Dinner is late lamented, but my julep is lately minted.

Where and when are you likely to find the best wine, wafers, and cheese cubes?  Napa Valley, Communion Sunday.

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

Our magician friend Fred discovered a perfect way for keeping mimes out of your yard.

Did you know that John Venn's innovations overlapped with some of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's diagrams?

What's this blue book's value?

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

Here's a new bit of brilliance from humorist Jonathan Caws-Elwitt,


Jonathan adds: "This is an unabashed imitation of the great Tom Weller."

"If holding the mask in place is a problem, punching holes on either side of the mask and running a string or rubber band through them will allow you to put the mask on the child's face for the final display of the artwork."
—Paula Chan Bing, Arts Resource Handbook (2003)

"Caterpillar saw its pre-1978 market share of Soviet earthmovers drop from 85% to zero."
—Business Week

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

Did the nervous caterpillar feel butterflies in its stomach?

The Origami Buddha folded his legs into the lotus position.

"Albert Einstein didn't discover relativity in a vacuum."
—Codename Gimmick

"All I can say is, 'Yoda-Leia-hee-hoo.'"
—Jonathan Caws-Elwitt, in response to "The Dark Side of Switzerland"

The Origami Swami showed me how to unfold my mind.

We misread this headline:

Marine Prepares to Sue Murtha Over Smear

as

Marine Prepares to Sue Martha Over Smear

and we thought, all Martha needed to do was go to a tag sale for some metallic paint, collect some birch twigs from her lower garden, and, incorporating a lace ribbon from grandma's keepsake chest, that smear would have been gone in no time!