Bluster

PIZZA

Rising discs of dough

Tossed, twirled, like small planets on

A one arm axis

~ Donna Adler, Potomac, MD

And now, this....

from my friend Ken, the Lord of Cherry Hill, N.J....

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road???

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on THIS side of the road before it goes after the problem on the OTHER SIDE of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his CURRENT problems before adding NEW problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the other chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks..

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road?Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, But why he crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain. Alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

What the...???

At Breighton Dam Park...

America's Greatest Singer

Yeah, even better than David Archuleta...

Tony?

for the Pretzelhead...

Anna Rose Whitney

From the spectacular Rhododendron garden of Raymie Miller, Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Zoo Story

So, I was sittin' in this bar, just mindin' my own business, when this guy beside me starts givin' me grief, sayin' I look like a gorilla and shit like that...

I tell the guy, how about stickin' it in your ear, buddy...

He keeps givin' me shit, and finally I say, hey, up yours... twice!

Morpho

from the "Wings of Fancy" exhibit, Brookside Gardens

Buddy and Sky Update

Buddy recently converted to Judaism. He vows never to come out of the house on Saturdays, and, in a recent interview, said he plans to redirect his life toward more fulfilling pursuits.

Last week Sky had an erection that lasted longer than four hours, and he refused to consult a physician. Sky said he wants to be taken more seriously and will no longer chase squirrels.

Dogwood & Maple