Character Studies

WHEN YOU ARE FUNNY… When you are funny You can’t hide it, it shows! Your funny’s just as obvious As the face on your nose.   You’re zany! You’re witty! You’re sappy! You’re silly! Always amusing! Always? Yes, really!   Keeping everyone in stitches, Rolling in the aisles. You’re dishing out punchlines, And chuckles, and…

    Hmmm. That funny-looking kid with glasses is looking at me and writing a paper for school.   “A Day in the Life of a Boston Terrier.” Sounds like my unauthorized biography.   I will try to give you the official version. Here are a few things you should know about me.   My…

WRITER’S BLOC Clark Dagey wasn’t afraid to start something. Finishing things, however, petrified him. As an aspiring writer, this phobia was quite an impediment. Oh, he could finish sentences; in fact, he would finish your sentences. But just the prospect of finishing his stories, fleshing them out clear to “The End,” telling the whole tale,…

Recently while visiting Florida, I saw the following news snippet from the St. Petersburg Times:      Being on vacation (and unemployed), I thought I’d give it a try. I did some research and scrawled some notes…  I know, I know, kinda sloppy and muddled. So, many many edits later, this is what I came…

Today we interviewed Cecil C. Serpent. GAK: Today we’re visiting with Cecil, the Sea Serpent… CSS: The winged sea serpent. GAK: Ah, and you speak italic, as well. CWSS: (Silence.) GAK: So, as a winged sea serpent, you’re very rare, no? CWSS: Well, there’s a few of us, so I would say medium rare. GAK:…