by Rhiannon Paine | Aug 2, 2012 | General, Just for Fun
A new network, XBC, has just been granted exclusive rights to broadcast the 2016 Olympics in the United States. In a conference room in XBC headquarters, the planning committee, chaired by Cassidy, takes its first meeting. Cassidy: Okay, Team XBC! Let the games begin!...
by Rhiannon Paine | May 18, 2012 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun
That time of year thou may’st in me behold When handkerchiefs, and tissues too, do hang Upon this nose that drools, producing coughs, Harsh hacking coughs, where late my sweet voice sang. Okay, “sweet voice” is a lie. When I sing, I sound like a cross between...
by Rhiannon Paine | Apr 5, 2012 | General, Once Upon a Time
“You know you’re a real San Franciscan if you don’t even react when you see a naked person walking on the street.” – from a post on the SFGate Blog Here’s a true story about “the City,” as everyone in the Bay Area calls San Francisco. (“So what’s Oakland then,”...
by Rhiannon Paine | Mar 9, 2012 | General, Home Sweet Home, Just for Fun
What’s that you say? My house is looking a bit grubby? Look, I’m busy writing here. And it’s time the cat started earning her keep. Luna, come here! Now, just swish your tail over these crumbs on the floor and — There goes Luna through the pet door....
by Rhiannon Paine | Feb 29, 2012 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun
Hello! I’m the Ring from Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung. Four operas named after me and I still haven’t got my own Facebook page! But that will change with this blog post: the story of my life. Trouble in River City Picture an innocent young nugget of gold,...
