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Conversation with an Artificial Intelligence Program
Someone put together a program that tries to learn how to converse effectively. I decided to take it for a spin on this, Judgement Day according to "The Terminator ( Read more... ) -
The Aggregation of Memory
Popular wisdom often admonishes us to live in the moment, to allow each breath we draw into our lungs to be a potential crucible of change ( Read more... ) -
Jury Duty: Part 2 (Industry Protocol)
Most of us have been called up for jury duty at some point. First there's the ominous letter in the mail, then the cavalcade of fool-proof methods for getting out of it. Finally, as the dreaded date arrives, there are the daily phone calls (or now, checking the website) and then at last, in my case, going in ( Read more... ) -
Jury Duty: Part 1 (Doink! Doink!)
Since I have had a lot of questions about this, I have decided to answer them in a series of posts (yeah, well, I'm just that verbose). I make no claims to do this in an even faintly chronological or otherwise systemic order. There's going to be some ranting in this, be aware ( Read more... ) -
London by Gaslight (A Werewolf Sonnet)
London by GaslightThe gaslight's trepidatious pomp authors ( Read more... ) -
Hunger
Hunger
Dreamed things slice
With wings framed by
Red fancies
Fed upon by truth
Reckless in
Their heedless hunger.
Comfort not
These barren trappings
Of a life
Spent among grateful
Lies gathered
Against the last day.
Remember
Fortune's fickle love,
Take haven
In the deep places
Where within
Lies a grey comfort.
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Labyrinthine Ways
Labyrinthine Ways
These labyrinthine ways
Caught like color on the wind
Give lie to these thoughts
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Sanguine Faith
Sanguine Faith
Threads of sanguine faith
Extend out bittersweet hopes
Soon cast from those heights
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A Werewolf Sonnet in Four Verses
The Oldtimer's LamentForty autumns lay heavy on this mien ( Read more... ) -
A Taste for Haiku
Click
Click. Click, click. Clickclick.
Is that agreeable sound
Your shotgun jamming?
The Buffet
The sign boasted of
An all you can eat buffet -
False advertising