The Rat Squeaks

Everybody But The Genie "How many virgins do you require?" the jaded Genie asked. "Three," I replied. "What?! Wha...

My internal furnace doesn't burn very bright or hot— It never did, except on my way to Hell, And, even if I looked good briefly, it di...

Well, probably not! The Rat does other things, too, but even though I revel in bad language, I do not plan to spend much time here today h...

Those of you who never do should glance at the sidebar now and then--now is one of those times! Look for purple...

I wonder how we ever get the notion that anyone is reading all this tripe? I know in the beginning it's usually not true, but we perse...

I assume it's true that I abuse people When I'm not paying attention to them, Though I do it too sometimes when I'm as attenti...

H. L. Mencken: "A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."

Eric Hoffer: "Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power."

I woke up this morning--you probably think I'm about to say "with an erection", but actually--with the half-remembered name ...

I used to have a Google Group for this blog, but I looked around one day recently and could only half-recall how or why or even when I...