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Planning
Since I'm basically broke and have a three-day Memorial weekend coming up, what better way to spend it than designing my first e-book? I will have ample time to review old work, refresh/revise as needed, and put it together per the guidelines on Amazon (and BN, I suspect, though I haven't been there yet to check out their program). Now I have to ( Read more... ) -
Query
Does anyone know if there is a burn program out there that allows you to adjust the play speed for WAV files? I know you can adjust it on WMP when you're listening to it, but can you burn it like that anywhere? -
Why do anything?
Linda Holmes, in her recent essay “The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything,” ponders that, no matter how many books or movies or television programs or songs we absorb in a lifetime, there is still an unnameable amount we will never know. Holmes describes the two methods we all use to deal with this baffling concept, ( Read more... ) -
Help me!
April is National Poetry Month and I am looking for creative assignments and activities to fill in my calendar. I'll be attending a couple of open mics, one day I plan to do a vid of me reciting a poem to post online, I have days set aside for writing in a specific form... stuff like that. What else should I do? Please give me suggestions. Your ( Read more... ) -
Hey, Tomaz...
A sonnet I wrote in response to ( Read more... ) -
Poetry challenged
I've been having trouble with my Monday assignment for my yearlong challenge, which is to read OPP (Other People's Poetry). As I read, I find myself very critical of the poet from pretty much the moment I start. I think, "Wow, that's ugly," and "That metaphor means nothing to anyone anywhere except this poet," and "Ewwwww!" Occasionally, I've found ( Read more... ) -
There's More to Fear than Fear Itself
It's becoming clearer and clearer that the union busting going on in Wisconsin, Ohio, and other states has a focused purpose. Unions are the main contributors to Democrats in this country, by far. By disbanding unions and collective bargaining nationwide, Republicans ensure Democrats will no longer have the funds to compete against them in any ( Read more... ) -
Block
I've occasionally stopped contact with former friends for a pretty narrow list of reasons. Mostly, if I found the give-and-take of the relationship was all give on my side and all take on the other, hasta. I've also disconnected from one or two people for being complete and utter assholes. One person, with whom I'd been friends for twenty years, ( Read more... )
