Is there any way I could secretly instigate a war between the Ewoks and the Gungans?
(This’ll never appear as an analogies test question on the SAT)
Ewoks are to Wookies as chihuahuas are to Great Danes.
Remember this. It may be on your next SAT exam.
The answer is: more champagne
I’ve finally figured out where new years go wrong. It starts when I stop drinking champagne. IT’S ALL DOWN HILL FROM THERE.
Expiration date cooking
Maybe I will have a theme party for New Years Eve. The theme would be every food in the house with a 2013 expiration date. This could make for some interesting combinations.
Lemurs and a lemniscate
I think when I go to bed tonight, I will close my eyes & imagine an infinite number of lemurs skating around a lemniscate.
You might say, But Paul! Are they rollerskating or ice skating? And I would answer, because there are an infinite number of them, they are both rollerskating AND ice skating. AND roller skating on ice. JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN.
Recursion
Not too long ago, I wrote a story about writing a story. I just finished a story about writing a story about a story.
And the story about writing a story about a story is going to factor into my revision of my original story about writing a story.
Weather report, Bethlehem
Oh, in case you were wondering, today it’s 56 degrees F in Bethlehem (not Pennsylvania; THE Bethlehem) and hazy. It’s going to get down to 43 degrees overnight, so if anyone has any kids sleeping in the manger, made sure they have enough swaddling clothes.
Snowing to beat the band
Local news reporting that to the north, “it’s snowing to beat the band.”
See, this is why I never joined the band. Too much worrying; too much looking over your shoulder, just waiting for someone to come along and start hitting you for no good reason at all.
It’s like being a gunslinger, except with musical instruments and a musical score.
I am now tempted to write a story about a hard-boiled detective who used to be a musician. He’s got scores to settle.
Recasting
OK. How about a version of A Christmas Carol where Scrooge is played by the Grinch, and SET ON BOARD THE TITANIC?
A Christmas Carol (The Walking Dead version)
I think AMC missed out on a real opportunity when they did not do a Walking Dead version of A Christmas Carol, with the three spirits played by zombies.
Fleshing out (so to speak) the concept further, would Christmas Past be a newly infected zombie, Christmas Present one that was well along, and Christmas Yet To Come one of the really ripe, falling-apart zombies?