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1. 18 minutes ago on That is Priceless

   Appropriate that the bagpipe Laddy should play at Haddo House, while the Lassie’s Daddy feasts on Finnan Haddie

   The Porter, Cole, brings his dinner plate…

   “…To dine on some fine fin and haddie

   My baby’s sure, his love is secure

   Cause My Heart Belongs to Daddy …”

2. about 4 hours ago on That is Priceless

   ‘The Floor’ by Russell Edson

   .

   The floor is something we must fight against.

   Whilst seemingly mere platform for the human

   stance, it is that place that men fall to.

   I am not dizzy. I stand as a tower, a lighthouse;

   the pale ray of my sentiency flowing from my face.

   .

   But should I go dizzy I crash down into the floor;

   my face into the floor, my attention bleeding into

   the cracks of the floor.

   .

   Dear horizontal place, I do not wish to be a rug.

   Do not pull at the difficult head, this teetering

   bulb of dread and dream . . .

3. about 5 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   Or maybe a slightly rougher version of ‘Maud’.

4. about 9 hours ago on That is Priceless

   As they stared much amazed upon the vase

   The girls each saw a view of her own face

   The surface seemed so smooth and opaque

   But then the colors swirled dizzily to take

   On strange shapes within that space

   .

   The eldest girl saw a firm scene to resolve

   Into what she thought she wanted it to involve —

   A godlike man would take her hand in marriage

   And off they would ride in his fantastic carriage

   But riding into the Earth they did Dis-solve

   .

   Girl number two had a similar fate

   A bit more complex and hard to relate

   In meeting the man she had meant to wed

   She began to ride on the journey but instead

   Fell from the horse and in dying met her Fate

   .

   What magic was this in the elaborate urn?

   And why was it hidden away, for what concern?

   Young ladies, remember the Ode by Keats

   That ancient Grecian, this one in age far beats

   Oh, nothing good from it would you learn

   .

   An Imp, as suggested by Stevenson?

   Or Jinn from Arab Nights, another one?

   Your True Love is not within to be seen

   Turn away from that Vase, your eyes do screen

   Fate is fickle and seeing now the truth’s not done

5. about 15 hours ago on Kliban

   Has Dr. Benjamin Spock been forgotten?

6. about 21 hours ago on Strange Brew

   “Sorry, Davey. All the Pirate Supply Store had was a Blue-Footed Booby!”

7. about 21 hours ago on Strange Brew

   A “Sissie Boy”?

8. about 21 hours ago on Savage Chickens

   “… or at least puncture your enthusiasm to let it slowly leak away. Next unpaid intern!

9. about 21 hours ago on Randolph Itch, 2 a.m.

   A Misfortune Cookie! (BTW, see the ‘NewTwilight Zone’ episode with that title.)

10. about 22 hours ago on Pickles

    I’m glad Earl didn’t blame Roscoe for the missing cookies.