Cluck Cluck

1 Pictures worth 1,000 words
Patricia Casey's delightful 24-page early book for infants and toddlers tells the story, almostly entirely in bright watercolor illustrations, of two dogs looking for the chickens missing from their run.

They are over the hill, under the laundry, down in the cabbage patch, on the clothesline. The hens make a delightful row--hence the book's title--when the dogs woof woof them back just in time for their farmyard dinner.

This book was one of the first we read to our son when he could not speak our language. Pictures, as they say, are worth 1,000 words. Alyssa A. Lappen

The Shuttle is now going five times the sound of speed.
-- Dan Rather, first landing of Columbia

Bozo is the Brotherhood of Zips and Others. Bozos are people who band
together for fun and profit. They have no jobs. Anybody who goes on a
tour is a Bozo. Why does a Bozo cross the street? Because there's a Bozo
on the other side. It comes from the phrase vos otros, meaning others.
They're the huge, fat, middle waist. The archetype is an Irish drunk
clown with red hair and nose, and pale skin. Fields, William Bendix.
Everybody tends to drift toward Bozoness. It has Oz in it. They mean
well. They're straight-looking except they've got inflatable shoes. They
like their comforts. The Bozos have learned to enjoy their free time,
which is all the time.
-- Firesign Theatre, "If Bees Lived Inside Your Head"