A Well Turned Phrase
The Company You Keep
Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
That famous triangle, “fast, cheap, good—pick two”, doesn't really apply here. In Chicago, we deliver all thr... See more
Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
That famous triangle, “fast, cheap, good—pick two”, doesn't really apply here. In Chicago, we deliver all thr... See more
The Company You Keep
“Man and chimp share 98.5 per cent of their genetic code, which would be no surprise to Darwin. But we also share 75 per cent of our genetic make-up with the pumpkin. The pumpkin is just a big ridged orange lump lying on the ground all day, like a fat retiree on the beach in Florida. But other than that he has no discernible human characteristics u... See more
its hazard lights bleating carmine auras into the morning mist.
David Shafer • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
“he could hear the lapping of the sea, boats shunting lethargically against jetties from time to time, the tinkling of the bells on the masts of the sailboats. A comforting tapestry of sounds,”
— Death of a Master Chef: A Brittany Mystery by Jean-Luc Bannalec
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— Death of a Master Chef: A Brittany Mystery by Jean-Luc Bannalec
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“Regrets are the traps into which the old self lures us.”
— The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
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— The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
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View from a Venetian Window
“He went to the window and stared at the vines that had started their yearly pilgrimage up the inside of the fence around the house on the other side of the canal. As spring advanced, it would creep over the top of the fence and head down towards its real object, the water of the canal, only to stop ten centimetres above
... See moreAnd those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Post Halloween School Instructions
I know the day after Halloween is extra hard when you're trying to get your kids up and ready for school. Because dressing a hungover, raging pterodactyl is not fun. But PLEASE do NOT bribe the groggy elementary goblins with trick or treat candy and send them to school with two fistfuls of Pixy Stix and a wish. We
... See moreThe unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.
—Oscar Wilde about fox hunting in England