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Today's continuation . . . so sorry for the delay! Which is how I found myself, just after dark, standing halfway down the block in a hooded jacket, my eyes on the front doors of Number 27. It was a busy time of night, with people getting home after long days at the office or evening drinks or...

That's right, pontalba. Must rush out this morning but may post a bit later!

Today's continuation . . . Jerry shrugged, putting his hands in the air as if testing for rain. “First time I seen him,” he said. Could be true, I thought. Probably not. “Where’d he go?” I asked. “I dunno. Maybe across the street.” Jerry was a sphinx. “I can’t go tonight. Tell him...

Good morning! Here's another installment: I turned a quick about-face, praying that neither had seen me. Oh, stupid stupid stupid, I thought, knowing how silly it would look if they had. They were probably laughing, saying, “essere un po' di fuori” or some other Italian thing. I ducked into...

For fun, the essays of Roland Barthes are thought provoking. The early collection called Mythologies is a good start. And though I would definitely not call them headache-inducing, the essays of Richard Feynmann are brilliant and funny and come from a pointedly scientific perspective. "Surely...

But your dog likes toiletwater, right? I mean, if you had a dog it would. Dog soup. Do you think it's more better to talk about what people hate or what dogs hate?

Yeah, the whole speech thing is difficult. He has no lips. My dog also hates when other dogs eat while driving. It's bloody hard to hold a bit of fried chicken in one paw while steering with the other. Also, connected to this peeve of the pet, he hates when other dogs poke their heads...

Yeah. My dog is always saying 'aks' instead of 'ask.' He goes, "Lemme aks you a question." I hate that.

My dog has a very good sense of humor at least, though he does use too much Pucci Stinkaway after his shower. He's fussy like that.

My dog HATES it when I get shampoo in his ears.

My dog hates it when I brake and he falls off the back seat. He just has too many legs.

I thought this was going to be about stuff my pet hates. My pet is a dog. He hates when he's snorting around the floor and snorts up a bunch of his own shedded hair and starts to choke. My pet hates when I put patchouli on a stuffed animal, tie it to a string, and make it move. He tries...

I fished into my bag for the postcard. “Darling, something has changed. A day of perfect spring, and I am restless. La Goulue: Etienne cupping a smoke behind the bar. Two small women in hats go arm in arm. No sign of B. –Novella” I put a stamp on it, paid the bill, and went to find a...

Oh, yeah. And my hub had a cigarette butt in a bread roll. Is that off topic?

My friend had an industrial staple in her tunafish once.

Okay, then. teadude, please accept my apologies. I'm a big meanie. I had no idea you were just getting started in the writing life. Best to write the type of work that you prefer to read, I think. That's a simple rule for a writer to live by.

today's first addition I took one of the outdoor tables at La Goulue. It was filling up with lunch people, but the waiters there know me and I make sure I tip them well enough to justify the table. The one they call Eddy, though his real name is Etienne, cleared away the place setting and...

How did this turn into a Stewart-bashing thread? I think teadude is a much better pinata. teadude, is your post a joke, or what? Those are the dumbest tips on writing I've seen in a while. Congratulations, though. Clearly they are not plagiarized from somewhere else, but the product of a...

Flight Plan MADE NO SENSE. Okay, maybe I'm way too fussy, but the entire plot and everything everyone did MADE NO SENSE. Jodie Foster ought to know better.

And in the nonfiction category, the Plagiarism Award of the Day goes to the chief executive of Raytheon! For lifting central portions of his best-selling management book from a well-known classic ...