A string of 10. Choose any or all as a jumping off point for a story. A fun challenge would be to use them all . Additional prompts are available at Gay Degani’s Author’s Forum at Every Day Fiction.
MAR 17
BASIN-CONVENE-JOURNEY-CREED-BIG SUR-PRIME-WOO-MECHANIC-FLURRY-HOTEL
One may smile, smile and be a villain. –William Shakespeare
MAR 16
DEAD AIM-FROG LEGS-BUSTLE-METH LAB-PHARMACOLOGY-HOE-AROSE-LAST RESORT-FIRE-GRIND
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat. –Confucius
MAR 13
IRONWORK-IMMEDIATE-FOXGLOVE-DOUGH-VALUEPAK-ABUSE-SILKY-WIRED-LILAC-CORRUGATED
You don`t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. –Margaret Thatcher
MAR 14
HAM FISTED-ROOTED-DIAMONDS-CORDED-OSHKOSH-PEACE OF MIND-CULTURAL-SPY-BASIN-MARQUETRY
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. –Sigmund Freud
MAR 13
STRING OF PEARLS-HAUNT-RITUAL-FAILED-SUSPECT-WONDERLAND-SMOOTHIE-RISKY-SISTER-FREEWAY
The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man. –George Bernard Shaw
MAR 12
JURY DUTY-GREEN MAN-WISCONSIN-REPLY-CHOCOLATE BARS-GOAT-DRIVETHRU-TART-STRENGTH-WILLFUL
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them. –Francois de La Rochefoucauld
MAR 11
KITE SURFER-MOTHER EARTH-PEEL-MARSHAL-IMPOUND-HADES-MERLOT-CONSECRATE-HAIRPIN-SMIDGEN
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. –Novalis
MAR 10
ZOMBIE-SHOOTOUT-CROP-FRATHOUSE-MISSION-AGNES-FORESHADOW-CROWN VETCH-TAXI-BURST
Everything you can imagine is real. –Pablo Picasso
MAR 9
PARADE-ACCUSE-JUMPER-THREADCOUNT-GAP-SCREED-MAN HANDS-PINCH-MARKETPLACE-GOAT
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. –Honore de Balzac
MAR 8
BUFFOON-BANK-SEARCH-ZANY-INMATE-PREFAB-ITCH-SUICIDAL-WANDERLUST-WISE
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it cannot be cured. –Anton Chekhov
MAR 7
HOSPITABLE-BYZANTINE-HILL FORT-DWELLER-HORSEPLAY-WILLOW-FESTIVAL-ILLUSTRIOUS-BADGER-FLEW
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. –Bertrand Russell
Mar 6
RIVER STYX-MEMOIR-DISTRICT-COCKTAIL-INNOCENCE-SNAILS-INKY-DOGGED-DIPTYCH-GOLDFISH
Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed. –Irene Peter
MAR 5
CLOROX-MEDIATE-SLIGHT-RORSCHACH-BARK-SIDLE-CABIN-FISHTAIL-LURCH-DAYDREAM
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. –Henry Louis Mencken
MAR 4
PRIMROSE-CONNECTION-SPECIAL NEEDS-RETURN-UNIVERSITY-LOON-SMILES-DRUG-MISSED-HOUR
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good. –Marcus Tullius Cicero
MAR 3
POSSESSION-RESCUE-GOLDEN-LOON-MONOCLE-GENESIS-BACK SEAT-IRISH-WARRIORS-COMPANY
A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added and nothing taken away. –
Joseph Joubert
MAR 2
CLIPPED-HUSTLING-RAGTAG-ENGRAVER-EBB TIDE-BITTER-LEAVING-REED-CRY BABY-BELLIES
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. –Heraclitus
MAR 1
PNEUMONIA-CAMELLIAS-RAUCOUS-EASTSIDE-PANEL-CURTAIL-LOWDOWN-VIOLIN-RESTITUTON-PERMIT HOLDER
Ambition is not a vice of little people. –Michel de Montaigne
FEB 28
TAHITI-POWER FAILURE-ETHICS-SNOOZE-SUICIDE-GOLDEN-LAGER-PROFLIGATE-WAR ZONE-REEFER
Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. –Blaise Pascal
FEB 27
DAMAGE-SKATE-FURIOUS-GRAPE-CUL DE SAC-SCRUTINIZE-PLANT EATER-GUMSHOE-SPOOF-MUDFLOW
I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. –Zsa Zsa Gabor
FEB 26
LILLIPUTIAN-SEMINARY-BARREL-STADIUM-BIRTHRITE-MINSTREL-PARANOIA-DISINTEGRATE-LIGURIAN SEA-REVEL
The sole cause of man`s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. –Blaise Pascal
FEB 25
TIN ROOF-AVON LADY-REFINEMENT-MOP CLOSET-LEAK-AFFECTED-PULCHRITUDE-MACARONI-LAME BRAINED-CURVY
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. –Henry Louis Mencken
FEB 24
REFUSE-PARAMOUR-OVERBEARING-DECIDE-SHADOW-FIREHOUSE-MAN TO MAN-PUCK-SVELTE-VAPORIZE
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. –Eric Hoffer
FEB 23
ENTRANCE-IGLOO-PERPLEX-INCONTINENT-SAUCEBOX-ATTACK-LEGALESE-POSTMODERNISM-CLEMENT-PETTY OFFICER
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. —Immanuel Kant
FEB 22
CHOMP-ISHTAR-RUFFIAN-INTIMACY-PUDDLE-NOSE DIVE-STUCK UP-STRAY-USED CAR DEALER-LATHER
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. –Thomas Carlyle
FEB 21
BLESSING-METHODICAL-QUAKING-POSTHUMOUS-SHUTTER-LICHEN-DEVOTED-WANAMAKER’S-BAMBOO-RETRIEVED
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
– Max Planck
FEB 20
OLD FASHIONED-BOULEVARD-CITIZEN-METHODICAL-OLIVE TREE-RETREAT-FRIDAY NIGHT-RAINY-PROWLER-RETURNING
If I don’t think about it, it won’t drive me crazy. –Aaliyah
FEB 19
REFRIGERATOR MAGNET-GROOM-ANGINA-POUT-ROADHOUSE-KNOCKOUT-ATRIUM-COCOON-DODGE-PAROCHIAL
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don`t do anything about it. –Albert Einstein
FEB 18
COMMON LAW-ENTRAPMENT-OFFSPRING-VILLAGE-CLOG-MANNA-SQUAWK-DESPICABLE-WAR MOVIE-BEFALL
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. –Aristotle
FEB 17
BLOOD LUST-NOTARY PUBLIC-TRAVESTY-CABINET-GIZZARD-LOOM-INITIAL-LOCAL-EMBODY-VICIOUS
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. –Oscar Wilde
FEB 16
DECIDED-OAF-DANCE FLOOR-HERD-CONSERVE-SUBTLE-HASTEN-SURVEILLANCE-REBELLION-POPSICLE
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. –Francois de La Rochefoucauld
FEB 15
BISHOP-BEAST-STRIP MALL-CROCK-DISPROVE-READY MADE-BANKRUPT-DEDICATE-RETCH-APT
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. –Winston Churchill
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A person usually has two reasns for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. –Thomas Carlyle.
