Show-off

Immediately after my Tweet and the froth-flecked reverberations its flight inspired, I felt more than twinges of regret that I had roused the beasts which I have sought for years to placate through the uttering of low amusements: I felt genuine anxiety that their ire was directed at me, a Show-off who depends on goodwill to ensure the making of a living which in this economy is no easy feat.

Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011

And although my chosen profession Show-off often puts me in plain view of the public, it does not make me invulnerable to the criticism, both merited and arbitrary, which invariably comes my way.

Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011

Immediately after my Tweet and the froth-flecked reverberations its flight inspired, I felt more than twinges of regret that I had roused the beasts which I have sought for years to placate through the uttering of low amusements: I felt genuine anxiety that their ire was directed at me, a Show-off who depends on goodwill to ensure the making of a living which in this economy is no easy feat.

Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011

And although my chosen profession Show-off often puts me in plain view of the public, it does not make me invulnerable to the criticism, both merited and arbitrary, which invariably comes my way.

Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011

My earliest childhood memories include playing outside with my sisters, my brother, and Show-off Neighbor Boy.

Strawberry fields forever e 2008

We had a huge fight with Show-off Neighbor Boy when he threatened to chop one of the trees down, saying that it was on his parents' land.

Strawberry fields forever e 2008

Show-off, Leah thought wryly as she moved to stand at the side railing, ready to help everyone aboard.

Fugitive Bride Lee, Miranda 1998

: Show-off,: she teased, settling down carefully next to him so that he could curl up beside her, for all the world like a strange sort of gangly foal.

Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

: Show-off,: she teased, settling down carefully next to him so that he could curl up beside her, for all the world like a strange sort of gangly foal.

Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

On nearly every Front Porch some Girl whose Father was not interested in the First National Bank would peer out through the Morning Glories at the Show-off and then writhe like an Angle-Worm.

Ade's Fables George Ade 1905