2.29.2012

2.28.2012

Feb 28

“What?” He blinked, shook his head a few times to find some more words, and settled for “What?”

Feb 28

“Bullet proof vest wouldn’t have helped,” he assured her cheerfully. “His trademark is three shots to the head, point-blank.”

2.27.2012

2.26.2012

Feb 26

“It was attributed to faulty wiring, but sometimes I think that’s arson investigation speak for ‘we don’t really know’.”

Feb 26

“You’re calling my cooking ‘muck’?!”

“You’re calling it ‘cooking’?”

2.25.2012

2.24.2012

Feb 24


“I don’t really publish news anymore. I just find things out, and then keep them to myself. Saves on ink.”

Feb 24

“Magic!” Came the cheeky reply.

2.23.2012

2.22.2012

Feb 22


Sarah Jane thought that a perky woman in a pink hoodie had no right to look so menacing.

Feb 22


“The noise has started again,” Susan said apprehensively. “It’s louder then before. Louder and therefore closer.”

“Run?” Edmund suggested calmly.

“Run.” Replied Peter just as calmly.

2.21.2012

2.20.2012

Feb 20

“I did introduce you,” said Martha. “Don’t you remember?”

“Beer,” said Tom, succinctly.

Feb 20

“You’ve been a professional political operative your whole life?”

“Well, there was a brief period I was in elementary school.”

2.19.2012

2.18.2012

Feb 18

“It’s my day of jubilee!”

“I despise you and everything you stand for.”

“Ok, my day was a little bit better a few seconds ago.”

Feb 18

“We’ve been navigating by the north star which turned out to be the Delta shuttle from JFK. We’re lucky we’re not in Nantucket.”

2.17.2012

2.16.2012

Feb 16

“I’ve had some pain. For about a month now…”

“And when will it go away?”

“When I die, apparently.”

Feb 16

“You’re just trying to cover up the fact that you’re enjoying it.”

“I’m not trying to cover it up.”

2.15.2012

2.14.2012

Feb 14

“I’m going to a place called Rare Books. Know what they sell?”

“Fishing tackle?”

Feb 14

“If you’re not scared at the thought of a human brain being controlled remotely, then it could be this prototype is finally starting to work.”

2.13.2012

2.12.2012

Feb 12

“There’s a difference between dropping altitude and crash landing, you crazy Scot!”

Feb 12

“I am making a mental list of those who are snickering, and even as I speak I am preparing appropriate retribution.”

2.11.2012

2.10.2012

Feb 10

“Mike, pick yourself out a daughter. My oldest is married, but I can have it annulled. The Pope said he’d do it, I swear to God.”

“That’s very friendly of you, sir. Thank you.”

Feb 10

“I get sick when I drink too much.”

“I get drunk when I drink too much.”

2.09.2012

2.08.2012

Feb 8

“No, I’m disagreeing with you. It doesn’t mean I’m not listening or understanding what you’re saying. I’m doing all three at the same time.”

Feb 8

“Do you have any medical conditions?”

“Well, I’ve been shot.”

2.07.2012

2.06.2012

Feb 6

“How about you be the good cop and I be the cop that doesn’t go to the meeting?”

Feb 6

“I’m anticipating any joke you could possibly make right now, and I’m not finding any of them funny.”

2.05.2012

2.04.2012

Feb 4

“CJ, on your tombstone it’s gonna read ‘Post hoc ergo propter hoc.’”

“Okay, but none of my visitors are going to be able to understand my tombstone.”

“Twenty-seven lawyers in the room, anybody know ‘post hoc, ergo propter hoc’? Josh?”

“Ah, post, after hoc, ergo, therefore... After hoc, therefore something else hoc.”

Feb 4

“Victory is mine, victory is mine, great day in the morning people, victory is mine. I drink from the keg of glory, Donna, bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land.”

“This is going to be an unbearable day.”

“Someone give me a river to ford, a serpent to slay...”

2.03.2012

2.02.2012

Feb 2

“You did what to whose dog for how many jellybeans?!”

Feb 2

The winner of the Best Essay looked very surprised when Reggie presented her with a hatbox instead of a stationery set or a book, and when she and her friends gathered around to discover what could be in the intriguing box, the winner was so delighted to discover that it really was a hat she almost forgot to return to the platform to read her winning essay aloud.

2.01.2012