Ground Control to Major Tom

Day 67 of the trip to Mars and Buzz was starting to wish he had packed a little light pornography to pass the time.

Have you seen the orkin man, the orkin man, the orkin man

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.

Everyone's a Critic

Doggy knew he was supposed to give 10% of his pay to the Church of Scientology.  But he just saw Mission Impossible 3 and to be frank, he thought Tom Cruise was kind of a jerk.

2 am

You are not the emperor of anything.

Organic Revolution

Sandra didn't care anymore how healthy organic home-grown vegetables were anymore.  She wasn't wasting one more Saturday afternoon pulling weeds while Dale was inside in the air-conditioning playing with his tropical fish.  The plants are going in the compost heap, and she's taking the kids into Scottsdale to the new McDonalds.

Falling Down

Later, much later, Molly tried to explain to the police that she was just trying to talk to her boss, tell him that she felt unappreciated and underpaid. Then it just all got out of hand so quickly...

Long the Mile

WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
    It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
    This debt we pay to human guile;
    With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
    And mouth with myriad subtleties.