FEB 5
SQUEEZE-DUSK-SENTENCE-PROTOCOL-CONJURE-APPENDAGE-BERG-MUGGER-REGAL-PUCKER
From a drop of water a logician could predict an Atlantic or a Niagara. –Arthur Conan Doyle
FEB 4
ROLL OF COINS-PORTENT-ATLAS-CORRIDOR-SPAGHETTI-NUMB-LOOMED-RITZY-CANARY-JUNIPER
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. –Joseph Campbell
FEB 3
BEGINNER-POPINJAY-LIGHTHOUSE-CRANKCASE-REFLECT-LOPSIDED-ONSET-HOARFROST-SAG-DISTINCT
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
FEB 2
WARM BLOODED-X SHAPED-YARDSTICK-ZEST-ANTISEPTIC-BOVINE BUNCH-CHEER-DRAMA-EXTOL-FLIP
Romance is built on illusion, and when we love someone, we love the illusion they have created for us. –Roger Ebert
FEB 1
MUSCLES-NAMELESS-OPENWORK-PALAVER-QUAGMIRE-RANDOM-SHREWD-TAB-UNGRATEFUL-VACANT
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. –Germaine de Stael
JAN 31
CHARITABLE-DIRNDL-EARWAX-FLOODED-GRUB-HAMMER-IRIDESCENT-JAMAICA-KNOW HOW-LACERATE
Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. –Friedrich Nietzsche
JAN 30
SCHISM-TERMAGANT-URGENT-VAPOR-WAITER AT A DRIVE IN-X RATED-YOKE-ZEPHYR-AMUSEMENT-BADGER
Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough. –Gustave Flaubert
JAN 29
INKY-JUDGED-KERNEL-LINE OF CLIFFS-MODUS OPERANDI-NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK-OYSTER-PING-QUIBBLE-REPENT
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. –Eric Hoffer
JAN 28
YIELDING-ZIG ZAG-AFFAIR OF HONOR-BALEFUL-CANCER-DRONED-EXILE-FIDGETY-GHANA-HARRY
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
–Winston Churchill
JAN 27
OUT EAST-PASSPORT-QUANTUM-RUDIMENTARY-SMASH-THEATER-UNDERSIDE-VIRULENT-WASTED-XRAY
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. –Mark Twain
JAN 26
ESTATE-FISHY-GRAPHITE-HENCHMEN-INCONGRUITY-JUSTIFIED-KINDNESS-LOP-MANTILLA-NORTH
There are times and countries when the only place for an honest man is in jail. –Thomas Mann
JAN 25
UNKEMPT-VASELINE-WASTREL-X TASY-YEARNING-ZERO-AUDITORIUM-BALM-CADET-DISPASSIONATE
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. –Timothy Leary
JAN 24
KETCHUP-LACRIMONIOUS-MUSSELS-NIGHTMARE-OPTING OUT-PRESS-QUIZZICAL-RESTLESS-SEARING-TROGLODYTE
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely. –Thomas Babington
JAN 23
ATRIUM-BROACH-CHEVRON-DAINTY-EDEN-FEATHER-GROVEL-HIJACKER-IDOLIZE-JAM
The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate. –Charles-Josef de Ligne
JAN 22
MADCAP-INHALE-FRINGE-CLOISTER-SET UP-SPECTOR-OGLE-GRISLY-EL MONTE-DIFFERENTIAL
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. –Albert Einstein
JAN 21
PASSAGEWAY-CHEW-OBELISK-PARODY-CHEERY-IMMUNE-REFUGEE-HERESY-PLY-CIRCUMSTANCES
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. –Henry Ford
JAN 20
EMBRACE-CRANNY-RIGAMAROLE-CHAMBERMAID-RUNNER-CORNFIELD-FLINTY-DECAY-PICK ME UP-THUNDER
Some virtues are seen only in affliction and others only in prosperity. –Joseph Addison
JAN 19
ENVY-ARROGANT-GALLERY-ABBERATION-CROP-SALESMAN-HALLMARK-CATARACT-DIVAN-AUCTION
Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. –Joseph Addison
JAN 18
UNDERGRAD-DECEITFUL-BATTER-ONION-ROADWAY-GRAVE-SAVOR-FEEBLE-LAVA-WAL-MART
The smaller the heart, the bigger the hate it shelters. –Victor Hugo
JAN 17
RUNAWAY-LOCUST-SHACKLE-TAMP-BUCOLIC-URGE-CAVERN-CHEDDAR-BLAME-SNOTTY
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. –Albert Einstein
JAN 16
MANSERVANT-HOOVERVILLE-FAKE-FOYER-ACETATE-SLUMPED-AGNOSTIC-ONUS-SIFTED-PITEOUS
Success has always been a great liar. –Friedrich Nietzsche
JAN 15
GYPSY-COVER UP-ANGEL FACTORY-JUNK-GATHERS-GLOSSY-PIERCES-BLACK PEARL-BODIES-BROOCH
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. –Oscar Wilde
JAN 14
CHERISHED-STAND UP-SALOON-OSTRICH-CULTURED-APPETIZER-FALLEN ANGEL-MASKED-BABY BOOM-WEANED
The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. –Blaise Pascal
JAN 13
EVERLASTING NO-REWARD-VENTURED-CAPTAIN-BACON-GOTHIC-SWEETNESS-HOSTILE-REJECTED-SUBJECTION
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. –John Stuart Mill
JAN 12
FLESH PEDDLER-MEDIOCRE-LAWLESSNESS-RECANT-DIXIE-SLICED-DRIVE BY-LEGENDS-BALLOON-FRENCH POODLE
I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. –Coco Chanel
JAN 11
OLD FAITHFUL-PRISM-APOLOGIZED-GERM-CHARTER-DEFIANT-TUNNELED-CLAN-LAST CALL-BRINK
You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. –Margaret Thatcher
JAN 10
CEMENT-SIDLE-SHOULDERED-GRIT-SLUSH-HORSERADISH-THROB-DAIRY QUEEN-DE LA PLAYA-190TH
I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it. –Trick Daddy
JAN 9
NEWSMAN-SETBACK-BUSHLEAGUE-BUCKED-BURROWED-WETLANDS-JAR-SHELLAC-TURNCOAT-TIARA
An honest man is always a child. –Socrates
JAN 8
ORGASM-VARIETY STORE-DAYDREAMING-JUNIOR-VACUUMED-DIGIT-HARANGUE-DOILY-NAVIGATES-POKEWEED
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. –Philip Chesterfield
JAN 7
PARALEGAL-GOLD LINE-CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM-WORN OUT-TRICKSTER-GREEN MAN-BEDEVILED-HESITATED-INNER STRENGTH-BUSHED
There are very few honest friends – the demand is not particularly great. –Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
JAN 6
TRYST-HALF ASSED-PLASTER-SODA FOUNTAIN-TROUBLE-SNIPER-ROXANNE-MILDEW-BAGUETTE-LURKED
A mother who is really a mother is never free. –Honore de Balzac
JAN 5, 2010
CHEATER-FORGOT-COLD SHOULDER-FARM-MANDRAKE-RAUNCHY-RETIRED-IN TANDEM-BANKED-TABLEAU
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. –Albert Camus
JAN 4, 2010
OUTWIT-NURSED-HAIR STYLE-IGNORANCE-SUBMARINE-PARAPHERNALIA-GYPSY-FRESHET-BIGGIE SMALLS-SNIPED
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don`t do anything about it. –Albert Einstein
JAN 3,2010
AWESOME-BONNET-INTERIOR-GHASTLY-DUEL-TURRET-TWIG-BALLERINA-MEAGER-MAULED
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. –Henry Louis Mencken
JAN 2, 2010
SELF STARTER-SHAPE-BEAT DOWN-ACCORD-POMADE-JEER-SHIRTWAIST-ABACK-MOLLUSK-FORSAKE
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. –Sigmund Freud
JAN 1, 2010
ORIGINAL-LAME-CAPITOL-BALMY-TREACLE-CHERISH-KEY GRIP-STARVATION-WORKMANLIKE-ELBOWS
If he’d just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I’d have been OK. But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it. –Cale Yarborough
DEC 31, 2009
ANGLO-HONORS-PSYCHO WARD-FAIR SHAKE-JOSH-BALD-ARABESQUE-FIDELITY-LOTUS-LINKED
You have to decide even to hesitate. –Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
DEC 30, 2009
SHORE-SELF RELIANCE-CONCORD-AMBUSH-CHIHUAHUA-AVENGED-CONDUCTED-TOMBSTONE-SLID-MOLDERING
A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes. –Dorothy Gilman
DEC 29, 2009
PORN-FLOODED-DEFENSELESS-BETTIE PAGE-RECONNOITER-JOYOUS-EXIT-LESSON-SHOOT OUT-NUN
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish. –William Makepeace Thackeray
DEC 28, 2009
FALL BACK-RIDICULOUS-ADOLESCENCE-REINED-HEATHER-SCAFFOLD-SEED PODS-FOYER-ADAGE-EGREGIOUS
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. –Jean Racine
DEC 27, 2009
BATTLE-CONTRIBUTES-VENGEANCE-PERSUADE-HINTED-DOOZY-ASPHALT-HERA-METHOD-RED MAN
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed? –Bryan Ferry
DEC 26, 2009
SNUGGLING-PEP TALK-WEIRDO-DOGWOOD-CAPACITY-AWES-DAMAGE-EMPTINESS-ELF-SHARPENS
The idea is to die young as late as possible. –Ashley Montagu
DEC 24, 2009
WINTHROP-CHOCOHOLIC-GIG-INDIA-HITCH-POOL-EXPERT-DRIBBLE-FLAG-TRUCK STOP
We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things. –Epictetus
DEC 23, 2009
TANK-LEAN-BURLY-CARD GAME-JINGLE-BLACK BAG JOB-MIDDLE DISTANCE-GO BETWEEN-TIBET-DRUB
Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn`t mean he knows what it is. –Bertrand Russell
DEC 22, 2009
MARALINE-EASY-TUG BOAT-SPOOK-CHI TOWN-JEANS-WORM-TACKLE-DIPPY-MAD MONEY
To be feared is much safer than to be loved. –Machiavelli Niccolo
DEC 21, 2009
PITCHFORK-STORYBOARD-ATTEMPT-GOLDEN-CLOWN-OBSESS-CHOKES-ESCAPE-BORED-BLUEBOTTLES
Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and that it was in some way instructive. The profession of professor of history has taken it in a very different direction.
