"Now, Maizy was a good secretary--a fine secretary."

[larryhammer]

Those of you who who missed reading "Paul Bunyan and the Photocopier" because you couldn't snag a copy of Say ... have you heard this one? can now listen it as podcast (7.5MB download, 10:45 run time) on Escape Pod. Of course, if you have read it, you're still welcome to listen.

Well, the time came Paul Bunyan had a pretty successful thing going with his lumber business. Fact is, the first year his company went public, the stock price doubled, and it went up fifty percent each of the three years after that. Mind you, this made Paul a target for corporate raiders. Why, the battle he had with Bluebeard is a yarn and a half—but that’s another tale. This is the story of what happened when Paul Bunyan’s secretary went on vacation.

A tall tale of corporate America and recalcitrant floor-cameras -- and, of course, a Big Blue Ox.

ETA: A larger excerpt is given by Cory Doctorow in his praises on Boing-Boing.

---L.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

Nicely done.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Also:

I escaped from the Dungeon of Lnhammer!

I killed Twilight the rat, Lucy Anne the leprechaun, Rushthatspeaks the kobold, Limyaael the goblin, Galeni the rat, Sartorias the giant spider, Madrobins the arch-demon, Gregorypfeeley the dragon and Prettygoodword the giant spider.

I looted the Shield of Casacorona, the Crown of Movingfinger, the Wand of Farce, the Wand of Pacifism, the Sceptre of Kchew, the Amulet of Seanmcl, the Dagger of Understatement, a Figurine of Malsperanza, the Sword of Windrose, the Sceptre of Stillnotbored and 203 gold pieces.

Score: 403

Explore the Dungeon of Lnhammer (http://thesurrealist.co.uk/dungeon?user=lnhammer) and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

a must listen

[jillykat.livejournal.com]

Hey all, listen to this pod cast. The story is a hoot and a hollar!!!

Yay Larry!!