Maria's Day by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for September 18, 2014

You don’t like Maurice Sendak’s work?

and, mortgages are no better. credit scores, fico, property taxes, insurance, and the hated homeowners’ association fees.

“The space under the bed is already taken.”

…and that’s where the Goldfish live…:D

Are any of the monsters from Binkley’s anxiety closet in there?

When I was a child I had no worry about monsters under the bed. Mom inspected there from time to time.The only thing allowed under the bed was shoes (neatly lined up) and a select few oversized toys.It was my closet that was to cramped for a monster to live in…

I had no fear of my closet. Our closet, actually, as I shared the room with my older brother. Rather, I fantasized about the closet being a portal to other places. I hadn’t yet read Narnia- it was just a child’s imagination. I also imagined that, if you could fit through the cracks in the hardwood floor, you could arrive in another land. Frankly, I imagined all kinds of crossings to other places. Still trying to find one that really works.

Don’t you just love Rent Control?

I see.

I used to wonder why it was still called a bathroom even if there was no bathtub. But of course, I realized why. For the same reason that TV commercials once couldn’t say toilet, and had to say ‘bathroom bowl.’

@Thomas Scott Roberts* I never read “Where the Wild Things Are”. But that is a pretty cool looking closet monster. as a child, it was an ocean with nasty sea creatures surrounding the bed at night. The closet and under the bed were safe.