What Do These Cliches Really Mean?
3. Time heals all wounds. a. True b. False c. Depends on the wound. d. Depends on the day.
Tag: Writing
Proper Dental Hygiene with JRR Tolkien
The journey begins in 465 of the First Age, before the birth of Tuor, son of Huor, with three methods, given to the lords of the brush.
Celebrity Sequels to “Eat, Pray, Love”
Andrew Cuomo: Intimidate, Inoculate, Incriminate Ted Bundy: Marry, Fuck, Kill Hamlet: Be, Not Be, Wonder Lil Nas X: Yee, Haw, Satan-Worship
Passages from My Nine-Year-Old’s Journal That Prove He’s Possessed by Walt Whitman’s Ghost
O’ empty day in the bore of my classroom. Today Miss Woolley asked me to remove my hat, and I reminded her that I will wear it as I please.
Bob Dylan’s Internal Monologue the Day He Wrote “Wigwam”
The song’s not even that long. Like 25 lines tops. This shouldn’t be that hard. Why is it so hard?
Washing Dishes with Edgar Allen Poe
Attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom in the sink basin.
Barntalk.net’s Final Blog Post: What to Do When You Find Matt Damon Preparing to Reprise His Role as “Spirit” in Your Barn
If you’ve stuck around for the past few years, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts, and also ask you how and why you did such a thing.
Period Drama or “Period” Drama?
- An oppressively prudish focus on discretion. - Heaving, aching bosoms.
Five Stages of Grief for Struggling Writers
You know what I think? They didn't get it... Yes, they just didn't get it. They let a masterpiece slip away, right under their nose.
Your Horoscope as Told by Shakespeare’s Heroes
Taurus--Titus Andronicus: You are determined and reliable, which will pay off over the years as you climb the career ladder.
Most Insightful Quotes from Mark Twain That I Have Falsely Attributed to Him
"How smart can this so-called Smartwater be if it allowed itself to get trapped in a bottle like that?" —The Twainster
Firing Up the Grill with Jane Austen
I could easily forgive the pride of a gas or electric griller, if it had not mortified mine own.