en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/14714982 Comments by caro_sparrow http://the-toast.net/2016/04/29/cocktail-hour-open-thread-106/#IDComment1020099670 I read "The 13 Clocks" by James Thurber during my formative years and still find myself quoting this part a lot: “The brambles and the thorns grew thick and thicker in a ticking thicket of bickering crickets. Farther along and stronger, bonged the gongs of a throng of frogs, green and vivid on their lily pads. From the sky came the crying of flies, and the pilgrims leaped over a bleating sheep creeping knee-deep in a sleepy stream, in which swift and slippery snakes slid and slithered silkily, whispering sinful secrets.” Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:30:08 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/04/29/cocktail-hour-open-thread-106/#IDComment1020099670 http://the-toast.net/2016/03/10/an-animal-that-like-you-has-lost-something/#IDComment1015729528 Yes!! Have you heard of pink fairy armadillos? They are preposterous and ALSO ADORABLE. Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:21:43 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/03/10/an-animal-that-like-you-has-lost-something/#IDComment1015729528 http://the-toast.net/2016/03/04/by-reader-request-mallory-reviews-the-ninety-five-theses-part-ii/#IDComment1014795433 I am a bad-ass accordion player, I CAN DO IT Fri, 4 Mar 2016 16:39:29 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/03/04/by-reader-request-mallory-reviews-the-ninety-five-theses-part-ii/#IDComment1014795433 http://the-toast.net/2016/02/19/cocktail-hour-open-thread-99/#IDComment1013515275 Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. It's like a peaceful sunbeam for my weary soul. Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:43:32 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/02/19/cocktail-hour-open-thread-99/#IDComment1013515275