Man paces in kitchen, ten at night, sipping slightly bitter coffee from a small mug, after having bathed a skunky dog

Stumped on scooping? Try the scoopscope! It’s only been tested on loess but we think it’ll be okay

Ring-ring! The telephone picks itself up and rolls forward, whirling down the dusty road with oh, such gusto. Ring-ring indeed!

Looking off in the distance forlornly, hoping a curious stranger incorrectly thinks I’m playing wheel of fortune in my head and asks what letter I guessed that wasn’t in the puzzle

gluing graham crackers onto my dartboard because I like graham crackers and hate throwing darts