Algernon Blackwood
“The creature, he realized, had lungs and heart and organs. It had a brain! Its mind was active all this time. It knew it was being watched.”

Walk Spanish
(transitive verb) To yank a person’s belt and pant waist up from the rear, thereby concentrating much weight painfully in the crotch area and forcing the victim to walk on tiptoe.

From 01/25/10


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