Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

  Children forced to eat oatmeal tend to see things as surreal. Children who are given kale never go beyond small scale. Deprived of sugar, ...

  All you hear about are leaks. They're the only news for weeks. The Pentagon or some big wheel loses documents piecemeal. Then the docs...

  They call me the Frugalman.  And I'll be mighty happy to tell you why.  Pleased as punch.  Pickled tink, in fact!  See, I started out...

  Memories of a birthday party clown I’ve been writing limericks all morning, just to get that tawdry itch out of my system. Now i’m ready t...

  My doctor tells me to avoid reading newspapers.  He recommends instead I listen to soothing classical music by Brahms, close my eyes, and ...

  Leaders of the Floogle Street Gang. I can watch a piece of grass grow for twenty years.  That's why I like to view the invisible bloss...

  I want to be very careful what I write here.  Because horses are very sensitive and high strung creatures.  If you write about them the wr...

    Janteloven is alive and well in Valley Villa.  Provo. Utah. Let me introduce you to a Norwegian concept that I studied at the University...

  I decided I wanted to interview Charles Passy, who writes for the Wall Street Journal. Because I wanted someone interesting to talk to for...

  You may not believe this, but I am the Deep State.  That's right, boychik, I pull all the strings.  I'm the king maker.  The emine...