Ho hum...

Not much happening here today...

:-(

30th Wedding Anniversary

It's ours - today. Me and the missis. Never known how to refer to her - nor she to me. We hate husband/wife. We dislike the pious 'partner' - we're married! 'The other half' 'him/her indoors' and all the other euphemisms have drawbacks. Maybe I'll just stick to her name - Chrisa.

Still, it's an achievement I reckon. And we have three lovely grown-up kids who still talk to us, who live independent and fulfilling lives and who go merrily along, making their own mistakes but not often repeating ours.

I feel very special today.

I went to the dentist the other day... by will2

http://www.abctales.com/will2/i_went_to_the_dentist_the_other_day

I love this!

It's just so... irreverent. Don't know what it's part of, or even if it is part of anything, or if it simply is what it is - a rant about the exuberant cost of dentistry. I don't even know if it's meant to be funny, but it made me laugh. Feels somewhat like a standup routine - cf. Jack Dee or the like.

Anyway, whatever it's "meant" to be, keep'em coming, will2!

"P"

Shared... by Brighton Rock

http://www.abctales.com/brighton_rock/shared

Choked me up, this'un.

Brighton, you old softy!

"P"

Alice and Death by Lisa

Brilliantly written, Lisa! And clever too, going into the Finnish Mythology

Dissertation

I am trying desperately to track down the following books for my dissertation. I have managed to find them on Amazon but they are hugely expensive and way out of my price league. If anyone has any ideas I would be grateful to hear them.

Many thanks
A.

'The Annotated Wizard of Oz' by Michael Patrick Hearn

'Wizard of Oz By L.Frank Baum- American Culture and Society' by W. Leach

'Over The Rainbow. Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America.' by Nathanson and Young.

Where's Bob Roberts?

Could do with a chin up...

Hope the freak famous grouse fuelled country house explosion headline had nothing to do with him.

The Carpenter by Chant

I like this little poem, find it charming. If it was for me I would delete the last line, ending it with "spine..."
evocative.... spine tingling?

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