What's that, readers? I think I hear you saying, "Bumble, we tire of your sententious Robinson poems. Cease to clutter our friends lists with this high-handed tripe. We feel-- and have long felt, upon due and thorough consideration-- that the real problem with poetry is that there just aren't enough breasts in it ( Read more... )

This one goes out to all artsy geeks struggling through the banal vale of life.

That describes most everyone on my friends list, come to think of it, but I'll put the poem behind a cut anyway.

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I know that this is supposed to be sweet, but am I the only one who finds the following ritual a little creepy?

Across the country, growing numbers of conservative Christian evangelicals are staging just such gala affairs. They are called purity balls, and they celebrate the father-daughter bond. Tuxedo-clad dads promise to "war for" their ( Read more... )

I was going to entitle this entry "Life Update," but that would be disingenuous in several respects. Frankly, kids, I got nothin' that wouldn't have you on the phone looking for a solid mental institution near here. So instead, I'll give you a poem. No, I didn't write it. Yeah, I'll put it behind a cut. You're welcome.

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We’ve just had a lovely visit with jyoti, who drove down from Ontario for a few days. She and I have been good friends for a while now, and it was nice finally to meet her. One could not ask for better company or a more gracious guest. I showed her around the neighborhood in frigid weather; we talked about books and writing and poetry and roleplaying ( Read more... )

For those of you who are budding cooks, or who make sandwiches, or eat sandwiches, or know people who prepare or eat sandwiches and care about them, I say this ( Read more... )

My Christmas song, from spenceraloysius:

Bring me flesh, and bring me bumblepudding,
Bring me pine logs hither.

Good King Wenceslas
from the Christmas Song Generator.

This week on Cooking With jyoti, we learn the perils of preparing a new dish without having a picture to refer to. Now, some of you may scoff. ‘Oh, sure,’ you say. ‘Like I need a picture of a block of meat in order to make meatloaf. I’m not some cooking noob.’ Well, smart guy, how about Pan Basquaise ( Read more... )

I'll stop it with the 'redux' soon. Really.

Just wanted to mention to my panting readership (and those of you without lung conditions) that Vertai and Jendayi of PernMUSH now have an LJ. It's maintained by jyoti, who is better at this sort of thing than I am. In the unlikely event that any of you would like to read logs from my current outing, they ( Read more... )

(This week's much-belated episode of Cooking With jyoti is brought to you by the makers of Strep Throat. Strep Throat: we'll put your life in a blender and press 'puree.' Deal with it.)Ah, autumn. When the apples are ripening on the tree, and the pigs are ripening in the sty. What better season for that salty-sweet favorite, apple pork chops? Grab ( Read more... )