Nobody Loves a Fairy
Today I thought "I'm forty". Not dramatically, but more like, "huh" and a small "eep". And then this song popped into my head For years a fairy queen I've been For years I foiled the Demon King But...
View ArticleInterviewer
I think this is like that 5 questions meme that was going around (was it 5?), but this is in response to the Interviewer meme that I volunteered for. And check out the recent profiles about this year's...
View ArticleClogs!
The Clogmaster is coming to town! Yippee!This is like the guy in NY who used to come in from Hong Kong once a year, take measurements, and then make fitted shirts for $35 a pop. How nice to have things...
View ArticleValentine's Day Poetry
I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, but it put me in mind of this poem by ee cummings, which is probably my favorite poem ever, notwithstanding my strange HS Freshman obsession with The Hollow Men and...
View ArticleBlossom
Oh, sad. Blossom Dearie has left the building. I saw her at Danny's Skylight Room in Danny's Grand Sea Palace on 46th in 2001. So wonderful.
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Observatory
Sunday I went here.Now, I've walked up there, and been around it when it had been in chains, but not been on the grounds or the building. Holy Crap. How was this so close and I'm not there all the...
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Poetry 2
popebuck1 pointed out Whitman in my last post about poetry, and really, how could I leave out Whitman, the great and mostly likely gay king of American ecstasy? Fred Hersch has a great piece/song cycle...
View ArticleOscars!
Catch the Smackdown before the big show tonight. M¥ thoughts are included. Yay for marketing tools!
View ArticleWatchmen
Okay, this might be a **SPOILER ALERT**, but maybe not. If you've read the novel, you'll get this.Isn't Ozymandias' entire character based on a misreading of the poem? So, he's the smartest man in the...
View ArticleNOM Iowand
The NOM people have a link where you can write to the Iowa senators. I'm not sure I'll send from their website, since you have to give your address, but I did draft a letter, since it's so fun that you...
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