There is so much wrong with this...

these are NOT the Squink I refer to... (sigh).

My favourite line is...

Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts: unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main,

No Coward Soul is Mine
~Emily Bronte

As seen on: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/07/19

SQOTD

After being told he couldn't watch YouTube videos because they can have bad words.

Squink: Mom, I wonder when I can hear bad words?

Mom: Oh, I don't know. When do you think?

Squink: Maybe when I'm 18.

SQOTD

Squink: You know, when you get electric your bones show.

My favourite line is...

but since our Thursday nights
have brought us
to a community of purpose
rare in itself
with you as
the natural center
we feel hopeful you
will continue to make
unreasonable
demands for affection
if not as a consequence
of your
disastrous personality

then for the good of the collective




We Who Are Your Closest Friends
~ by Phillip Lopate

As seen on: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/07/22

SQOTD

Squink: You know, a light saber can cut off a hand you don't die.

Which led to an in depth conversation about cauterization and arterial spurt.

SQOTD

Squink: you know, doughnuts are in the bagel family. If it's round with a hole in the middle of it, it's in the bagel family.

SQOTD

Squink: Did you know there is a boy Barbie?

Mom: Yes, Ken

Squink: You know why they did that? (whispered) to make boys play Barbies... but, they didn't.

SQOTD

Squink: Surviving in the wild is about finding fruit and eating trash. In the wild, you don't even get pizza. And you drink rain water.

SQOTD

Squink: "What does BFF mean?"

Mom: "Best friend forever, daddy is my BFF."

Squink: "Oh, you mean XOXO, hugs and kisses, hugs and kisses?"


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SQOTD

Squink:  "When you are 15, you lose your wolf teeth."


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My favourite line is...

Then full
Of sound and speed, in need of
Each other, they entwine their necks,
Rub muzzles, bumping flanks
To embrace in their own way.
Together they prance to
The choicest pasture,
Standing together and apart,
To be glad until
They can no longer be glad.

Love Poem
~Paul Zimmer

As seen on: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/07/12

My favourite line is...

Have a day of endearing nonsense,
of hopelessly combing your hair,
a day of yielding, of swallowing
hard, breathing more deeply,
a day of fondness for beetles
and macabre spectacles, or irreverence
about anything you want, of just
sitting and wondering.

Have a ____ Day
~Lou Lipsitz

As seen on:  http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/07/05

My favourite line is...

"Beautiful," he said when it was done,
My father, who'd never heard a Brandenburg.
Eighty years old, bent, and scuffed all over,
Just in time he said, "That's beautiful."

Bach and My Father   
~Paul Zimmer,

As seen in: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/06/28