Southpaw Jones

This autumn morning, drained of energy from an unexpectedly raucous Halloween, uninspired in the face of a full day of corporate drudgery, and reluctant to extract my hands from my morning jacket for too long in this cruel, fluorescent ice box of a workspace, I shall, ever up for tiny challenges, loving language at every turn, obsessed with length like every red-blooded American male, attempt without sarcasm, repetition, or malice to compose my longest sentence – including here on southpawjones.com, upon official state parchment, correspondence with dear friends and far-flung family, and the private confines of journals and love letters from my waning youth – ever.

104 words! That’s pretty good. Pretty good. Austinites, come on out tonight. Houstonians, we’re coming your way Friday. Details below!

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation…
Jean Arp

Skull-A-Day




One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

The holidays are coming, so I’m sure my dentist will put that same old gruesome decoration on his door. Most folks think the circle of chompers is disgusting, but I guess I’m used to the…

Highlight here for answer: [teeth wreath]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
8:00 PM
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
Austin, TX
(512) 380-0097
flipnotics.com
The New Weekly Show!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 2007
9:00 PM
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant
Houston, TX 77006
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
Doors open at 8.