Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for January 04, 2022

Well that’s a relief. Thought Max was gonna be the next Sheldon Cooper.

Oh, man. I’ve been conceptualizing the ultimate model train layout. Like, it wouldn’t just have trains. It would have magnets under the roads that move model cars along it. And a lake with real water, (plus a waterfall if I feel like splurging) where boats are pulled along their route by underwater strings. Maybe even an amusement park with a working roller coaster.

I read books about unicorns. I am not one. (As far as you all know.)

Well despite my reads as a kid, I had no means of bringing plastic figures alive, nor did I go to a thirty story school.

Read widely, my friends. You never know who you might really be.

When I was born they missed placed trains for brains as that is my passion!

I’m not into model trains, but I like to know how things work.

I read the books about the witch detective. They are fun reads! Search “Witch PI” on Amazon.

Her name wouldn’t happen to be Azura, would it?

Okay. That’s it. Next shot I get at guest-scripting a story for DICK TRACY, he’s a warlock sleuth. GENIUS! And Sam can be his…er…familiar. I’m thinking ‘flying monkey with an Irish brogue and a collection of off-year pennies’.

Atta girl Phoebe! Keep the mystery going, keep him thinking about you.

“I’m not a piano, but I play one on TV….”

False equivalence there, Max. Phoebe reads a work of fiction that would be impractical/ impossible for her to act out in real life; you’re reading a how-to book on which you could act.

Max needs to read a book that delineates the difference between fact and fiction.

Weird not seeing him on his phone…

I’m sure Phoebe can put a spell on people if she really wants to.

I like ‘Mr. Carpenter’s’ "train without a track. See Klaatu.

Model trains (and trolleys) can become a consuming passion. I knew people who hand built their tracks using scale sized creosote treated ties and rails that had to be set with tiny railroad spikes to the proper gauge. Add a functional overhead trolley wire and you have a maintenance nightmare to keep it all working properly.

she’s totally into zapping, tho

Are you sure your father’s not Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Max? ;P