Action A: [Some of you might have noticed your Christmas light and decorations going missing. None of the big or heavy things, like lawn ornaments, but things like tinsel, small wreaths, strings of lights and the like are disappearing. Or maybe you'll catch the culprits in the act - two large crows who quietly chatter and squawk at one another, ( Read more... )

( Preamble! )

Theo just wants to do three things today:

1) Restock his supplies of booze and smokes
2) Get some new books on how to fix the muffler on his car
3) Maybe read/play some chess at the park

But today is Father's Day, and the town is crawling with ladies out to pamper all the men. Theo is one of these men. Come on, you know you want to harass help ( Read more... )

[Look out below, Mayfield! There's something being dropped on you. It's small and light, made of wood... why look, it's a chess piece. It might have been dropped right on you or nearby you from above, by a large black crow. It sits on a phone wire, cawing. Does it sound just a little bit like laughter ( Read more... )