Archive for August, 2006
Whirligig?
Thursday, August 31st, 20064:19 pm
“‘From Roum have I come,’ shouted the priest, waving his whirligig, ‘from Roum, blown by the breath of a thousand devils across the sea.’”
I’ve recently discovered a very large room full of books, including a short story by Kipling which includes the word “whirligig.”
Dancing
Thursday, August 3rd, 200612:15 am
For traditional it’s about ten, for modern it’s between fifteen and twenty-five, and for (we don’t talk about that kind) it’s an automatic fifty-three.
So, tonight I guaranteed myself (at least) an extra fifteen years in purgatory.