https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-26-gigglesnots-tatertots Somewhere between guffaw and weeping is a gigglesnot. These are mine. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:12:36 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13074-a-minor-treatise-on-cliche https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13074-a-minor-treatise-on-cliche How do you decide when to use or not use cliche? The most important thing to understand is what cliche is: replacement of thought with a shorthand representation of thought. Technically, I suppose, all writing is just that, but in the case of cliche, it's a bit more insidious. The tendency of many of us is to whip right through the thought and jot it down. Cliches are shortcuts. Instead of forming the whole thought, we skip right ahead to the description of the thought neatly provided by common words and phrases. This is the antithesis of poetry, where the thought itself is supposed to be examined and presented in a unique way. So, it is correct to say, 'it's fine to use them with a twist' -- because then what you're doing is taking advantage of the audience's prediliction to jump to conclusions based on cliche, and then leading them down a new path and opening up a new line of thought. When a cliche merely fits in the line, both literally and metaphorically, it is the sign of a lazy writer. ... more Stephan Anstey Just a Nastey Journal Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:59:28 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 10 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/13074 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/13074 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A13074 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2788-walter-g.-fitzgerald-remembered https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2788-walter-g.-fitzgerald-remembered My eulogy for my grandfather. March 29, 1918 - Dec 1, 2002 anstey Prose & Such Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:33:25 GMT /section-123-prose-such#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2788 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2788 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2788 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4576-sage-brush-pain-and-mounting-anxiety https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4576-sage-brush-pain-and-mounting-anxiety Hey folks, Not that i expect you to worry anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 12 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4716-a-bio-of-sorts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4716-a-bio-of-sorts What I am willing to share about myself right now anstey Prose & Such Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-123-prose-such#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4224-after-these-messages https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4224-after-these-messages Hey folks, i'm heading out for a first communion in New Jersey. I'll be home tomorrow morning anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5035-at-the-printer https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5035-at-the-printer The magazine is being printed as we speak. Seriously anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5368-back-from-vacation https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5368-back-from-vacation Hey folks, I'm back! anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5368 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5368 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5368 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2756-badwater https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2756-badwater Badwater anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2756 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2756 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2756 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2753-binoculars https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2753-binoculars Binoculars anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2753 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5099-breakfast https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5099-breakfast I don't often have breakfast. I usually just wait until lunchtime. Except on the weekends, then I'll indulge anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 20 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5099 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5099 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5099 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2754-by-a-lake https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2754-by-a-lake A anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2754 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2754 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2754 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4471-cameron-s-art https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4471-cameron-s-art Ok, so far just one, but eventually, I"ll fill this anstey Autistic Manipulations of a Poetry Fool Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-200-autistic-manipulations-of-a-poetry-fool#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4028-catching-up https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4028-catching-up Sometimes, I make poor choices. Ok, usually, I make poor choices. You really don't have to make such a big thing of it anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7705-couple-of-things https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7705-couple-of-things hey Folks, Sorry for being sparse today. I really haven't felt great, just a cold, you all know how it goes. Anyways anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7705 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7705 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7705 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2760-crater-lake https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2760-crater-lake Crater Lake anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2760 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2760 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2760 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2751-dear https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2751-dear Dear? anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2751 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2751 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2751 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5444-death-s-first-name-is-eugene https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5444-death-s-first-name-is-eugene This is why he has no compassion. His parents didn't even have the heart to call him Gene. Oh no. Always Eugene anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5444 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5444 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5444 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-25-does-stephan-suck https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-25-does-stephan-suck Yes, but i the good way. Yes. ... Just yes. Not often enough. No, not really. Vote View results anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3221-ellen-emily-stephan https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3221-ellen-emily-stephan   Test anstey Would you look at that? Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-111-would-you-look-at-that#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3221 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3221 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3221 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2761-emmy-by-ranier https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2761-emmy-by-ranier Emmy by Ranier anstey Swimming in my Gene Pool Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-199-swimming-in-my-gene-pool#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2761 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2761 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2761