Saturday, March 9, 2019

Chant du couple philosophique


SIMONE  DE BEAUVOIR

Simone de Beauvoir?
Tra-la-la.
Jean-Paul Sartre?
Trombone fartre.

A Caricature


Daily Dose

From The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White

A SENTENCE

"A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts."

From 17. Omit needless words.

Friday, March 8, 2019

A Caricature


Daily Dose

From Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

CAUGHT

"Milo had been caught red-handed in the act of plundering his countrymen, and, as a result, his stock had never been higher."

From Chapter 35, Milo the Militant

Thursday, March 7, 2019

A Caricature


Daily Dose


From Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

PENCIL

"'My dear! I really must get a thinner pencil. I can't manage this one a bit: it writes all manner of things that I don't intend --'"

From Chapter One