Month: September 2013

Spaghetti. A huge plate of beautiful, freshly cooked spaghetti sat below Repp and Julp as they balanced on a wooden beam, 12 feet above the floor of Mamma Linguini’s Ristorante. They’d snuck in through an open 2nd floor window, squeezed through loose floor-boards and quietly dropped through the ceiling to their perch. “You sure no … Read more

The daycare toddlers seemed to be innocently sitting in a rough semi-circle, playing with blocks, teddies or pacifiers. But nothing was further from the truth. “I’m telling you,” said Max, shaking his rattle. “Naptime is a lie! An illusion! The world keeps going when we’re napping!” “Heresy!” cried Harriet, retriggering her colic. “Then how do … Read more

“I didn’t know the deceased,” began Pastor Anders, “But I’m told he was a good man.” “HA!” interjected a glowering man in the front row. He was, in fact, the only mourner in attendance. The pastor cleared his throat. “I’m told he was a generous man –“ “Riiiight,” said the man in the front row. … Read more