Poor Billy's Almanack, Wk I

2013-01-03T12:16:59Z

Jan 1st. Tu. Resolution Day. New year, new beer.

Jan 2nd. W. Absolution Day. Consider the sloth, whatever.

Jan 3rd. Th.

When obliged to negotiate with King Kong, the most important constraint on one's freedom is not that his first name is King.

Jan 4th. F. On this day a professional health scold shall perish from a vast excess of vinegar in their blood.

Red sky at night, call the Fire Brigade, already!

Jan 5th. Sa. Twelfth Night. On this day shall the Government impose an emergency ban on vinegar.

Something must be done. This is something. Therefore we must do this. (Sir Humphrey Appleby.)

Jan 6th. Su. Epiphany/Ystwyll.

A hunted fox or a Tesco wren/ Is no good game for maids nor men.

Jan 7th. M. Work is the curse of the drinking classes. (Oscar Wilde.)

If I had a penny for every quote attributed to Oscar Wilde, people would say I was just as witty as he was.

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Sisters' Weird

2011-06-07T13:50:30Z

The Princess out of Time: 480 words. Theological discovery of the day - my Saturnists find the idea of 'eternity' somewhere between silly and blasphemous. Their conceptualization of Faerie is... interesting: not necessarily especially insightful as a whole, but it's certainly got some illuminating new angles, and some interesting new candidates for the category.

Fairies best not irritated at your daughter's naming feast, Lesson One: Atropos.

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