–Donald Kagan
DEC 20, 2009
BELLS-BUMBLER-TURF WAR-EARN-THIRTEEN-SQUAT PAD-BLACKTOP-PAPER CLIPS-REVEL-POKEY
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough. –Heinrich Heine
DEC 19, 2009
REINDEER-DEAL WITH-TOUTED-SLAM-GLOOMY GUS-SILENCE-HIGH SCHOOL-GEODE-SQUIRT-SHOTGUN
If you stare at the back door, sometimes your dinner comes out early. But if you stare too hard, you get backdoor eyes. –Snoopy
DEC 17, 2009
SPRINGS-NAVE-WINSTON-GREENMAN-M.I.T.-MONOCLE-BEERATHON-REGISTER-MUSTARD-WILT
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
DEC 16, 2009
POTENT-GAZE-SNAPSHOT-OAK-GRANNY DRESS-ARCHED-BULLETPROOF-BALLOON-CONGRATULATE-RHYME
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. –Plautus
DEC 15, 2009
RECRUIT-SHABBY-BELLY-PREFAB-TWELVE-RECTIFY-OLD HAT-PRAY-TUG BOAT-WATER FOUNTAIN
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. –Anatole France
DEC 14, 2009
WREN-ACCOUNTANT-STAKE-ATL-EAT-CAUGHT-EARTHY-DOWNSIZE-NUB-BOOKSTORE
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
DEC 12, 2009
HEAVEN-SPELLED-LOBO-HIGH-SEQUOIA-TWEEZER-MARKETED-REEFER-NOSE HAIR-TRUSS
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you’re playing by somebody else’s rules, while quietly playing by your own. –Michael Korda
DEC 11, 2009
BRUTAL-LILY OF THE VALLEY-GRANITE-CHEEKY-DWARF-LUMBER-LABYRINTH-DUSTED-ALLERGIC-SMELLED
You know what your problem is, it’s that you haven’t seen enough movies – all of life’s riddles are answered in the movies. –Steve Martin
DEC 10, 2009
ALTAR-TITAN-REFLECTION-LAMENT-GASSED-DESCENDING-THE FIRES-NUDITY-NEXUS-GROANED
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. –Frederick Douglass
DEC 9, 2009
THREAT-FIRED-AVERTS-GRAVY TRAIN-FADING-BAGGAGE-PROBED-CAPTURE-GOLD TOOTH-PERSIAN
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. –Friedrich Nietzsche
DEC 8, 2009
BUBBLING-IRRIGATION-DRUGSTORE-CORVETTE-SKULL-CHAINS-SAND DUNE-TARGET PRACTICE-TRANSCEND-POND SCUM
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. –Tom Robbins
DEC 5, 2009
FAT FARM-DRUTHERS-BEGRUDGE-STERN-GO GETTER-DRY RUN-SWEETEN-SMARTS-SWAG-CAHOOTS
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. –Henry Louis Mencken
DEC 4, 2009
HARDNOSED-YAWP-SALMON-RECTORY-RUNDOWN-DEVIANT-GRANDSTAND-IGNORE-ENTRAILS-RHYTHM
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. –Francis Bacon
DEC 3. 2009
RUT CITY-BECKON-MARIONETTE-THIN WALLED-IRIDESCENT-CRYPTIC-CRACKLE-DARLING-HINDU-WARREN
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. –Confucius
DEC 2, 2009
FEEL GOOD-HOCKEY PLAYER-REFUSED-MELTDOWN-BOWLING ALLEY-JUDGMENT-HOLLER-MINI-THRASH-LOCKET
What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is our having more than one. –Francois de La Rochefoucauld
DEC 1, 2009
STRINGER-SAUSAGE-CANAL-DIRTY LAUNDRY-DICKER-HYPER-COTTAGE-ENVIOUS-PAGER-MANACLE
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience, or none at all. –Ogden Nash
NOV 30, 2009
OUTLANDER-STEAK-PETROL-CARP-PETRIFIED-ACCUSE-SPIEL-BIBLE BELT-TRACT-FISHY
One may smile, smile and be a villain. –William Shakespeare
NOV 29, 2009
COBRA-DEXTEROUS-BIRTHSTONE-DANCED-CATTERY-FLEECE-HOUNDSTOOTH-MUSHROOM-TROJAN-STUMBLE
Born again?! No, I’m not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. –Dennis Miller
NOV 28, 2009
VENAL-CHIDE-RUNDOWN-BUMMER-HOG COUNTRY-SOB STORY-AMIGO-VESTIBULE-HASSLE-ORNATE
Make no small plans for they have not the power to stir men’s blood. –Niccolo Machiavelli
NOV 27, 2009
SPARE CHANGE-GOURMET-TOMB-MALL-EXCEL-NYLONS-BUNGLE-FREAKY-OUTSIDER-SORROW
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. –Albert Camus
NOV 25, 2009
EUNUCH-SPLAT-ATTACK-BREATHLESS-BEDEVIL-GOBS-CONVICTION-SOURPUSS-HOARD-CUFFLINK
Men have more problems than women. In the first place, they have to put up with women. –Francoise Sagan
NOV 24, 2009
REPUGNANT-DELAY-VOW-GOOF OFF-BREAKUP-DRYWALL-COMPLAIN-HEIR-FETTER-DREAM
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. –Jerome K. Jerome
NOV 23, 2009
RAVEN-RAPID-BLISSFUL-CROWN-RAMBUNCTIOUS-ALIENS-GAMUT-CLIMAX-FERN-MOTORBOAT
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. –Lucius Annaeus Seneca
NOV 22, 2009
ADVERSARY-PREVENT-SUBWAY-ENCHANTING-TOY DUCK-YEARN-CAPER-BLINDSIDE-MAYHEM-INVADE
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. –Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
NOV 21, 2009
BURN VICTIM-HUB-INSPECT-TUG OF WAR-PRIEST-ELFIN-GESTURE-DOOM-OUTRAGE-SLASH
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious. –Pablo Picasso
NOV 20, 2009
CHOO CHOO-MIRROR-JESTER-SURVIVAL-DIVULGED-CEREAL-VIGIL-RISKED-PARANORMAL-SPLAYED
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. –John Galsworthy
NOV 19, 2009
PORTEND-BURNER-BLOGGING-UNLUCKY-SUSHI-COMPLIMENT-WILTED-M&MS-INVEIGLE-CRASH
All our evil comes from our inability to be alone. –Jean de La Bruyere
NOV 18, 2009
SWINDLE-DEFACE-NEW BLOOD-TRAINED-RED TAPE-PANIC-RIVAL-PALACE-FINGERNAIL-FELL
An honest man is always a child. –Socrates
NOV 17, 2009
LANDMARK-BALLISTIC-BRUSSEL SPROUTS-PROFESSOR-SKEPTICAL-ENSLAVE-BLASTS-TAG-BITTER-GRIFTER
There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.
