The shortest short that has genuinely haunted me is Augusto Monterroso’s “La oveja negra”: ciudadseva.com/texto/la-ove...

The English transliteration doesn’t quite hit the same way but the basic idea of it still lands: spanishtextstranslated.wordpress.com/la-oveja-neg...

And the cat burglar that confounds and compels him

And Rony’s got a cat burglar costume, but I’m waiting for approved pictures to post 😄

I’m rooting for him. Hope he finds his bliss

Alyosha killed Fyodor Karamazov

Why is this perfectly true

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Yes, this is an account of Thomas More complaining of Martin Luther’s marriage. The author is C.S. Lewis 🫨

You will never, ever guess the author of this paragraph (unless you have read this exact document)

Hahaha I love it. Gonzo seducing Camilla from her fiancé chicken is inspired. Fozzie as Leporello?

Ohhh that’s good. Gonzo is Don Giovanni, naturally?

Twilight of the Hogs

Marriage of Frogaro. Lucia de Hammermoor. Swinestein on the Beach.

Miss Piggy as Venus, obviously. Rowlf as Wolfram. Elisabeth is the only human

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And on the other hand, making a “fulsome record” or argument is almost accidentally apt. “I’m going to make my point so comprehensively you’ll all be sick of me” is a Big Mood in the law

I gave up holding the line on “fulsome” this very morning. Lawyers way overuse it for the second meaning, which I dislike, but what can you do