Quote Of The Day 4/21/10

"The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts."


-ITALO CALVINO, The Literature Machine

And We Heard...

 Torn between his own kind, and "The Family" in which he now ruled, Mr. Shadowcaster contacted us by radio, and decided to inform us of what was about to occur. We listened intently as he uttered the message...

"...They're here for the bodies they were never given, they long for the companionship that only a shadow can yearn...you must..."

Did we face the shadows that stood outside the snuggery, or did we just backdown, and drink more Blue Moon?

Benny "The Tank"

Quote Of The Day 4/14/10

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."


-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shadows Deceit

We greatly underestimated the shadows. Diverted in waiting for the shadows to arrive, Grandma Mo' ordered me to hide out in the snuggery with Anne, only separating "The Family", and playing into the devious plan the shadows had concocted.

...And there they were, the shadows, outside the snuggery. We didn't have time to prepare, all we had was Blue Moon beer, and-Wait! The Radio!

Once I realized my poodle like idea, I woke Anne up from her Blue Moon snooze.  Really Anne? Again, this soon, really? Please excuse the haze in her eyes. She pulled it together and began to man the raido, and what she heard was...

Benny "The Tank"

Quote Of The Day 4/11/10

“Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!”


- Joan of Arc

A Pinkish Hue

You're probably wondering a couple of things...where has "The Tank" been, and why is he standing with tulips. Well, the shadows came, and the shadows left, but what took place must be told. Oh, and the tulips, all Chinese, American Italians love to garden, everyone knows that, me, I prefer tulips. Tulips and me have an agreement, seems to be working out well. But Let me say, it is only by the graces above that we survived the invasion of the shadows, and that I am able to stand amongst the tulips. So, let me proceed with the story, and remember what you're about to be told in the next few entries can happen to anyone at anytime, again, and again, because the shadows never truly leave. By the way, I do believe "The Tank" pulls off the color pink quite well, wouldn't you say?

Benny "The Tank"

Quote Of The Day 3/28/10

"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If 'Thou shalt not covet' and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free."


-John Adams, A Defense of the American Constitutions, 1787