Writes all the things. Most of the things never write back.
Just heard a radio news story about how a bank robber demanded money from a teller with a gun.
I think they meant a bank robber with a gun demanded money from a teller, unless they’re arming bank tellers these days. And if they’re arming bank tellers, I will be even more polite next time I go to the bank.
This does bring to mind a comic image, though.
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I walk into the bank.
“FREEZE!” the teller says. “GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY. I HAVE A GUN, AND I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.”
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.
~ Sinclair Lewis
In keeping with the writing advice to kill your darlings, I am going to write a sequel to Peter Pan where the whole Darling family dies.
“NO! NOT WENDY!” Peter Pan wails.
Yes, Peter. ALL the Darlings.
The surprise ending? It was Tinker Bell who did it.
An ad on the radio promised if I missed their deal, I would be kicking myself in the head.
Do I have to stand on a ladder for that?
I just heard an ad on the radio informing me that I deserved a Ford F150.
So where IS the Ford F-150 I deserve? If I deserve it, surely I deserve free delivery too. And a full tank of fuel.
August is National Romance Awareness Month.
With awareness and hard work, we are confident we can stamp out romance in your lifetime.
(I didn’t want to have a national romance anyway.)
2:56 a.m., and three of the last four ads on TV started with”We know why you’re awake!”
One of them thinks I need a reasonably priced funeral home.
One of them thinks I need to buy a Chevy.
One of them thinks I need a sleep study.
Bzzz! None of the above. I just got home from responding to a mutual-aid fire call.
I think I like my version best.
I just saw the question “Where will you find your next story?”
Under the tip of my pen, was my first thought.
I just saw an ominous infographic that stated “31% of singles met their last first date online.”
Did their last first date just kill them, or was it so bad that they swore off dating forever?
I’m listening to a home improvement show on the radio, and the host is talking about manmade concrete blocks. And I thought, really?
I guess that is to distinguish them from the naturally occurring concrete blocks?