–Euripides
NOV 16, 2009
LEARNING CURVE-GANG-BROKEN-ALGAE-CHELSEA-FORGOTTEN-LIPS-AUCTION-TRIGGER-BLIGHT
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. –Napoleon
NOV 15, 2009
DOLL HOUSE-ANGST-RAID-CLAY-HOARY-ROILED-ZOMBIE-SCORPIO-STRAP-BAKE
Power without abuse loses its charm. –Paul Valery
NOV 14, 2009
FURLOUGH-SKILLS-EMBRACE-SOLITUDE-OUTSIDERS-BUMP IN THE ROAD-SQUEEZE-SLANG-CRIME-FAITH
Hatred is a settled anger. –Marcus Tullius Cicero
NOV 13, 2009
TORTURED LOGIC-TEMPORARILY-ECLIPSE-ROOSTER-LOW-EMBRACE-STAPLER-DECLINE-SHAME-SMOLDER
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. –
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
NOV 12, 2009
FRAUD-SURF-FLIERS-GOLD-MALIBU-LEAPT-NANO-SHIFTY-GOING GETS TOUGH-PROPEL
We are taught to clothe our minds, as we do our bodies, after the fashion in vogue; and it is accounted fantastical or something worse, not to do so. –John Locke
NOV 11, 2009
GRANDSON-GARDEN-CUMULOUS CLOUDS-WRAITHE-CURL-CONTAINMENT-UMBRELLA-SERIOUS-RECOGNIZE-SPLINTER
People change and forget to tell each other. –Lillian Hellman
NOV 10, 2009
PIT BULL-GLITCH-SWINE FLU-ACHE-RADIATION-FUZZY-CURBED-SURROGATES-KNITTING-STRICT
Misery is almost always the result of thinking. –Joseph Joubert
NOV 9, 2009
ENORMITY-RUN-POSSIBLE-LONG SUFFERING-AIRY-HILLOCK-PURSUE-ASSIZE-BARLEY-PATHS OF GLORY
You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it. –Art Buchwald
NOV 8, 2009
CLUCK CLUCK-RECOVERY-JOINT-KAYAK-AMBITIOUS-LEAN TO-WLLSPRING-WARRANT-GARAGE-ERASED
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. –Lily Tomlin
NOV 7, 2009
MALICE-DRONE-GRUMBLING-CONCOURSE-PLASTIC-VACUUM-OBLIVIOUS-ABSCESS-CHAPLAIN-STRAIT
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. –Dorothy Parker
NOV 6, 2009
ADDERALL-PARAKEET-THUMBPRINT-ORCHARD-RETIRE-LOUNGES-PRECIOUS-DIES-SUMP-BIT
We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. –Carl Sagan
NOV 5, 2009
TAME-PIONEER-BUBBLE-SHARK BIT-SMUGGLER-EMBATTLED-POND-GIGGLES-BRACE-SPECULATE
Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. –M. Scott Peck
NOV 4, 2009
REKINDLE-SKEPTICAL-PIXIE-MAKE MY DAY-ROGUE-RAGE-UNGRATEFUL-TRANSFORM-HARDBALL-SLUMP
War is the unfolding of miscalculations. –Barbara Tuchman
NOV 3, 2009
TERRITORY-DELVE-STRANGE-MIRACLES-DIARY-FRISSON-KILLER-CHASM-PLUMMY-BASEMENT
Patience is the companion of wisdom. –Saint Augustine
NOV 2, 2009
SMALL FIELD-NEW LIGHT-REALITY-NOSTALGIA-DRONE-DISPATCHER-STENCH-GRIEF-EQUITY-RINGS
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. –Toni Morrison
NOV 1, 2009
ST. ELMO’S FIRE-CROSS-RAVISHED-GROTTO-MARTYR-RACKED-STAKE-DRAGONS-RIDDLED WITH ARROWS-CUPCAKES
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. –Voltaire
OCT 31, 2009
GHOULIE-MISTY SWAMP-SLIDING DOORS-WRETCHED-VASCULAR-DAN AKROYD-SCREECH-SPLINTERED-DECAPITATE-LYCANTHROPE
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. –Edvard Munch
OCT 30, 2009
DISEASE-HUNGRY-TOILET PAPER-TWILIGHT-ZEALOUS-DELIVERS-SPOT ON-POSITIVE-TWISTED-BREATHE
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency. –Eugene McCarthy
OCT 29, 2009
OLD CITY-OBELISK-HOT DOGS-KALASHNIKOVS-CRUISER-FENCE-FISHERMAN-LARKSPUR-ORANGE-LAUNCH
It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas. –Daisaku Ikeda
OCT 28, 2009
REVOKE-CRAZY-HOMEWORK-CONCERN-PIT-ORDER-GENERALITIES-FAMILIAR-SUMMON-ALCHEMY
Let’s have some new clichés. –Samuel Goldwyn
OCT 27, 2009
ERRATIC BEHAVIOR-SIZZLING-GHOUL-CONTINENTAL-BUMPY RIDE-DRUNK MODEL-SCARFACE-ENCHILADA-PACMAN-SHUTTLE
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. –Henry Louis Mencken
OCT 22, 2009
MIMIC-SANDPAPER-DIALOGUE-RIVETED-PINTO BEANS-UNNAMED-FLUFFY-SNEAKERS-FOUND-COAST
When the solution is simple, God is answering. –Albert Einstein
OCT 21, 2009
KAFKA-VAGABOND-NAPKIN-FERNS-POUTS-CONSTRUCT-FLASHING-PEACOCK FEATHERED-COLLIDED-PRECIPICE
If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. –Anatole France
OCT 20, 2009
FURNACE-MIRTH-FLAUNT-HAMPER-STRIP MALLS-BRIDE-SPERM SAMPLE-BACON CLUB-COLLAPSED-PIZZA CRUST
Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. –Blaise Pascal
OCT 19, 2009
SMIRK-PANTHER-STENCH-ALPHA-TIGHTENING-SKELETON-BABY SOCKS-MENTOR-WEARIED-BAROQUE
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. –Immanuel Kant
OCT 18, 2009
MARBLE-SHOTGUN-GROCERY CLERK-INCINERATE-GREEN BEANS-BEANIE BABIES-BONE CRUSHER-NAUGHTY-CONSECRATION-BOXES
To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
OCT 17, 2009
BEAUTY SHOP-SPECTATOR SPORT-DISOWNED-BELLY-FRAIL-SPOONFUL-WALLPAPER-AMIABLE-CONGESTION-OBOE
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. –Robert Louis Stevenson
OCT 16, 2009
ADROIT-CAPE FEAR-POISED-HANGING-GENTILE-SUBTERRANEAN-RUNNING-RED CANDLE-OUTCAST-HEARTLAND
If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime. –Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
OCT 15, 2009
UNDERTOW-SYMMETRY-PURSUIT-LONGITUDINALLY SPEAKING-ECHO-SIN-MONKEYS-WORRIES-SCENE-YELLOW
Several excuses are always less convincing than one. –Aldous Huxley
OCT 14, 2009
BOOT POLISH-SPONTANEOUS-TATTOOED BROW-PASTOR-SUFFER-SESAME SEEDS-FLESH-ROBOT-RELEASE-POKE
The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked. –Napoleon Hill
OCT 13, 2009
RED SNOW-SORE THROAT-EVOLUTION-GUEST-WRAITHE-DYNAMO-CPA-SUNDOWN-SYMBOL-WIMPY
Death is not the worst that can happen to men. –Plato
OCT 12, 2009
OUTING-BLUES-WILDERNESS-WALKER-JAW-ROOSTER-GRILLED CHEESE-MADRAS SHIRT-SNICKERED-SOFT HAIL
When you gotta good friend, have her stay right by your side. –Robert Johnson
OCT 11, 2009
NECK BRACE-JONATHON-GARDEN-DROP EARRINGS-HOARSE-BRASS BED-FLEUR DE LIS-DENIM-ICED TEA-SYRUP
