Yes, I am trying to be funny.
The first one I lost was a long time ago. To the Yanks, of course, back in ’78. That’s when I lost it, I mean, in 1778. I didn’t have it completely off until ’83, I think, but it was certainly the first. Wait, I tell a lie. Before that …
One of the plagues of historical thought is what might be termed the arrogance of modernity. From our lofty aerie here, at the crest of the 21st century, we mistake our point on a line for the peak of a graph. As did every generation before us, we assume that …
“It seemed bizarre that events so serious would be linked causally with a rarified form of academic talk,” Stanley Fish wrote after receiving a call from a reporter asking if September 11 meant the end of postmodernist relativism. “But in the days that followed, a growing number of commentators played …
Do I remember lung-scripting? Kid, I’m old enough to remember when tattoos were a big deal. Oh, believe me. There was a time. I know you don’t think there ever was a 20th century, but I was born way back in 1972. When I started working in the business, there …
The first time where I got in trouble was right off. They come by the mall food court, ’cause they like to pick out people eatin’ alone which is what I was doin’ at the time. I was actually there with my friend Jimmy but he was in the toilet …
“Commissioner Gordon.” “Evening, Bruce!” “Let’s keep it formal, if you don’t mind.” “Er, all right. What brings you around, Br…Batman?” “It’s the Joker.” “Terrible business. Any clues yet?” “Oh, I’ve already caught him. He’s locked down back at the Batcave.” “Oh! Excellent. That’s good news. I expect we’ll have him …
Two weeks after the tragic murders at “Lieutenant Junior Grade Surfy ‘The Octopus’ McGrady’s Water Wonderland”, a community attempts to come to grips with such an enormous crime. Perhaps more intolerable than even the loss, the shock and the long and slow process of recovery is the presence of so …
PAGE ONE (eight panels). Panel 1. KING CLAUDIUS, a devious look on his face, pours poison in one of the cups with one hand while twirling his mustache with the other. CLAUDIUS: NOW THE KING DRINKS TO HAMLET! COME, BEGIN…AND YOU JUDGES, BEAR A WARY EYE. Panel 2. HAMLET and …
“Victor, you didn’t invite Adam over again, darling?” “Of course I did. Why wouldn’t I?” “Honestly, darling, he’s just awful. We’re getting a reputation. No one will come to our dinner parties if you keep asking him over.” “But whatever is the matter? He’s well-read, a fine speaker, mannered, very …
08.29. Hey guess what you guys! I finally got a new ROOMMATE for the coming semester all riiiiiight He is a transfer student a from Califronia. It looks pretty cool bunking with him he’s totally a hippie but at least that means he will be able to hook me up …
Sep 12. Landed the exploratory craft on the upper deck of a facility in one of the larger cities of the middle west of the continent designed for temporary storage of land vehicles. To my surprise, almost no one spoke to me or asked me any questions other than to …
To begin with, I just want to say that I think it’s stupid that I have to do this. I know it’s supposed to make me rehabilitate or whatever, but I really, really don’t feel like doing it, and to be perfectly honest it seems kind of petty. I mean, …
“Welcome once again to BookTalk, where my guest, inexplicably, is Tyrell Hokus. He has been our guest twice before, under a policy by my previous booking agent of not bothering to find out anything about potential interview subjects. It’s a policy I had hoped would be reversed, but we don’t …
“Good morning, and welcome once again to BookTalk. Today our guest is the always-controversial arts biographer, Mr. Tyrell Hokus. Mr. Hokus, good day to you.” “Good morning, Ross.” “Tom.” “Ross.” “I can assure you.” “Well, hell. Sorry about that. I could have sworn it was Ross.” “Think nothing of it. …
“Mr. Tyrell Hokus is our guest in the studio today on BookTalk. Mr. Hokus is the author of a controversial new biography of Impressionist French composer Maurice Ravel. Good morning, Mr. Hokus.” “Morning, Salvatore.” “Tom.” “Sorry, Tom.” “Mr. Hokus, you are without a doubt one of the most talked-about arts …
