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• Casual amusement can be one of a wizard's greatest problems.
  After all, when one can conjure virtually anything, what can one do to 'get away from it all?...
• A wizard is only as good as his spells," people will often say.
  It is telling however, that this statement is only made by people who have never been wizards themselves....
• SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.
  Frequently appended to each installment is a "synposis of preceding chapters" for those who have not read them, but a direr need is a synposis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read _them_....
• A wizard must always know how to use words. Practice smiling as you recite the following simple exercise.
  First: "The spell has not worked. It is best that you get out of your house before it explodes....
• Religion is a personal matter, and those of us in the sorcerous profession would do well to steer clear of it.
  Still, you will find some situations, say a spell accidentally demolishing someone's holy temple, where you will be given the choice of (1) conversion to their belief, or (2) being sacrificed to their deity....
• Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl taking a stroll through the woods.
  All at once she saw an extremely ugly bull frog seated on a log and to her amazement the frog spoke to her....
• Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter.
  However, soon after the weather turned cold, the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south....
• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....