Thanks for mentioning Something Wicked. I really enjoy that book, but hadn't thought about it lately.

If you like Vonnegut, I highly recommend Karel Capek. I always enjoyed Vonnegut, but I was a little disappointed with him after I read War with the Newts and realized he had cribbed most of his style from it.

It's true what he says
I was stuck in a paper hat once. I tried to improvise my way out for several weeks before I came up with a better metaphor.

It seemed weird at first, but Cohen can sell anything when he has those ass-chaps on.

It does if R=1.

I discovered a couple spiders just yesterday. I named them Bill and Melinda Gates. They scurried under a box, and haven't been seen since.

Friday Buzzkills has rapidly overtaken the Hater in quality vitriol, and this is a pleasantly pedantic addition. The thoroughness adds to the shame. Please don't sell your curmudgeonly prose short or skimp on the insipid quotes.

Funny, but wrong. In many ways.
(Even that one.)

Corn Nuts

Barton Fink! Barton Fink!

Forbidden zone
You don't hear much about the Sixth Dimension these days. Glad to see it still gets screenings, even if only as a wacky musical.

"[S]ee Shyamalan's latest grab-bag of … ideas … end … [w]ith its … terrifying zoo-animal attack!!!"

If it makes you feel any better, you can steal a pair and put a big "OM" patch over "RUE LOVE." Actually, "RUE LOVE" pants wouldn't be that bad either.