June 2012
2 posts
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Time
Today’s squiggle by Ashton
Original run date: December 2, 2011
“…with the Dow dropping a whopping 243 points to close at 11,023. Coming up in our next segment, will the economic collapse of the Eurozone threaten any chance for a U.S. recovery? Also, gas prices at nine dollars a gallon? One analyst tells us why it’s possible. And later, fracking. What is it and is it really a...
Vacation
Today’s squiggle by Susanne
Try as he might, the deepest thought Howard could conjure up while staring into the vast and powerful ocean was, “Who, exactly, built this city? And why on rock and roll?”
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Monday’s squiggle by Sarah Keaton
SWALLOWING MY PRIDE
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May 2012
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Knights Jousting
Today’s squiggle by Dotty
To his God and his king he said a prayer
Just before he was launched into the air
His heart filled with dread
And a thought filled his head
Could this be my last Renaissance Faire?
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Susanne
VACATION
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A Band Playing a Country Song About Ice Cream
Today’s squiggle by Logan
A weekend in the country would be nice, you said
Do all the old-fashioned things that lovers do
Take a stroll by the lake and have an ice cream
Well, breakin’ hearts is old-fashioned too
We drove for miles just to see that church on Saturday
Then the shack with the tin roof Sunday
We walked to town for a treat, and you held my hand
But then you served...
Early Morning Walk
Today’s squiggle by Stephanie Piscitelli
“Golly, Pluto, why do you always walk me halfway to the dark side before you do your business?”
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Logan
A BAND PLAYING A COUNTRY SONG ABOUT ICE CREAM
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Unicorn Flying an...
Today’s squiggle by Abby, age 10
Original run date: November 30, 2011
In the cockpit, a magical creature
For the pilot, a most radical teacher
But her horn could unlatch
The emergency hatch
And that was a practical feature
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Astronaut Cowboy...
Today’s squiggle by Skye Young
Original run date: November 25, 2011
“Houston, we … have … a blubgrrllub … y’all.”
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLES: A Shield Made of Kittens
Today’s squiggle by Garyt Shiflett
Original run date: November 25, 2011
Meowulf
XXI
Then girt him Meowulf
in kitten mail, nor meowed for his life.
His breastplate furry and brindled of hues,
woven by paw, should the parakeets charge;
well could it ward the warrior’s body
that battle with bird or mouse should break on his breast in vain
nor harm his heart by the beak of a...
House in the Middle of a Desert Ocean
Today’s squiggle by Nathan
You Are Invited!
WHAT: Memorial Day Cookout
WHEN: Saturday, May 26 - the end of rainy season
WHERE: 46°46′53″S 037°51′09″E / 46.75406°S 37.8325°E
WHAT TO BRING: Swimsuit, sunscreen, chair, your fave CD, shark repellent, antibiotics, yourself!
WHY: Why not????
R.S.V.P. — by homing pigeon only
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Yankee Game
Today’s squiggle by Marylynne
Corn dogs, nachos, peanuts, fries
Pretzels, popcorn, water ice
Tickets, parking, club room views
A thousand bucks and still they lose
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Nathan
HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT OCEAN
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Tornado
Today’s squiggle by Lucy
Martha was about to test the limits of the Miss Selma’s Beauty Parlor $14.95 wash ‘n set.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Marylynne
YANKEE GAME
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Cactus
Today’s squiggle by Lilly
There once was a bitter old cactus
Who was thoughtless and heartless and tactless
He positioned himself
Under the slipperiest shelf
So he could take some whacks at the hapless
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Lucy
TORNADO
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Tiger on a Mushroom
Today’s squiggle by Nate Boocher
TMZ.COM — The sudden announcement last week that the ubiquitous Aussie tot band The Wiggles has decided to break up has sent shockwaves through playgrounds and sandboxes worldwide. Now, TMZ has learned exclusively the inside story of creative differences that led to the decision that rocked the preschools.
Working on a new song for their upcoming...