There are very few honest friends – the demand is not particularly great. –Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
OCT 8, 2009
HANGOVER-SPRING-CURRENCY-LEVELED-CART AND DONKEY-MISTRESS-SHOESHINE-BLUE DEVIL-RAPT-PHILADELPHIA
Hatred is a settled anger. –Marcus Tullius Cicero
OCT 7,2009
BLUE JELLYFISH-FURIOUS-SUBLIME-MUD ROOM-SWEEP-DROP DEAD DRUNK-PULSATE-CASK-DUDE-GEODES
Hatred is active and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
OCT 6, 2009
JINGLE-DRIVING KARMA-BON TON-BASEBALL BEER ON STEROIDS-BRICK MILL-JERICHO-ROLLIN’ MAN-HELLHOUND-PHONOGRAPH-EXPECT
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes; but few have the gift of penetration. –Niccolo Machiavelli
OCT 5, 2009
CHILL-EASTERN FOG-SULFURIC-BUOYANT-SHERIFF-TWIDDLE-CADENCE-VIOLET-ALABASTER-ATOMS
Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
–Antoine de Saint-Exupery
OCT 4, 2009
CELERY-MICROSCOPE-APPEASE-RACKET-PURL-CANDLELABRUM-OZARK PLATEAU-RIVULET-CHAMP-BLOODLETTING
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. –Thomas Mann
OCT 3, 2009
WAYFARER-BLACKBERRY-CLOVEN FOOTED-FERTILITY-STARRY HILL-MONK-CHURCH TOWER-FOREWARNINGS-CONCRETE-GUESTROOM
You`ll live. Only the best get killed. –Charles de Gaulle
OCT 2, 2009
RAPTURE-STORK-PEANUTS-BLUEGRASS-POOCH-EGGS AND HAM-EXPONENTIAL-HIGH TIDE-FOCUS-CARICATURE
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience, or none at all. –Ogden Nash
OCT 1, 2009
GALLERY-DEGREE-BROTHERS-BEAR’S TOOTH-IMAGINE-GNATS-STARLIT-DENSE-SCAVENGER-ANTISEPTIC
No one ever became thoroughly bad all at once. –Decimus Junius Juvenal
SEPT 30, 2009
SCULPTOR-CUL DE SAC-SEABED-ATLAS-CRUST-ONSLAUGHT-MUDDLED-UNNAMED-SCREECH-ROWBOAT
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn’t wish to be. –Jean Rostand
SEPT 29, 2009
TINY WIRE COAT HANGERS-STOPGAP-IMPAIR-LUTE-CONSPIRE-JEWEL BOX-SIMONY-THIRSTY-DYED-BLUEFISH
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. –Confucius
SEPT 28, 2009
STUDIO-MAVERICK-SECRET-DEER SEASON-12 GAUGE-TENSION-PANCAKES-NECESSARY-HYDRANGEA-MEDITATION
Every man`s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. –Samuel Butler
SEPT 27, 2009
SPECTACLES-ASSETS-COFFEE BEANS-PELICAN-LUST-ENFANT TERRIBLE-BIG GUT-CHARLOTTE-BRICK WALL-RECESSED LIGHTING
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. –
Immanuel Kant
SEPT 26, 2009
MAJESTIC-VISIONARY-BANKRUPT-PANDORA-DISGRACE-POPCORN-SNOW WHITE-BRIDGE-TACOS-RAMBUNCTIOUS
A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have. –
Barry Goldwater
SEPT 25, 2009
AUSTRALIAN PALM-WHIP-SCOUNDRELS-RTE 10-PATHETIC-GYMNASIUM-DEATH KNELL-BULLET-MAGIC-SOCK PUPPET
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. –Groucho Marx
SEPT 24, 2009
CAMARO-RED ROCK-ARROYO-MOUNTAIN-FARMLAND-SCAMP-POWERFUL-TERROR-MISSILES-SKILLS
A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
SEPT 23, 2009
HUG ME-STRAPPED-INDEX-FRAUD-RANDY-KEY-FLASH FORWARD-TESLA-SALESCLERK-UNCIVIL WAR
A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. –Alexander Chase
SEPT 22, 2009
CLEANSING-SINK HOLE-EL PASO-DAMP-CLOUDY-HOPEFUL-BOOK-SHAKE AND BAKE-STRAPPED-SHIMMY
A man of courage is also full of faith. –Marcus Tullius Cicero
SEPT 21, 2009
STRANGE-ETHER-ACCOLADES-RAINWATER-ATONAL-GEYSER-SORRY-WOLF-SURRENDER-SHRILL
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. –Mark Twain
SEPT 20, 2009
GOODNESS-PLUOT-WILLOW TREE-MURKY-ENVELOPE-RESEMBLANCE-FRAGMENT-CRIME SCENE-CANINE-BORDER
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. –Anatole France
SEPT 19,2009
GOLDEN-KILLING-SNOW FLAKE-JILLION-FOREBEARS-LOQUAT-BELIEVE-UNRAVEL-POTENT-FIZZ
The more I know men, the more I love my dog. –Unknown
SEPT 18, 2009
WHIPPERSNAPPER-CLOVERLEAF-BOUNCED-DRILL-COLLAGE-DANDELION-GEEK-SUSHI-TRUTH-RIB CAGE
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past. –Doug Horton
SEPT 17, 2009
ROAD TRIP-HEALING-ONTARIO-OOPS-PINTO-DETOUR-GREAT GRANDFATHER-HAIL MARY-FEATURED-FISH TOWN
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It buys you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. –Henrik Ibsen
SEPT 16, 2009
GHOSTLY-DOCTORS-ASPEN-SWEET N LOW-JUKE JOINT-FRIGHTENED-NAILGUN-RAPIDS-SKATER-SWING
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. –W. Somerset Maugham
SEPT 15,2009
SPEARMINT-GENTLEMEN-COLLEGE-SHIFTY-NATIONAL GUARD-FLIPSIDE-POTENT-REPOSE-LOONEY TUNES-DRY RUN
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. –Winston Churchill
SEPT 14, 2009
PAPER CUP-PILLOW-EVOLUTION-ICELAND-BUFFALO BILL-CLEAVE-COLONY-WINDOW-ESCALATOR-MARKET SQUARE
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. –Henry Louis Mencken
SEPT 13, 2009
DISHWATER BLONDE-RELATIVE-AIR FORCE BLUE-ORCHID-BAD NEWS-WOMEN WITH MUSTACHES-DATA-SPOKANE-BIFOCALS-JACKBOOTS
A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch. –Hermione Gingold
SEPT 12, 2009
PALM TREE-OIL-PISTOL-HIGHWAY-MEASURE UP-GATES-ENERGY DRINK-DOING DISHES-OH CANADA-POLITE
All men are created equal, It is only men themselves who place themselves above equality. –David Allan Coe
SEPT 11
WOVEN-SEPIA-AWAKEN-OUTLAW-SURREAL-OKIE-AAA-DRY CLEANING-FLEECE JACKET-RIVER
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong. –Russell Baker
SEPT 10, 2009
FLOOD-ARMY-HAMPER-ELEVATORS-BONES-VITAL-MEDICATED-PARTNER-SHADY-SHARP FACED
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. –John Barrymore
SEPT 9, 2009
GOOD FEELING-HARNESS-GRAIN OF SALT-LULL-SYMPTOM-SLEUTH-PROVOKE-OPEN SPACE-PLUS-MILKY
A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live. –Martin Luther King, Jr.
