How we have heard of the might of the kings!

How we have heard of the might of the kings! We have heard of those princes' heroic campaigns. There was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many tribes, a wrecker of mead benches, rampagi

ng Ralph, belcher of the bloodclotters, and Mutilating Marge, who was just this really big chick who carried a giant cleaver that started following us after we left Iceland.

Ralph and Marge had had a long history together. First they lived on the streets of Amsterdam, drinking vodka and crushing skulls. Then they decided to buy a boat and sail north in

The North Sea but the ice floes came early that year and they were forced to safe harbor in Rotterdam just as the mood in the city was going South. Fights erupted without warning.

Cabin fever was getting to everybody. It would be up to the Rotterdam musicians to lighten the mood. "We must know something upbeat that will help," Sgt. Bladder remarked, hoping

others would sing along.The Sgt.began. "She was more like a beauty queen, from a movie scene, I said I don't mind, whatdya mean, I am the one" Billie Jean was perfect for the cabin

In the scene from the play "Age of Excess". I was the set designer and wanted to puke as I sketched out the stage props because the play was a satire including folded stories.

folded into the story too. Yes, I'm talking to you, reader! The universe is one long foldingstory, a chain of random events shaking hands in the dark and you're next!

So beware of the final line. It creeps in the night until at last in a final scratch it gouges your soul. Quips & remarks bleed you for time that you never knew you'd lose.