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Art Class
Today’s squiggle by Raven Newman
The coffee, it tasted so funny
And the paints, they went on so runny
But he never did mind
As he drank turpentine
And invented the beaverdogbunny
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Custom Guitar
Today’s squiggle by Erik Fox
Original run date: November 22, 2011
New York Times Obituary: James “Jackknife” Jensen
It happened so fast, and the dank, basement blues club was so dark and smoke-filled, and the accounts of witnesses have been so hard to verify that the most famous story surrounding legendary blues guitarist James “Jackknife” Jensen may very well prove apocryphal. But...
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Hedgehog: Animavengers Profile #5
Today’s squiggle by Maddie Boehneein
The Animavengers Profiles:
Hawkhog
Real Name: Quill Barton
Location: Forest
First Appearance: Lesser Known Heroes #3
Team Affiliations: Animavengers, P.R.I.C.K.S. (Precision-Range Infiltration Combat Kill Squad)
Origin and Powers: At just six days old, young Quill Barton saw his parents become roadkill before his eyes on the main road of a...
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Angelfish: Animavengers Profile #4
Today’s squiggle by Megan Curbelo
The Animavengers Profiles:
Striped Widow
Real Name: Fishtailia Romanova
Location: International waters
First Appearance: Tales of Hotness for Young Boys #1 (1966)
Team Affiliations: Animavengers, Skin Tight Squad, B.A.B.E.S. (Black Angelfish Ballistic Espionage Squad)
Origin and Powers: Though possessing no superpowers, Striped Widow is still...
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Panda: Animavengers Profile #3
Today’s squiggle by Amanda Dougherly
The Animavengers Profiles:
The Incredible Ling Ling
Real Name: Ling Ling Banner
Location: San Diego Zoo
First Appearance: Incredible Ling Ling #1 (1962)
Team Affiliations: Animavengers, Fists of Furry, The Cute But Deadly 5
Origin and Powers: Ling Ling Banner was a meek panda being housed at the San Diego zoo, where zookeepers worried about his...
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A Seahorse: Animavengers Profile #2
Today’s squiggle by Alyssa Tang
The Animavengers Profiles:
Iron Horse
Real Name: Tony Finn
Location: Western Atlantic Ocean
First Appearance: Strange But True Fish Tales #32 (1963)
Team Affiliations: Animavengers, Stealth Squad, La Leche League
Origin and Powers: Tony Finn was a brash and brilliant young fish whose father had made a fortune as a big player in the brine shrimp...
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Ice Fishing: Animavengers Profile #1
Today’s squiggle by Lucy
The Animavengers Profiles:
Captain Antartica
Real Name: Ben Beluga
Location: South Pole
First Appearance: Captain Antarctica Comics #1 (1940)
Team Affiliations: Animavengers, Sea Team 4, W.H.A.L.E. (Western Hemisphere All-Star League of Enforcers)
Powers: Injected with super whale serum as part of a secret government project to create an army of...
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Sunny Sunday Afternoon
Today’s squiggle by Loni
Excerpt from this year’s Newbury Award winner for children’s fiction, “A Sunny Sunday Afternoon:”
“Pa was always sayin’ stuff like that so you couldn’t hardly tell whether he was serious or pullin’ your leg. I never understood that expression, pullin’ your leg, cause it don’t seem like the sort of thing a person would do if they were jokin’...
