The Dark Balloon

A weblog by Hao Lian.
A terrible secret guarded by golems.
A note that thanks you for being born, all those years ago.

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Also, her father likes collaging.

Now, I know Law and Order has extremely tight writing and, as a consequence, they fit everything into one hour on the tradeoff that all their characters have extremely fast reaction times. But sometimes you just get a magically absurd moment.

Female accountant for a prostitution service (on the verge of tears): Chanel. It’s Chanel. She’s an exotic British model. She lives with her boyfriend. (sobs) He’s with organized crime.

Boy, it sure is lucky that her information saved us two days worth of investigation.

[(2008 June 18) .]

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Grab bag this is a grab bag people

Never smile with a cheek full of water.

Flesh-Kincaid (n.) 1. Measurement of readability; 2. The motivating force behind my Law and Order fantasies for an entire season.

[(2007 November 14) .]