by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
TYPOGRAPHICAL TERRORSEtoin Shurdlu RANGE: Wherever mankind attempts to clarify thoughts by “putting them down on paper,” there will occur these magical, dadaist dwarves. Misdirecting typists’ fingers, distracting proofreaders and spreading dyslexia...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE POST MONSTER GENERALDe liber deletrix RANGE: The Post Monster General is free to move, or not move, wherever the US mail moves, or doesn’t move. He can sometimes be found, improperly addressed, looking over post cards, shaking his head in a sad regretful...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE CALCUBUSPrincipia mathematica RANGE: From that first moment in math class when you get it—or dont get it—all the way to the day you proudly accept your Nobel Prize for explaining quarks—or stand shivering on a street comer, figuring on your fingers how many...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE GNOME ENCLATUREVerberabilissimus RANGE: Infesting the ivied towers of High Mandarin academese, and cluttering the gutters of low slum argot (littered as they are with dropped g’s and h’s). From the obsolete cliches of the left, through the content-free...
by burnstyle | Dec 24, 2018 | American Version
THE HOUNDS OF NEWSCanes inebrioses RANGE: Like the fabulous Fairy Dog packs of yore, the Hounds of News roam wheresoever they list, red-eyed and terrible; from newspaper pay windows to celebrity discos, precinct press rooms, post-game locker rooms, and wire service...
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