Interlude: Shakespearean Spanking!

 Speaking of the Bard~!

There was a dumb rhyme we used to say as kids: "Shakespeare!  Kick in in the rear!"

This is similar, but classier:

Mr. O'Neill, Hail and Farewell

 I am very sad tonight.  A very fine and funny man has died, my friend Devlin O'Neill.

Dev's intelligence and creative wit illuminated many a drab corner, and shored up many a shipwrecked victim.  He was a damn decent human being, the sort this tried and tired world can hardly afford to lose.  

It might seem strange to anyone outside "our circle" that the author of so much intense romantic spanking fiction and the star of several kinky Shadow Lane videos would be really be so loving and gentle, but there's no paradox.  His masculine strength and sense of play easily won the hearts of all of his female fans, who gave him the affectionate nickname "Uncle Dev." 

To be honest, some of his sexual fantasy runs into extremities that don't really appeal to me, but there is a lot that I do enjoy, especially his parodies.  Look over his list of books HERE!

He certainly earned our respect.  At one point in his career, Devlin served in the Military, another example of his sense of duty and honor.  He was a man of strong convictions, but I never saw him rant hysterically.  As an example, he did urge everyone in our last election to "choose decency over depravity, charity over avarice, democracy over fascism, honor and respect over four horrifying years of daily humiliation upon the world stage." 

Dev had just turned seventy.  You may have seen his reply to my birthday greeting two posts ago:  "This is my big Seven-Oh, so I've made the three-score and ten marker the ancients talk about.  Everything from here on out is just frosting on the cake. ;-) "

I knew he was very quietly and courageously fighting cancer, but I didn't know it was about to take him.  And I hope I'm not offending his wishes or his loved ones with that "revelation."

Dev loved Bogart and Marx Brothers movies, Shakespeare plays, and Mark Twain's prose, claiming (facetiously, I think) that he shamelessly stole from the best sources.  This weekend I will see a local production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and think of him.

He often called me "DeeDubya," 

I shall miss him very much. 

And thank you, Audrey, for the pictures, and your love for us. 

(This is Audrey's Notice.)

A Nifty Nugget From The Twenty-Tens, A Bedazzling Birthday Ballad By Lovely Larken, Here on W-O-F-Eeee!

You guys and dolls don't know what you're missing!

Larken wrote a "Green Eggs And Ham" spoof about "Good Girl Spankings" that hasn't been published, and it's loads of fun!  Maybe if she knows someone who might give it some Psuedo-Seuss Drawrings~~?

But in the meantime, I'll repeat her birthday gift for me from a while back, a Peter Yarrow pastiche, a bit of whimsey about the wizard-like Wolfie!

 

Consider Yourself Rebuked.

St. Pat and Dev'lish Dev!!

 Besides today being St. Paddy's Day,

 'tis also Devlin O'Neill's birthday!!

Pop on over to his blog and wish him the happiest returns of the day!  

And if you'd like a present for yourself, click on these blue letters and explore all Dev's Books on Amazon!  You'll dance for Joy!  Maybe for Kathleen, too!

Going Through The Change. No, Not That Change. Nor That One.

Speaking of Love~!

Naturally, Romance gets a lot of attention on February 14th, not to mention all the card and candy sales!

But we ll know Love isn't limited to calendar days!

Which is good, because I didn't do a new 'toon for it in time, nor did I feel like running the reruns.  You know, like this:

But to celebrate love, here's a parody 'toon of a tune from one of my favorite Olde Tyme Broadway Shows!  

YEEEeeHAW!

Smoking Enders!

 I think there really is a group called "Smoking Enders," but this is probably not how it began:

Sometimes...

 ...Business Phone Etiquette must be taught.

Meanwhile, Back In The Classroom...

They Say It's The Spice Of Life!

 

On Target!