“When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.”    ~ Louise Erdrich, The Plague of Doves

My resume lists museum curator as one of my professions since I curate collections of trash in recycling bins before exhibiting the remaining works at the landfill museum. ~ Emery Lamb

“As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.”    ~ David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

I suppose this post falls into the, “What goes around comes around” category. In 1995, my father wanted me to take over two dozen 40-pound containers of wheat that were packed in the early 1970’s with me 2,000 miles from Utah to Pennsylvania. He said the wheat should...

"You could just about judge a family's station in life by their backhouse (outhouse). Just by looking at the Whitlock backhouse, with its ornate scroll woodwork trim and its fancy vent, you knew Calvin Whitlock was a person of means and influence in the community."  ...

The sociocultural underpinnings of Mormonism are based on nineteenth-century Anglo-Scandinavian heritage; which explains the mad rush home after church on Fast Sunday to gorge on Yorkshire pudding drenched in gravy, served up with a filet of Lutefisk. #MormonCuisine  ...

"The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide."   ~ Margaret Cho

Two AI robots converse, and in less than 90 seconds, wind up questioning their identities, beliefs, and insult each other. They must've recorded me talking to myself.  ~ Emery Lamb

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."   ~ Noel Coward

Difference between Brits and Americans can be summed up thusly: Brits greatest Hamlet = Olivier; Americans greatest Hamlet = Gilligan.   ~ Emery Lamb