Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Sonnets are surely a tough thing to write
In that they suffer from so many rules
Fourteen lines, ten word sounds, all done just right
A form for a poet, not one for fools

For fun, you can also make sure your verse
Omits one letter – that one after ‘A’
This new constraint makes the rules even worse
So, instead, throw [...]

Okay. When last we left the DC Universe, Darkseid had unleashed the Anti-Life Equation, which, like most mathematics, is able to destroy the minds and will of all those who oppose it. Fortunately, there are some superheroes left, fighting the forces of evil with their own combined brand of stoutheartedness and innumeracy. One of them, [...]

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]

I hate when you’re at a party, deep in a conversation with somebody you’ve just met, and you drop in the phrase ‘there are more (somethings) here than you can poke a stick at’ (eg miniature porcelain Pol Pots), only to discover you’re talking to Four Time Freestyle Stick-Poking World Champion Bryce Buford. Because that [...]

Table of Contents

#134 – Kid Omega
#135 – Teaching Children About Fractals
#136 – When X Is Not X
#137 – Riot At Xavier’s
#138 – The Prime of Miss Emma Frost

Issue One Hundred And Thirty-Four – Kid Omega
We open the new book with a group of punk human-types killing a gay mutant named (delightfully) Jumbo Carnation. Are they [...]

A Tale Of Two Cities
The Glass Ballerina
Further Instructions
Every Man For Himself
The Cost Of Living
I Do
Not In Portland
Flashes Before Your Eyes
Stranger In A Strange Land
Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
Enter 77
Par Avion
The Man From Tallahassee
Expose
Left Behind
One Of Us
Catch 22
D.O.C.
The Brig
The Man Behind The Curtain
Greatest Hits
Through The Looking Glass (1)
Through The Looking Glass (2)

Next: After that season finale, who [...]

Do you have a problem? Can no-one else help? Ask Mr T, fool!

Mr. T says:

WHAT’S UP FOOL?

You say:

Some Tips

Try to write in proper English sentences. Mr T doesn’t put up with poor grammar.
Spelling. Come on people. Let’s try really hard.
Don’t prattle. One thought at a time.
For all things T, go to [...]

Lions… Rightly known as the king of beasts, for just as rock and roll was dominated by Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, so too do lions dominate their peers. However, they do so in a substantially different way. Elvis, for example, never made a habit of slaughtering and consuming his contemporaries, although [...]

So I’m listening to The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, and Kenny explains how The Gambler could see that Kenny was ‘out of aces’ (in some metaphorical sense) and ergo proposed a trade of ‘a taste’ of Kenny’s whiskey in exchange for ’some advice’.

And of course you immediately think – what kind of deal is that? [...]