May 2012
22 posts
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#1086
Winfrey jumpstarted Spanx like crazy by saying she, quote, loved ‘em.
(55 letters)
Oprah’s powerful that way.
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#1085
Upon wrecking her vehicle, Roxy M. quit her job & lazed on a sofa.
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3 tags
#1084
We eight squeezed in a jeep, buckled up, and drove off to Mexico City.
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1 tag
#1083
Neglecting to bring mosquito spray jeopardized the excavation for weeks.
(62 letters)
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#1082
Gee whiz! The expensive juicer got liquid all over my breakfast!
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#1079
Expanding the Jefferson Ave. bikeway causes quality of life to zoom up.
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This one’s about very local politics here in St. Paul.
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#1081
Belching Dixieland jazz in private is one of my worst quirks.
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#1080
Expect wails from bigoted, jerky citizens over the mosque.
(48 letters)
Inspired by the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy.
4 tags
#1078
Type design quiz: Did J. Mickel invent Letterbox or Fort? Answer: Both.
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Refers to my type-designer friend Jeremy Mickel.
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#1077
Bizarre request: I’ve found picking my nose while having sex a major turn-on.
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#1076
Jed is buffing the quartz links of my expensive watch.
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#1075
If the zookeeper expected clean monkey cages, we have to quit this job.
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#1074
Xenophobic white folks just dismayed Equatorial Guinea’s native citizens.
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#1073
Josh knew my next BBQ cooking device will feature a piezo.
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#1072
Queen Jezebel, known for sexual promiscuity, lived the high life.
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#1071
Jake would experience frequent, involuntary thumb spazzing.
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#1070
Foreign executive badly misspelled the word “junk”: “zhunque.”
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#1069
Overdosing on Quaaludes jeopardized my whole breakfast experience.
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#1068
Cagey John’s work, Mme. X, provoked quite a lot of buzz.
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A reference to John Singer Sargent’s most controversial painting.
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#1067
Jim P., known for criticizing homosexuals, covertly frequented gay bars.
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#1066
When sexy Jeff Bridges nuzzles up close, it makes me quiver.
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#1065
A squint-eyed vet exhorted the poor fellow to just go back to the DMZ.
(55 letters)
April 2012
21 posts
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#1064
Johnny F. believed Zep & Queen would be excellent background music.
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#1063
Mizrahi designed sexy jackets, but his sequined veil was a flop.
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#1062
While journeying to Kenya, Bono Vox championed equal rights for Zaire.
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#1061
Wozniak & Jobs quibbled mightily over expensive coffee.
(46 letters)
An imagined scene from the early days of Apple.
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#1060
Bazooka Joe’s fancy burlesque show impressed even this heterosexual guy.
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1 tag
#1059
I improved my size XL jeans by sewing sequins on the back of ’em.
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#1058
Jeff’s required by law to acknowledge he never played Suzie’s mixtape.
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#1057
To get a job with Xavier Z., flap your arms and quack.
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#1056
Karate Kid quiz: Which move is used to jack up heckling boy? “Wax-off.”
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#1055
The Amazing Pasqual gnawed on five or six beef jerky sticks.
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#1054
My ex-wife Brooke is too lazy to jog and too quiet to deliver a speech.
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#1053
Didja know your biz is gonna have to pay off income taxes quarterly?
(55 letters)
Happy tax day!
4 tags
#1052
Zoe Q. thinks Forrest Gump writers deserve execution by lethal injection.
(61 letters)
3 tags
#1051
The crazy AbEx paintings of W. deKooning just leave me queasy.
(50 letters)
I have found myself moved nearly to nausea by Willem deKooning’s Abstract Expressionist work at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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#1050
In exchange, Jo very frequently utilized mops backwards.
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#1049
Loquacious Judy excites beginners with verses from Thus Spake Zarathustra.
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#1048
Jo exclaimed without equivocation: “Dunking pretzels in syrup is fab!”
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#1047
Jo (PhD in zymurgy) brewed a sixpack of quality cerveza.
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Zymurgy really is beer-brewing (though I’m not sure you can get a doctorate in it).
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#1046
I just loved Becky facing me with a quizzical expression.
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#1045
Crazy killer Jeffrey Dahmer was unequivocal about paying taxes.
(54 letters)
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#1044
Pat just viewed the quixotic Fatboy film starring Hank Azaria.
(52 letters)
March 2012
22 posts
3 tags
#1043
Type designers week #5:
Wiz-kid D. J. Ross exaggerated quirky serifs of his Trilby type even more in Manicotti.
(69 letters)
(That’s David Jonathan Ross.)
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#1042
Type designers week #4:
Jokey David Berlow’s expertise: magazine typefaces that are unequaled.
(59 letters)
Refers to David Berlow of Font Bureau.
2 tags
#1041
Type designers week #3:
Realize Jackson Cavanaugh produces excellent quality fonts with aplomb.
(62 letters)
Refers to the designer of Okay Type’s Alright Sans and Harriet.
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#1040
Type designers week #2:
The Exljbris foundry gives away certain fonts, quite an amazing marketing plan.
(66 letters)
Their site.
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#1039
Type designers week #1:
A job requires expertly written typefaces? I’d have asked the amazing Ale!
(60 letters)
Refers to script-master Ale Paul of Sudtipos.
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#1038
The Who’s “Squeeze-Box”: pop/rock; Jimmy Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross”: old reggae.
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1 tag
#1037
I squirreled away a private box of pizza from the cooking job.
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