A naked blade is reckoned to be less obscene than a naked woman.

What shocked us the most was that we had no idea why we should be so shocked. Like opening a ginger ale and finding Jamesons’ inside: nothing wrong with it, but it sort of takes you by surprise.

Certainly, all of us at Callahan’s were heir to the tradition of the B-movie – and the A-movie for that matter – that any female who enters your life in a dramatic manner must be your fated love.

Perhaps you’ve heard the one about the difference between a bass player and a large pepperoni pizza? The pizza can feed a family of four. I.

Time didn’t pass; it tailgated.

She was black and a woman and scarred, and as the thought formed in our minds we realized that it was a redundancy. Her scar was visible externally, was all.

Doc Webster’s eyes rolled briefly, like loaded dice, and came up snake eyes.

It’s always coldest before the warm.

And there’s this place called college! I mean, they want you to care, dig it, care about this education trip, and they don’t care enough themselves to make it as attractive as the crap game across the street!

Now that I finally have the time for it, this web surfing stuff turns out to be as interesting and fun and addictive as you’ve all been telling me. Zipping from link to link, chasing an idea across the noosphere, sucking up information like a killer whale – way cool.