What value do you place on ( Read more... )

I was about an hour into my workday when another poem fell into my head and out of my fingers. I got to a computer just in time to preserve a poem about Rome, posted this evening to poetssociety.

[Addendum, 10:23PM, 22 Sept. 2008]
I've posted another poem, called Not Listening.

Yeah, I'll borrow my subject line from a title of an episode of The Venture Bros.

I know I've gone around the bend when I find I've joined a poetry community on LJ-poetssociety-and am actively posting to it within minutes of the join. If I'm having a midlife crisis, (I turned 40 just under three months ago) I can at least take comfort in not finding myself ( Read more... )

In another fit of self- Romanizing, I will take on the Roman name Quintus Marcius Crispus. The praenomen and nomen are derived from Quintus Marcius Rex, the builder (or son of the builder depending on referential veracity) of the Aqua Marcia. The cognomen Crispus I chose because it resembles my given name and refers to the protagonist of a pair of ( Read more... )

Earlier this evening while driving I recalled another drive of several years ago, southbound on NW 21st Ave., headed toward Burnside in Portland. Another driver approached in the opposite lane, a woman in a newer model compact car, probably imported. As we drove past one another we locked eyes and both smiled. I can still see her face, perfectly ( Read more... )

The meme goes like this:

• take a picture of yourself right now.
• don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
• post that picture with NO editing.
• post these instructions with your picture.

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I won't go
to Myanmar
It's poorly named
and way
too far
Burma-Shave

bryant got there first, but I find my general opinion of The Dark Knight follows his closely. I was thoroughly engaged by the film and enjoyed it very much, but didn't think it was the four star blowout others have made it out to be. My pal Kevin didn't like The Dark Knight nearly as much as I and thought it needed some editing to trim the play time. ( Read more... )

Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

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Courtesy of amberley and liralen, a link to an article about information overload, with the following quote: For most of human history, there was little chance of overdosing on information, because any one day in the Olduvai Gorge was a lot like any other. Today, though, we can find in the course of a few hours online more information than our ancient ancestors ( Read more... )