Mixed Grill XXVIII

It never ends. My bad. I suspect you agree.

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The king is dead. Long live the king – Alternative versions of the Elvis saga

What ho. The grad – Time to buy another used car

“Gun rights advocate” – Hate speech by some

Wearing your hate on your sleeve – Pacifists' new creed. Ditto moralists and other protesters

My funeral – Wouldn't miss it

Checkmate – Pen or typewriter

Facebook – Frontal lobe vanquisher and major cause of blindness

Self-driving cars – Smarter than most drivers

The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim [sic], where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin [sic] his. (Artemis Ward)

The year of too much writing – Every year (my writing excluded)

Where's Carmen Santiago? – She seems to have disappeared

Rube Goldberg – Disoverer of chaos theory

Maid in the shade – No comment

If you can read this you're too close – And you're wise not to try anyway

Fit to be tie dyed– A good remedy for stained items

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. (Søren Kierkegaard)

Can you top this – It used to be feature of radio. Now we need to stop almost everything.

The picture of health – Nutritionists' text. Science fiction. Graphic novel. Mostly novel

Let's turn out the lights and go to sleep – Or find something else to do

Four Freedoms – Freedom to shoot my mouth off, Freedom get whatever I want (it's all about me), Freedom to silence whoever offends me, Freedom to violate law of which I don't approve

Erin go broke – The Irish economy isn't exactly flourishing

Give me liberty or give me death (Socrates – Sir Oracle translation)

Bach to basics – The Well Tempered Clavichord

Random killing – Proof of quantum theory however sad it may be

One thing leads to another – Watch out for things

If you can't stand the heat – Better not go to Hell

Turn the other cheek – Moon from another angle

The ties that blind all men – Unless they wear zoot suits

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My worse. But just wait. The worst is yet to come.

April 5, 2017