Another Olio

It may be the female imperative, but Fiorella is driven to produce--children, literature, music, art, fabric fantasies, you name it.  She's been this way since she was a child, aided and abetted by her mother, who sewed up the cloth doll Fio designed to supplement her kindergarten class's supply of toys. Who had Fiorella draw the church manager scene and supervise the painting of it when she was a teenager.  Who hung her oils on the living room wall.
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Sonia, I know you're jealous, but you cannot lick at Baby's face while she rests in Mommy's lap.  Nor chew at the umbilical hanging from her bod, nor rest your paws upon her shining keys.
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No need for birth control in the Arab world.  They kill themselves right, left, and sideways.  Just wish they didn't get us involved.  We have enough fanatics of our own.
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The day after Fio threw out the last of the saved bath water from two years ago, it rained.  Another feather in her cap.  You're welcome.
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Doonesbury's plotlines sure have been dull lately.  Is Trudeau out to lunch?  Fio wants to hear more about what Jeff Redfern and his mother are doing.  And Alex.   She'd also like a follow-up on Melissa.  And to learn what Drew's big announcement was.  And she wants a baby for Kim.

Stray Thoughts and Observations

Despite the imaginative conjectures of yesteryear, cars all look pretty much the same. There are only so many ways one can design a metal carapace.
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No, you can't get STDs from using public bathrooms, but if you're having sex with strangers there, you can.
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Popular literature: men write books about dominance while women write books about relationships.
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God gave us laughter because what else do we have?
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I've often thought I wanted to die, but I have a feeling that when the time comes, I won't wanna go.
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There's more to life than sex, but it's good on the side.
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No one has the right to remain dangerous or insane.
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One of the greatest joys of life is waking up slowly, not having to leap out of bed at the first brazen trill of an alarm clock.

Iago and Montresor--Twins Separated at Birth?

Fiorella has been thinking literary again. In a past life, she taught English Lit, and it's all still roiling around in her brain.

In particular, she's been thinking about the story construction in which the villain tells the story. Shakespeare used this plot device in Othello, with Iago announcing in the very first scene that he was a dirty dog and was going to bring the noble Moor to his knees. Poe did the same thing in "Cask of Amontillado" when Montresor tells us from the get-go that Fortunato is in for it.

Hmmm. Wonder if Fio could set this up in any of her own stories.