Light Pillows

'It's probably just me, but I find the crazy thing fascinating.'

Fortune teller singes man's forehead.

'Once and for all I want to know what I'm paying for. When the electric company tells me whether light is a wave or a particle, I'll write my check.'

"Some just have to hit rock bottom before they'll quit."

I'm looking to settle down with a nice light bulb, should I try the internet.

Wow, it really lightens up the place.

Huddling Lampposts

"Where else in the world would you get such wonderful sunsets?"

Campaign for Plain English

'No ice.'

"Could you go back to the front desk? The receptionist has some forms for you to fill out."

Punctuation Police

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Christmas tree with wadded up lights.

"What was I thinking?!"

'Just ask yourself -- Are you better off now than you were two thousand years ago?'

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

"Once I connect with my server over there, I can turn my lamp on and off."

'ooh! A womb with a view.'

What else is there to wish for?

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

Pastorius wonders why.

"Nature speaks to me of God’s presence, yet God is a total stranger to the restless world of men." "Why the #!@* is there no signal?!"

Personnel - "This letter of recommendation is full of misspellings!"

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

A bear is sat on an armchair with old man slippers.

"If you get to the pitchfork-shaped cloud, you've gone too far."

"Baxter...about this report...your punctuation, spelling and grammar are perfect. No one can understand it!"

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.