What’s all this, then?

Well, unexpected as it may be, Mrs. Smith has added a couple of new poems to her on-line collection. These new poems have nothing to do with her almost legendary, if unknown, alter-ego activities, which continue to be not a topic for discussion, obviously, since they’re secret (duh!).

Also, Bromo is reported to be still alive, again, and to commemorate this latest report, Ozly has remixed an old, old favorite: Rubber Boy. Users are cautioned to perform downward volume adjustment prior to activating. This version does not include the Chief Executive’s much-anticipated new drum track, since it doesn’t exist.

 Pervodog Lore

The Pervodog breed was developed by monks in northern Europe during the ninth and tenth centuries in response to contemporaneous outbreaks of such unpleasant phenomena as pernicious hauntings, walking dead, and outhouse demons. It was thought that the best approach to eradicating unnatural pests would be to treat them like any other variety of beastie, i.e., make a sport of hunting them. Clearly, a special breed of hunting dog was required for the sport.

Although the monks themselves seem to have been guilty of some unnatural genetic experimentation, the Pervodog breed that emerged in the latter part of the tenth century proved to have an uncanny ability to sniff out all things uncanny. Not only did prosaic critters such as ghosts and demons fall easy prey to the intrepid hound, but even the more esoteric beasts, such as will-o’-the-wisps, space aliens, and yeti proved to be pitifully outmatched in the new sport that rose to wild if brief popularity. Soon a paucity of supernatural prey resulting from the sport’s success brought about the inevitable shrill liberal outcry that irreparable damage to the ecto-system was imminent, etc., and for political expediency the sport was outlawed. After that, the Pervodog breed faded into obscurity.