One of the high priorities on our own-a-house-list is to have a residence free of mice. We had them in Tahoe, which we learned is actually fairly common up in the mountains. However, the D.C. ... mouth and tickled her tongue until it was gummed to death. I am sure very few people are happy to see dead vermin in their house, but one dead mouse in the playroom is one less live mouse in my kitchen.

from a letter by Jack Spicer to his friend James Alexander, c. 1958: “Went down to Duncan and Jess’s Friday … Their house is built mainly of Oz books, a grate to burn wood, a second story for guests, ... . Cats.” Duncan is Robert Duncan, the poet. Jess is Jess Collins the artist. source: My Vocabulary Did This to Me: the collected poetry of Jack Spicer

... kind of way. I mean you know finance, right? You traded off old manufacturing models and built GE capital. You know the difference between nice fat ... adjust your sights please, you have no reason to complain. The GE house of cards fell (50% decline in share ... signatory aggrandizement. Jack, have your scream at the world but there is always the free flat on Park Avenue and the house in Nantucket ...

... Nick quietly set the doll right behind Emm when she was on the computer. Later, when she got up, the screams echoed throughout the house, LOL!): We set up this Darth Vader in the closet, hoping to scare ... Halloween Taboo for awhile: We went outside for part of the time, but despite the fire George built for us, it was pretty cold out there (and the grass was too wet for flashlight tag and other ...

... and Birds" has Blackjack being summoned to a small house on the edge of a tideland to look at a man's son who ... the crimelord who wants the land, Tonio, the boy Black Jack came here to help, understands the birds of the tidelands, who love him. But when his father is ... BlackJack together with a fat-cat who allowed homes to be built on an island filled with unexploded bombs and other ordinance. ...

... or trophy houses." Pat Kenny asked him: "What's a trophy house, by the way?" O'Connor quickly replied: "A house like yours, probably, I'd say, Pat." Laughter rippled through the studio audience and Kenny immediately shot back : "Well, I built my house in 1988. I don't want this kind of crap coming at me!" ...