Showing posts with label Eric Kraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Kraft. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

why dinosaurs are extinct

Heather's birthday was today, and thanks to my little sister for reminding me, since I totally forgot about it. Quickly ran across the street to the supermarket and picked up a carton of cupcakes with sugar dinosaurs. And this is why dinosaurs are now extinct:



Poor dinosaur lost his tail... the rest of him isn't far behind.

~

"Say 'stages,'" he said, suddenly inspired, "likes pieces of the incremental journey of a stagecoach. That has some dignity, given the weight of its historical association with western movies, settler sags, and the lonely yodeling of cowpokes on the vast prairies. As a traveler by stages, you will be putting yourself in the long line of westward voyagers, making yourself a part of America's restless yearning for what I think we might call westness. And stage has a nice ring to it. Hop does not ring at all. It sounds like a dull thud on a wet dream. Take it from me: go by stages, not by hops."
- from "On the Wing" by Eric Kraft