One day, however, the laid-off cook, couldn’t ___39___asking her to make room for him: “My darling, today, I really want to prepare some __40___food. Could you please lend me the ___41___?”“No problem, but don’t make too much dirt.” My wife, used to cooking in ...
and during an argument with Tristan her hand shakes, she says “oh, my heart!” and she collapses. Tristan says she has the “memory of a goldfish,” they see she’s been losing her fine motor skills via the handwriting in her little black book, and they order a gene test (on thes...
I got my first handful of penpals from the back of the Alby’s Big Boy kids menu (there was a section for pen pals, can you believe it!? The 80s were such a darling time—no way would any parent let their child’s name and address be printed and mass-produced on a restaurant me...
3) I was pleasantly surprised at my ability to compose an essay that the professor chose to read to the class. It was without doubt one of the happiest moments in my school career, but I did my best to avoid showing pleasure. When the professor offered me his congratu-lations, however,...
ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH (online music blog) – Interview with “Pretty Polly” video and band photo (secured by Mark) How did you come up with the idea of doing a full album of murder ballads? This was actually J. Tom Hnatow’s idea — he of These United States and Mynabirds infamy...