Word: mono
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...peripheral groups of people who aren’t into the kissing thing but still want to be part of it, so they just walk around naked.” Not unlike the fabled Hong Kong Scorpion Bowls, Elizabeth describes the freshman welcome as “a nasty mono-spreading mess. People actually go home with people that they don’t know afterwards. It’s nuts...
...spite of this sophisticated structure, Clowes keeps the focus on characterization. The various inhabitants include Random Wilder, the eccentric would-be poet laureate; Violet Van der Platz, the insecure, love-lorn teenage girl; Charles, the hyper-articulate and aware sixth-grader; and Mr. Ames, the mono-maniacal private investigator. Each has their own story to tell, along with half a dozen other characters, including "Rocky" the town's inhabitant in 100,000 B.C. "There goes Ogg," he thinks, "'Mr. Sunshine' - what's his secret? I'll kill him." Between them all Clowes builds another of his hilariously slightly off-center...
...want to meet girls from Yale so my roommate can give them mono,” he said. “But it’s not like they need help to get more undesirable...
...summer were major: The floors were refinished and the walls were painted a pleasant dove gray with crimson awnings; the faded black seats were replaced by very comfortable dark turquoise ones; the aisles were made more accessible for wheel chairs and the space was organized more efficiently; the old mono sound system was enhanced by a sub-woofer; the carpets, screen and aisle lights were replaced, and the lobby was spruced up. These massive renovations were done subtly and the Brattle is not fundamentally different. It is still the same beloved theatre that draws people from all over Massachusetts...
...book contains an anthology of short stories that would be more than satisfactory on its own. Beautifully printed using a brick-colored ink on soft, matte, off-white paper, the lines are razor sharp. Some contributors also use a single highlight color of pink or blue or yellow. The mono-named Jason begins the book with a simply-drawn parable of death as a lonely houseguest whose hosts keep dying. Following that are a variety of humorous, often open-ended stories by Brian Biggs, Megan Kelso, Paul Pope and about twenty others. Each of the smaller books contains a single...