed him closely, delicate folds of her party dress brushing his morning coat. Her heart ( Read more... )

"Sister, sister
How about that two way twister
Shakin' up our family tree
With sibling synchronicity."

What the hell just happened? Why did those lyrics just pop into my head? This is not right on so many levels....

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