The Town Scryer

Beggar and King George V. circa 1920 twentytwowords How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of … Read more

From wearethe1percent I’m Neil Bush. Despite having driven every company I’ve ever been associated with into the ground, people, especially rich foreigners who want favors from the government, love … Read more

  The photo above is of the ambitious and daring set for the opera, “Andre’  Che’nier”. The opera by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi … Read more

  Yes, that is a bra for a cow. circa 1949. One of my readers has informed me that as a result of years of breeding for maximum … Read more

Thinking of telling that CEO where he can stick that eight figure bonus?   Yes, it is in fact exactly what it looks like if you thought the … Read more

Mr. Fish. John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri — Meanwhile, the GOP introduced a bill to legalize dwarf tossing. Really. From  The Palm Beach Post Rep. Ritch Workman, … Read more

“Pickin’ that cotton in eleven foot sacks Goddamn shotgun at my back.” “Parchman Farm” by  Mose Allison There has been much made of how “illegal aliens” are taking … Read more

When we were younger she could do no wrong…not as far as I was concerned. I was young and I loved her so, with an innocent and naive … Read more

  This seasoned veteran of campaign politics started his career with the ill-fated Presidential Primary campaign for the Elder Party nomination in 1996. After losing the floor vote … Read more

  In October 1915, at the height of World War I, the Berlin Goethe Society invited Albert Einstein to submit an essay for its journal. He did so … Read more