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Carpenter Sawing
Today’s squiggle by Bill Lightfoot
Original run date: November 8, 2011
The carpenter man, he was sawing a see saw
The carpenter bee, she was stinging what she saw
He sawed then he saw, she saw what he sawed
But he didn’t see what he sawed on the see saw
And the bee didn’t know he’d be the last thing that she saw
And the only thing standing when it was all said and done, of course
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Nature
Today’s squiggle by Maia Sutherland
The nature of the beast is to mate and to feast
The nature of the man is to get all he can
And when man’s desire is what beast requires
You can be sure someone’s losing a hand
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Lucy
ICE FISHING
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Architecture
Today’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler
The Caldwell-Birch House, 2012 recipient of the Platzker Prize for Architecture in the category of Land-Sea Integration/Leaning/Under Influence/Lost Drafting Tools.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Maia Sutherland
NATURE
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Math
Today’s squiggle by Diane
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler
ARCHITECTURE
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A Woman Playing a Violin
Today’s squiggle by Rena, at Vino Market, Midlothian
As she plucked out a soft pizzicato
He felt certain he knew that vibrato
As the finale drew nearer
The picture was clearer
She was surely that ditz in Lake Tahoe
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Diane
MATH
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Circus
Today’s squiggle by Haley Allen
Of all the axioms of the circus perhaps the truest is this: Revenge is a dish best served warm, dark and sticky, and in front of a paying audience.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Rena, at Vino Market, Midlothian
A WOMAN PLAYING A VIOLIN
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Indiana Jones Does His...
Today’s squiggle by Luke, age 8
Original run date: November 2, 2011
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Princess Having a...
Today’s squiggle by Jayne, age 6, at the Richmond Folk Festival
Original run date: November 1, 2011
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A Crown
Today’s squiggle by Bailey Jo
“Well, that’s just perfect. Right after I’ve remodeled the castle.”
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Monday’s squiggle by Haley Allen
CIRCUS
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Taking a Bath
Today’s squiggle by Lindsay Phelan
After a long day of shoplifting, pickpocketing, tire-slashing, setting trashcan fires and cussing at old ladies, this was exactly what Tracey needed.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Bailey Jo
A CROWN
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A Park
Today’s squiggle by Asleigh Smith
Dan’s new trucker hat wasn’t the chick magnet he’d hoped it would be.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Lindsay Phelan
TAKING A BATH
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3 O'Clock Blues
Today’s squiggle by Kirt Brown
The Three O’Clock Blues
Woke up this morning
Got no clean shirt to wear
Said I woke up this morning
Got no clean shirt to wear
Can’t find a tie without a stain
Can’t find one anywhere
Now my forehead’s on the keyboard
Bosslady dronin’ without end
Now my forehead’s on the keyboard
Bosslady dronin’ without end
Just leave my goddam cubicle
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April 2012
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Person Vibrating on Different Planes of Existence
Monday’s squiggles by Jennifer Davis and Brennen Jones
“Here’s your order. Can I get you anything else? …”
“Would you like to try our Caramel Grandpa Empanada?”
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Kirt Brown
3 O’CLOCK BLUES
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Hummingbird
Today’s squiggle by Rose, at the Richmond Folk Festival
Original run date: October 31, 2011
Did you know?
A group of hummiphants has many collective nouns including a “fold,” a “senate,” a “quibble,” a “university” and a “herd.”
No state in the U.S. calls the hummiphant its state bird, though Rhode Island celebrates the tiny bird with a Hummiphant Festival each June,...
PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Bees Swarming
Today’s squiggle by Andy Stefanovich of Prophet
Original run date: October 28, 2011
Unpublished Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme:
Honey bees, honey bees
Buzz buzz buzz
Baby needs his bottle
Indeed he does!
Honey bees, honey bees
Swarm swarm swarm
Baby likes his creamy milk
Oh so warm!
Honey bees, honey bees
Sting sting sting
Baby will be crying
Until next spring!
Little...
A Bird
Today’s squiggle by Andrew Gorsuch
What are you to do when your little hawk just won’t open his beak for a nutritious meal? We offer some helpful tips for the picky eater in your nest.
Size Matters
The last time I flew home with a python for my babies, I was greeted with a closed beak and a cold stare. Who wouldn’t be intimidated by a snake of that size? (Except me, of course.) So...
Monster
Today’s squiggle by Tyren Cloyd, age 12
“Thomas! James! Gordon!” cried Percy. “You must come at once! There is a monster on the tracks! A terrible smelly monster! And it’s drooling all over my buffers!”
“Nonsense!” snorted James as he chuffed alongside Percy, laughing cruelly.
