Somewhere In Iceland
Three-Line Conversations
"Jón. Am I getting fat?"
"Not at all, dear. Farmer Ragnar is just a little overdue with the sheering."
“Then why did my front legs just sink into the ground? That's it. No more ice cream."
On The Beat
Jr. Reporter Max Headline
Reporting from West Willow Elementary School
As you will remember, we all drooled over Jimmy’s new cat’s eye marble last week. But Becky’s new steely marbles were the envy of everyone at school today.
In other news, the search for janitor Wipeup’s missing mop bucket ball bearings continues.
Lethal Thoughts
The government wanted me to be in a think tank.
I thought about it but declined.
I don’t like cramped, noisy spaces.
And I certainly don’t want them shooting my thoughts at other people.
I told them they should stick to tank shells.
Sports Team Shirts
I don’t wear sports team shirts.
When you wear one, someone always wants to talk sports with you. And I usually only watch sports during the playoffs, so I am clueless about their questions.
I think I will get a shirt made with my novel’s name on it. Then, no one will bother me.
Mysterious Blue Lights
Don’t You Hate It?
Don’t you hate it when you go camping way out in the desert, and at night, you see a blue beam of light coming from the sky?
So, quite naturally, you go to investigate.
When you get close, you see a tank fly up into the air, start to glow, and then disappear.
You run into the light and look up. You see that the light is actually a super-powered electromagnetic beam generated from a top-secret military satellite, capable of locking onto any metal object with pinpoint accuracy and pulling it into space at speeds so fast that the item burns up in the atmosphere like a reverse meteorite.
Then suddenly, you remember you’re wearing steel-toed boots.
Happy Monday. Thanks for reading and responding. You make it fun.
Mark
No ice cream? Well, we’ll see how that goes. 🤭
And if I ever manage (give birth to?) a novel, I’ll need your mailing address for shipping the shirt!
Wit without ice cream? Imp possible😋 but you’ve managed miraculously