The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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A Singing Stuff-Wanter ...

 

 ... wants, not just stuff ... but Great, Big Stuff!

 

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A Wintery Friday at the Haikulodeon

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:
 
 
An old jelly bean
found in my jacket pocket
still tastes pretty good.
 
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The message I'm glad I didn't have to send

 
If Tuesday's election had gone the other way, this might have been sent out on Wednesday:
 
 
 
Well, my friends, now that Mitt Romney has won, it's time to give up and get
 
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A Post-Storm Friday afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

Here’s this week’s heap of haikus:

 

(My best friend, and fellow haiku-writer, David found this.  The parents of a young boy in a wheelchair created a unique Halloween costume for him.)

(David's haiku is in bold italics.)

 

A very special Halloween outfit ...

 

Costume-Ku:


There's hope for the world
When parents use their love with
Creativity.

 

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You Write The Punchline! ...

 

Choose any or all of the following set-ups and then ...

 

YOU WRITE THE PUNCHLINE!

 

1) Paul Ryan walks into a soup kitchen ...

2) Mitt Romney just released his tax returns and ...

3) How many Republicans does it take to voucherize your grandmother?

4) A priest, a rabbi and Mitt Romney were playing golf ...

5) At the Pearly Gates, Big Bird meets St. Peter.  St. Peter says ... 

 

examples:  Paul Ryan walks into a soup kitchen ... and privatizes the soup.

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Friday on Vacation with the Haikulodeon

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

(I'm on vacation this week, so there are a few "best of" haikus thrown in to round out the heap ... so to speak.

 

Skies with quiet clouds,
the boardwalk sparsely peopled,
old folks lost in thought.

 

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Mechanized milk maids,

are a sure sign of progress,

to all but the cows.

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A Friday Afternoon's Ride on the Haikulodeon

 

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

 

 

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Big New Democratic Ideas ... An Open Thread

Recently, in Destor23's "Obama is Magic" blog, Genghis wrote:

"I don't hear Democrats whispering about the great big bills they would pass if only the voters would give them a new majority. If they had 'em, they would be talking about 'em. Occam's razor says that the reason Obama and the Democrats aren't promoting big ideas is because they haven't got any."

 

Is it true? Are Dems Devoid of Dreams?  Say it ain't so, Lefty!

 

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One Term More ...

 

A friend sent this parody of "Les Miz" to me this morning...

 

One Term More ...

 

http://www.onetermmore.com/video_subtitles.html

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A Late Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

 

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Emerging shadows,
late on Friday afternoon,
make me fear nightfall.

 

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