SEPT 8, 2009
DETAILS-DEEPLY-SOLO MISSION-BOREDOM-ANTICS-VOLUNTEER-MENTOR-VISTA-AVOCADO-PREEN
Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. –Jean Rostand
SEPT 7, 2009
LABOR-DESERT HIGHWAY-WINDMILL-ROTTEN-TAXI-21-WATERMELON-ALLEY-GRAVLAX-DISTRICT
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. –Thomas Carlyle
SEPT 6, 2009
BELL PEPPER-BRAIN IN GEAR-SIP-HELP ME-LARRY-HUMONGOUS-EARLY BIRD-BORDERS-SOY-SWINDLE
Good friends stab you in the front.–Unknown
SEPT 5, 2009
COCKATOO-TITANIUM-LIFELINE-SNUB-JACKS-CADS-ROAD-LAVENDER-GATES-DISFUNCTION
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. –Joan Rivers
SEPT 4, 2009
MANHUNT-RIOT-MASSIF-ELM TREE-SHALE-ICE CREAM-DIRT BIKE-SETO STREET-GANGLAND
Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. –Robert C. Gallagher
SEPT 3, 2009
TENUOUS-FLAMES-MUSEUM-PINATA-SPRINKLE-TALK SHOW HOST-CHEW-MEASURE-UNPAID BILL-CHAT ET SOURIS
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. –George Jean Nathan
SEPT 2, 2009
SHUTDOWN-COMPLAIN-HACIENDA-BLACK WATER-POVERTY-VERMIN-TORTOISE-ROSEBUD-THUMB-KITE
Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
–Bill Vaughan
SEPT 1, 2009
AGONY-DRILLING-IMPLANT-BOYCOTT-NAZI-SOLID GOLD-RECLINER-FERMENT-DEL MAR-UGLI
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. –Akhenaton
AUG 31, 2009
PUBLIC OPINION-WAREHOUSE-SHARK-EXIT STRATEGY-SUMMER-HASSLE-FUNNY STUFF-POT BELLY-KEY PAD-DIAL TONE
You can’t say civilization don’t advance… in every war they kill you in a new way. –Will Rogers
AUG 30, 2009
HOPE-FAILURE-TURMOIL-DENNY’S-YOGA-LEARNING TO USE-ROAR-BORON-BEN & JERRY’S-AVENUES
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. –W. Somerset Maugham
AUG 29, 2009
FAITH-TEXT MESSAGE-CRESCENT-VICTOR-UNDER THE BED-DEALT-EPICENTER-SAPPHIRE-BOOS-POINTS
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. –Gordie Howe
AUG 28, 2009
REFORM-UNVEILED-JESTER-PUB-NO.5-TESTED-BUBBLING-HOSTAGE-FESTIVAL-COMEBACK
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by. –James M. Barrie
AUG 27,2009
EMBATTLED-PEEK-STRAIGHT UP-CLAMS-VIOLA-JOY-SWARMED-GLITCH-CASKET-WEAVER
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. –Erich Fromm
AUG 26, 2009
GLOW-JUNK FOOD-PRISON-MEDICINE-PLENTY-CRUEL-EVIL BOSS-HOSPITALITY-RUNWAY-SOUVENIR
A satellite has no conscience. –Edward R. Murrow
AUG 25, 2009
MINOR-AGE OF REASON-BROKEN-PERIL-DISCORD-SNITCH-TOWNIE-MEMORY-SOPRANO-MISSOURI
Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? -Douglas Adams
AUG 24,2009
WINGS-STUNNER-WHALE-GLOOMY-BOBBLES-BRIDGE-CLIFF-RAZOR WIRE-OBESITY-EGYPT
If I can be of any help, you’re in worse trouble than I thought. –Unknown
AUG 23, 2009
PIPES-ICE AGE-MAJOR-PUNK-TIME-ALIENS-GETAWAY-BATS-I TOLD YOU SO-LIVID
Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. –Mark Twain
AUG 22, 2009
GODFORSAKEN-PHOTOSHOP-TUG OF WAR-OCHRE-AKBAR-CHANGE-TAPS-FORLORN-EDDY-HUMANOID
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. –Woodrow Wilson
AUG 21, 2009
BEESWAX-TRAVELING-FARMER-TALLY-PRINCE-COMEBACK-SWEETNESS-GUNNING-RECLUSE-TEMPEST
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. –Gilbert K. Chesterton
AUG 20, 2009
POLICY-KNOCK KNOCK-TUMBLE-INFLUENZA-FLOSS-NURSING HOME-MARVEL-MOSES-REFORM-SNEAK
Peace is liberty in tranquillity. –Marcus Tullius Cicero
AUG 19,2009
SCRAP HEAP-RELEASE-PORTRAIT-WINE-DAMAGES-PIECE OF CAKE-PIZAZZ-PUCK-HOWDY-JUMP IN
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. –George Bernard Shaw
The String-of-10 Contest is now closed! Flash Fiction Chronicles received 50 (50!!) entries. Thanks to all of you who entered!
AUG 18, 2009
MENTAL CASE-CALCULATOR-ACQUITTED-SLAM-AFTERMATH-FRAME-VICE-URBAN-CROSSOVER-PROMISE
A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg. –Samuel Butler
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT TO THE STRING-OF-10 CONTEST!
Don’t forget the String-of-10 Contest is extended until Tuesday, August 18, Midnight, PDT! 250-words or less using the contest prompt. Click here for guides: GUIDELINES
AUG 17, 2009
SECRET SAUCE-CYBERSPACE-ALLIANCE-CASUALTIES-CORN DOGS-STUNNER-DENIM-ABERDEEN-WASTE DUMP-PANDORA
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off. –Bryan Ferry
Don’t forget the String-of-10 Contest is extended until Tuesday, August 18, Midnight, PDT! 250-words or less using the contest prompt. Click here for guides: GUIDELINES
Aug 8 through Aug 16, 2008 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 12 am PDT
String of 10 Contest Prompt (for guidelines and how to enter, click here)
BLOW BACK-STORM-JAUNDICE-STEAM-TATTOO-SENSE OF FUN-CANTALOUPE-STREAKED-UMBER-DRIPPING SWEAT
And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total? –Tillie Olsen
AUG 7, 2009
IRON AGE-RUMBLE-EDGE-HUMANOID-HEALING-LAVISH-99-HAUNT-HELP WANTED-SUNDAY
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. –Jean Cocteau
AUG 6, 2009
GYPSIES-HOMEGROWN-LAVASH-MONSTER-TWISTER-ADRIFT-SWINE-HAPPY FACE-CUSTODY-BLAZE
He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. –Mae West
AUG 5, 2009
FRAUGHT-SHORT SHRIFT-LIGHTHOUSE-HIBACHI-PLANE TICKET-GRAVE STONE-COMMIT-LAST FRIEND-CERULEAN-JORDAN
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. –Gilbert K. Chesterton
AUG 4, 2009
MUFTI-STRUGGLE-SLASHED-CHILI BOWL-BRIDEGROOM-CRANKY-PYTHON-SOLAR-GIZMO-SNO CONE
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? –Scott Adams
AUG 3, 2009
CAMELLIA-NAVY-WICKER-EPIC-FLY PAPER-SHOCK-BARBADOS-PENCIL-MOTEL 6-TORCHIERE
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. –Jane Austen
AUG 2, 2009
LOYALTY-CYNIC-BEATLES-RADIATION-HUMPDAY-FIDDLER-SLIDE SHOW-TRY HARDER-PRESSED FLOWER-HAUNTING
Some stories are true that never happened. –Elie Wiesel
AUG 1, 2009
ROMEO-MAD COW-ACID BUILD UP-RISKY-FIZZLE-BUMS-LUST-JAZZ BAND-ENOUGH-OVERSEAS
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour. –Gilbert Keith Chesterton
JULY 31, 2009
FRUSTRATION-HUMILIATION-DESPERATION-IRRITATION-IMAGINATION-DAMNATION-CASTRATION-ELEVATION-DELIBERATION-CARNATION
If you don`t get what you want, it`s a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price. –Rudyard Kipling
JULY 30, 2009
COURT-SMALL-ROCK-WASTE-BREW-LASH-FOG-SLAIN-HOOK-SLAP
Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you. –Woody Allen
JULY 29, 2009