“Oh, silly Percy,” joked Thomas. “That’s a dog! Have you never seen a dog before?”
Percy had never seen a...
Free Enterprise
Today’s squiggle by Adam Cave
Straight-A student. Eagle Scout. Meals on Wheels Volunteer. But when Eddie became the alien, he was capable of anything.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Tyren Cloyd, age 12
MONSTER
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A Pony
Today’s squiggle by Taylor Cloyd, age 5
Dear Sir or Madame Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed please find my submission for your immediate review and processing. I am quite interested as I have been for three years in admission to your fine academy, Central Region Art Professionals. Many previous times I have submitted my official Art Test, having sent you my drawings of Coco The Monkey six...
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The Eiffel Tower
Today’s squiggle by Elena Wrobel
If you find there’s a gasp you can’t stifle
As you crane your neck back for an eyeful
The chances are fair
It’s La dame de fer
And the work of Monsieur Gustave Eiffel
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Taylor Cloyd, age 5
PONY
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: A Horse Running
Today’s squiggle by Jack, age 7, at the Richmond Folk Festival
Original run date: October 27, 2011
The fastest horse in Camelot
Was a mighty steed who ran a lot
Not a horseman could break him
Not a knight dared to take him
Not Arthur, nor Gareth, nor Lancelot
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Zombie Playing Soccer
Today’s squiggle by Angel, age 9
Original run date: October 26, 2011
If you think this was bad, you should have seen the header.
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A Whale
Today’s squiggle by Farwa Hussain
Now available from K-Tel Records: “Sounds of the Sea.” Eight unforgettable whale songs that will put you into the very depths of ocean. And for the first time ever, marine biologists have been able to translate the language of these magnificent marine mammals so that we might better understand their world. On “Sounds of Sea” you’ll get:
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Golf
Today’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler at Universal Resort, Orlando, FL
Stan kept a shot gun in his golf cart for just such an occasion, though he never dreamed he’d actually encounter an alligator much less have to make a hole in one.
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Farwa Hussain
A WHALE
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Life
Today’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler at Universal Resort in Orlando
Start here with two thousand and a little green car
A spin of the wheel will tell you how far
Doctor, lawyer, teacher or could it be
You’ll get stuck with six thousand and a bachelor’s degree?
Over a mountain and stop at the steeple
Soon your car will be filling with people
Add a baby son, collect all the...
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Circus Elephant
Today’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler at Universal Resort Orlando
From mammoth and mastadon my blood doth run
‘Cross continents and oceans did my ancestors come
Far from the herds and expansive grasslands
The marshes, savannas and sky-reaching baobabs
The beast which passeth all others in wit and mind
Is what Aristotle wisely wrote of my kind
No predator threatens me without...
Live Squiggling
We are doing things a bit differently for a few days at Squiggle This. Matt, AKA Squiggle Champion of the World, is down at the Universal Resort in Orlando, FL, showing off his squiggle skills to a bunch of conventioneers. In other words, he’s doing some live, on-the-spot squiggling. Ordinarily, when we collect a squiggle, Matt gets to take it home, chew it over a bit and take his time on...
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A Submarine
Today’s squiggle by Cindy Cave
“Looking good, Hal. We’ll yank you back in as soon as the creature gets curious and comes in for a closer look. No more than another couple hours, I’m sure.”
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Tomorrow’s squiggle by Anonymous Squiggler at Universal Resort Orlando
CIRCUS ELEPHANT
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PLAY IT AGAIN SQUIGGLE: Automobile
Today’s squiggle by Christin, at the Richmond Folk Festival
Original run date: October 25, 2011
For Sale: 1948 Ford Coupe, 350 V8-350 Turbo. Dual exhaust, dual cowl mirrors, tinted glass. Power steering/power brakes. GM tilt column. Radial tires with beauty rings. Custom flame paint job by ex-husband, who did the job lovingly, and with more patience than he ever showed me. Ex spent our...