Bookpuddle

Wow, I just tested my blog for its “rating” at this Ratings Place . Apparently, I am listed as PG [ ← P retty G narly?] and get this, t...

I agree with you, Kitty. That looks like one fine treat there! But I’m gonna stick with my Pringles©, is that alright? Have a great Friday! ...

A girl from Illinois and a girl from the east coast were seated side by side on an airplane. In an attempt to be friendly, the girl from Ill...

I’ve been sort of slack on my duck-reporting! Remember the Duckmistress? Well, here is the most recent shot of her darling brood! Ar...

Hot town, summer in the city 
 Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty 
 Been down, isn't it a pity 
 Doesn't seem to be a shado...

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. -- Fran L...

A funny thing happened on my way out of the lunchroom today, at work. I glanced at the big bulletin board and there, right in the middle of ...

Undaunted by the protesters, the G-8 leaders focused on finding consensus over global warming. And by “consensus” we mean getting Bush to ag...

I am sitting at Starbucks right now and I need to use the payphone. But I’m not going to. The reason why? Because the price of a payphone ca...

I feel sorry for fish. Not so much the wild kind, like in a lake or stream or ocean. Well, actually even those type haven’t got the greatest...

Me, calling home to check in on Jack! You know, sometimes I REALLY miss Mexico! I really REALLY miss the place! [ MORE PICS ] Have a gre...

The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that got lost. Light at the blue end of the spectrum does not trave...

If there’s one thing that almost never fails to crack me up, it is David Letterman’s Top-Ten List. Here is a recent one that had me very nea...

I guess that Bizarro© cartoon I placed on this morning’s Splash du Jour© has gotten me thinking about it. Smoking, I mean. It’s been a rea...

Have a great Tuesday! *********

My mother was a high school English teacher, and when I was a kid she used to tear apart my compositions with scissors and a glue pot. That ...

I will skip all introductory preamble and move straight on to several opinionated statements → The Pesthouse , by Jim Crace, is an absolutel...

There are a whole bunch of books about Hillary Clinton. According to a biography of Hillary by Carl Bernstein… Bill Clinton planned to divor...

OK, hold thy horses! It’s kind of sketchy right now, I am searching frantically for information on this, but alas, all I have to go on is...

Scooter Libby , former aide to Vice President Cheney, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Afterwards, Scooter said, “I just hope I have th...