VIBRANT-TENANTS-SAUSAGE-LATIN LOVER-GEOPHYSICISTS-REELING-CLUNKERS-BACKLOG-MISHAP-CORINTHIAN LEATHER
A joke is a very serious thing. –Winston Churchill
JULY 28, 2009
WOLF PACK-SNEAKER-VEST-PLUNGE-CHELSEA-MATERNITY-INFLUENZA-SCARECROW-SPARKLE-BEESWAX
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. –
Margaret Thatcher
JULY 27, 2009
HIATUS-ROGUE WAVE-MIX UP-EVISCERATE-GATOR-MEDIEVAL-FAKE-SQUATTERS-TANGERINE-BOXITE
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. –Winston Churchill
JULY 26, 2009
WICKED-UGLY-SHRINK-HIATUS-INVISIBLE-ATLANTA-SELF STARTER-WEAKNESS-SPIDERS-TRUCK STOP
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. –Groucho Marx
JULY 25, 2009
TWILIGHT-TAMP DOWN-WEDGE-UNSETTLING-ANCIENT-TEACHER MAN-WILDEBEEST-PLEASURE-GLAUCOUS-JOLT
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. –Leo Buscaglia
JULY 24, 2009
FANBOYS-SWEEP-GRAB BAG-TRIPLE A-AUCTION-PIRATE-OVERSIGHT-MAYHEM-SAPPHIRE-INDULGE
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. –Oscar Wilde
JULY 23, 2009
BOBBLEHEAD-AUCTION-BETSY ROSS-NERD-PURPLE PROSE-OFF SHORE-DROWNING-GOSSIP-SPRUCE-HYENA
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. –E. M. Forster
JULY 22, 2009
APOLLO-COTTAGE CHEESE-34 HOUR ORATION-STILL-CREPT-HEAD SOUTH-SUSPECT-TRIBAL-FRAY-NEO NAZI
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. –Samuel Butler
JULY 21, 2009
PLACEBO-NECK ACHE-WATTS TOWERS-DORADO-MIDWAY-REASSURING-LANKY-BELLS-SOUL MATE-PUCE
People are pretty much alike. It’s only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. –Linda Ellerbee
JULY 20, 2009
POT SHOTS-ASHES-RUTHLESS-DIVA-MYSTERY-SNAKE-MIXED SIGNALS-ESCAPE-360-SERMON
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. –Malcolm Forbes
JULY 19, 2009
PLETHORA-DEAD FORUM-LIGHTNING BOLT-LADYLIKE-PLASTIC SURGERY-BRISTOL STOMP-SHARKEY’S-FILTER-SHOULDA-BURNT SIENNA
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. –Kahlil Gibran
JULY 18, 2009
TROJAN-ASSASSIN-22 CARAT GOLD-WHISKERS-PROFESSOR-LAB TECH-SWING DANCE-MISSING-RICE KRISPIES-BLOOD
The idea is to die young as late as possible. –Ashley Montagu
JULY 17, 2009
CAPSIZE-GOODER-CELLAR-FAULT LINE-STRONG MAN-GNOME-MONASTERY-FUGUE-CHINATOWN-DISENGAGE
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. –Eleanor Roosevelt
JULY 16, 2009
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Ignorance is no excuse, it’s the real thing. –Irene Peter
JULY 15, 2009
PALATE-BOOB JOB-A LA CARTE-PRIVATE PARTY-STONE HOUSE-WRESTLING-ROMEO-HI RES-PREPPIE-5 CENTS A DANCE
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.–Pablo Picasso
JULY 14, 2009
MADAME GUILLOTINE-FOREIGN AFFAIRS-ARDUOUS JOURNEY-FORGOTTEN-SUSPICIOUS LOOKS-CELLAR-SMOKY-GETAWAY-WINE COUNTRY-CASKET
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. –Charles Dickens
JULY 13, 2009
VILLAGE-CONSPICUOUS-SUBPOENA-LOADED-GUITAR-TRACKING-SLIDING DOORS-HAREM PANTS-SUCCULENTS-POLKA
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you’re playing by somebody else’s rules, while quietly playing by your own.
–Michael Korda
JULY 12, 2009
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We can’t plan life. All we can do is be available for it. –Lauryn Hill
JULY 11, 2009
IMPOSTER-BLUNDER-BRONX CHEER-CRISIS-PANDORA-VASILY-BLOOD-CEMETERY-DAIRY QUEEN-PAYNE’S GRAY
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. –Gertrude Stein
JULY 10, 2009
TITANIUM-EAT HER GUN-KEY-REFUGEE-IMPASSE-FIFTH AVENUE-iPHONE-ORGANIST-LILY OF THE VALLEY-SALSA-VERDE
Anger is a short madness. –Horace
JULY 9, 2009
VICTOR-MAVERICK-FRENZY-VENETIAN BLINDS-FIST FACED-COSMETIC-EDIBLE-IRON ORE-SKI LODGE-DELICATE
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own. –Bette Midler
JULY 8, 2009
BEASTS OF BURDEN-HARBINGER-AVALON-POTATO FLOWERS-VICTOR-SHORT STRAW-TOE RING-JAMS-UNVEIL-COOLER
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. –Saint Augustine
JULY 7, 2009
CONFLICTED-BLACK CHERRY-WRAPAROUND SUNGLASSES-CARRION-PATRON-KNIFE-DRUID-ENCRUSTED-LOATHING-CLINCH
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. –Russell Baker
JULY 6, 2009
BLIND SPOT-SALMON-EXPLOSIVE-CONDEMN-SANCTITY-NETHERWORLD-LAMENT-DIG DEEP-MOCKERY-PEWTER
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. –Ellen Glasgow
JULY 5, 2009
GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM-COLLABORATOR-HITLER’S CHILDREN-SEA BREEZE-MALICE-WAR GAMES-REVEAL-STRENGTH-EMERALD-WOODED TRACK
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. –Francis Bacon
JULY 3, 2009
KATHARINE-HELL HOLE-SUNRISE-KINGDOM-MANIFESTATION-RADIO HEAD-SUPERFLUOUS-HANGOVER-ENCAPSULATE-MONARCH
Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Samuel Johnson
JULY 2, 2009
HATCHED-FAR FLUNG-CONCH SHELL-FESTIVAS FOR THE REST OF US-ETERNAL-PACIFIC ROSE-SWAMPY-TORTURE-FEATHERY-MERCURY
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. –Oscar Wilde
JULY 1, 2009
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. –Epicurus
JUNE 30, 2009
BAGELS-POLKA-STOCKHOLDER-ANGEL-SEASONS-DRESS CODE-ATM-PARROT FEVER-WORRY-CUSTODIANS
Faith is a passionate intuition.–William Wordsworth
JUNE 29. 2009
ASSAULT-GIRLFRIEND-VHS TAPES-CIRCUS-PORCELAIN-DECIMATE-FORGOTTEN-RECKLESS-ALLEGRO-AFTERTASTE
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. –Elbert Hubbard
JUNE 28,2009
WILLING-DELIVERANCE-PITTSBURGH-MUGGY-CONVEYER BELT-GENIUS-FLUTTER-DRILLS-SHRIMP-SLASHES
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. –Plutarch
JUNE 27, 2009
CROSSHAIRS-GYPSY-MOTHBALLS-SIGNIFY-HOT TUB-RIBALD-FISHING-IMPERFECT-PRISM-RECKLESS
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. –Francis Bacon
JUNE 26, 2009
SAY GOODBYE-BULL-WANING-WITCHY WOMAN-CROSSHATCH-SHADOW BLUE-RELAPSE-BOOZE-SURPRISE-SALIVA
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. –Hannah More
JUNE 25, 2009
UNIONS-SINGLE MALT-CAMERA BUG-CAMEO-REPELS-LEVIATHON-RHAPSODY-OLD BRIDGE-NECTARINE-DEFLECT
A true friend is one soul in two bodies. –Aristotle
JUNE 24, 2009
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? –Alfred Lord Tennyson
JUNE 23, 2009
TRAIN WRECK-KEYHOLE-TURPENTINE-LIVING IN SIN-ZOOLOGY-IRON HORSE-SHALLOWS-GARDEN-INVISIBLE-FABRIC SOFTENER
Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. –George Weinberg
JUNE 22, 2009
GLUTTON-2012-LAMBLIKE-PECTORALS-STAIN REMOVER-KENT STATE-CYCHLIDS-MANUMIT-IRRESOLUTE-DESCANT
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. –John Dryden
JUNE 21, 2009
SHOOTER-BEESWAX-BOSTON-CUFF LINKS-ENVY-SMEAR-CRUSTLESS BREAD-UNDERWHELM-DYNASTY-FREAKISH
Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation. –Vita Sackville-West
JUNE 20, 2009
NO SHIT SHERLOCK-DEERSTALKER-DENTURES-TERMITES-ENGAGEMENT-REMINISCENT-GHEE-FARAWAY-FOREST-HEMATITE
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. –V. S. Naipaul
JUNE 19, 2009
DESTINY-TURKEY-MORTUARY-BEACHED-GOOD WILL-PAINTER-BRONZY-SWELLING-KEEP MUM-LURID
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.–Benjamin Disraeli
JUNE 18, 2009
BOMBING-PANEL OF CLERICS-BOLSTER-TEEN PREGNANCY-EAVESDROP-MEGAPAIN-CHARGED-INDIGO-FAKE MURDER-SADDLED
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. –Benjamin Franklin
JUNE 17, 2009
LUST-BOGART-CALENDULA-EBON-AFRAID-GALLERY-PICKLE-MOLLIFY-PRESTO-QUIBBLE
There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things. –Miguel de Cervantes
JUNE 16,2009
TEA TIME-CHINTZY-SIAMESE TWINS-COURTYARD-ALGEBRA-SLICES-GREED-CLENCH-WALTZ-HUNT CLUB
War, war is still the cry,— war even to the knife! –Lord Byron
JUNE 15, 2009
STORM THE GATES-EXTREME UNCTION-HOMESPUN-CRYONICS-DECREPIT-BETRAYAL-ROSE ARBOR-DENIZEN-MUSTARD GAS-MOONSTONE
Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend s success without envy . I well know that mirror of friendship, shadow of a shade. –Aeschylus
JUNE 14, 2009
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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. –George Bernard Shaw
JUNE 13, 2009
ZOMBIE MOM-HARNESS-ETUDE-HORNED EEL-REVERTS-LAKE TITICACA-DUNGAREE-CHAMBERLAIN-NAILS-GANGRENE
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. –Alexander Pope
JUNE 12, 2009
HAPPENSTANCE-TIDY UP-FRATERNITY-WARBLER-POSTAL CLERK-OOZE-BLUNT-NESTOR-BACKWATER-YELLOW
Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose. –Robert Browning
JUNE 11, 2009
JUICED-RHINOCEROS-ENVY PERSONIFIED-CITADEL-SATED-POMELO-MARITAL BREAKDOWN-CRITICIZE-CARESS-SALVATION
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
JUNE 10, 2009
COFFIN-CONUMDRUM-FEAR-SKIN BARING-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR-LIQUIFIED FLESH-ENGAGING-CRUTCH-LANDSCAPE-BURNT
One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. –Beilby Porteus
JUNE 9, 2009
JUSTIFY-BOWIE KNIFE-RAFFIA-SPIRAL-CONJECTURE-PROBE-BOWER-WREATH OF ELDER-COPPER-SLIVERS
Why should the Devil have all the good tunes? — Rowland Hill
JUNE 8, 2009
RELINQUISH-DEVIL MAY CARE-DIRGE-GRAVEYARD-HAWTHORN-OWLET-DEVIOUS-MINERS-DUSTY-GARBAGE
Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. –Karl Marx
JUNE 7, 2009
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We are young
And we are friends of time. –Edwin Arlington Robinson
JUNE 6, 2009
MUSCLE MEN-PLAYA DEL REY-ELECTRICITY-HUMBLE PIE-STROKE-FORENSIC-ILLEGAL-FAIRY DUST-FIDDLER-CHARTREUSE
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. — W C Fields
JUNE 5, 2009
BUMMED-MESMERIZE-PARABOLIC-EXPIATE-REDEMPTION-POMEGRANATES-PEARLY GRAY-ASPHALT-CULT-ORDERED
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work ! — Thomas Alva Edison
JUNE 4, 2009
PICKLE DISH-LANDSCAPE-SAGUARO-FLAME-OASIS-BLEAK-FIELD MOUSE-BARREN-SPRUCE TREES-GRAY
Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. –Adage
JUNE 3, 2009
POST MORTEM-SLEEK-ARRANGEMENT-MEMORY-LITTLE LEAGUE-ELEVEN-SILENCE-LICHEN-OLIVE TREES-RETREAT
You are constantly invited to be what you are.–Ralph Waldo Emerson quoted from Brenda Miller’s “Blessing of the Animals” in the 2009 Pushcart Prize anthology.
JUNE 2, 2009
DRAMA QUEEN-FALCON-SEPIA-FAUX PAS-MEANDER-GLOSS-KNEE RAFTER-DOTE-FUSS-PLUMMET
Absence of proof is not proof of absence. –Michael Crichton
JUNE 1, 2009
YOKO ONO-1001-CLASP-ACOLYTE-JOHN HENRY-ADROIT-TOPAZ-FIDELITY-RESORT-CRESTED BUTTE
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. –Mother Teresa
MAY 31, 2009
PIE CHART-MASSACHUSETTS-HOKUM POKUM-FLEECE SWEATS-SUBTROPIC-BOOKMARK-RACE-WELDING-HEARTBROKEN-VERTIGRISTact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. –Abraham Lincoln
MAY 30, 2009
VITAMIN-FLIPPED-FOUR CORNERS-JUSTIFY-SALUBRIOUS-CHAR BROILED-PUMPKIN-ATELIER-TUMBLE-RAT’S ASS
‘Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it. –W. C. Fields
MAY 29, 2009
FINELY TUNED MACHINE-WITNESS-LAVENDAR BUSHES-BROKEN SHOE-BLUSTER-GOAT CHEESE-VEGAN-FERRET-EMO-HOT CROSS BUNS
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
MAY 28, 2009
MUSTY-PINAFORE-TEASPOONFUL-BLUDGEON-CREEP-EXULT-PAINSTAKING-WIMPLE-TROIKA-VIRIDIAN
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. –Confucius
MAY 27, 2009
PEPSI-DYSPEPSIA-FLUCTUATE-ETON JACKET-ICE BOAT-BLUE GOOSE-STARKVILLE-LUNCHEONETTE-PONDER-REVERBERANT
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself. –Salvador Dali
MAY 26, 2009
DUTCH OVEN-CHARCOAL-OVERTURN-DESIST-EUNUCH-NO FRONTING-DOVE-SAPPHIRE-HOIST-PHOBOPHOBIA
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. –Frank Lloyd Wright
MAY 25, 2009
ROSE ARBOR-MEMORY-RISING WATER-CRIMSON SCARF-DROPLET-SHUDDER-UNSHEATH-TORTOISE-DITCH-CONCRETE
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. –Mickey Mouse
MAY 24, 2009
TREK-RHINE LEGEND-TEARING APART-LILAC BUSH-GRASP-SPINELESS-REGGAE-WAX-PANDER-PADDY WAGON
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. –H. G. Wells
MAY 23, 2000
MAYBELLINE-ARKANSAS-CELLOPHANE-PLASTIC SURGERY-JOINED AT THE HIP-MOCK-DISSOLVE-VEILED-UNDERTAKING-REFLECT
The gods too are fond of a joke. –Aristotle
MAY 22, 2009
S.O.S.-NEAT FREAK-JUPITER-ASWAN DAM-FLESHY-KIDNAP-NOISELESS-BORROW-STONE-GROGGY
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. –Woody Allen
MAY 21, 2009
GUILT-HARD CANDY-PURPLE HORIZON-FLAGRANT-YANKEE POT ROAST-GLOSSY-EXIST-CATERWAUL-PROFANE-HOUND
After I’m dead, I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. –Marcus Porcius Cato
MAY 20, 2009
MUSH-VESTAL VIRGINS-REGALE-WEDNESDAY-WOODEN NICKEL-SINISTER-CUDGEL-OVOID-MALODOROUS-LAMBENT
‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. –Alfred Lord Tennyson
MAY 19, 2009
BLUE RAIN-CHILDREN-OZONE-DRAFT-SUSTAIN-MUSKMELON-LUCIFER-DRAIN-JUGGLE-LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. –Otto von Bismarck
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