Thesis: Many people don't "get" poetry, especially the kind that plays with subtle slippages of meaning, because their own use of language is so messy that they don't see the precision and multivalence of poetry.

1) Mr. Frog says that in North Carolina the summer I worked out every day, I looked BLOCKY. :O Or perhaps that emoticon should be ( Read more... )

( CRUSH ALL GILESES!! )

Please consider signing this petition urging the South Korean government to make adoptees an integral party in the revision of adoption laws:

Adoptee Right to Participate in Korean Adoption Law Revision Petition:Dear Director Park Sook-ja ( Read more... )

Stayed up too late on YouTube. :P

My new research project will be on CATS AND DOGS IN YOUTUBE COVER SONG VIDEOS.

:D

1) Yesterday, I saw standing next to my Catholic university's sign two Mormon missionaries in their standard white-shirt with tie and dark slacks. They appeared to be proselytizing (talking to another young man ( Read more... )

This morning, Mr. Giles and I walked through the convenience store parking lot. Usually when we do so, it means I'm going to tie him up outside and leave him to go inside the store for a few minutes. He does not like being tied up and left alone. Today, as soon as we entered the parking lot, he pulled back and gave me that look that says, "I am not ( Read more... )

In my email inbox today is a message saying that I have been approved for inclusion in the Who's Who in Canada publication.

At the cash register of the diner:

Waitress: (Looking at credit card with beagle photo on it.) Do you guys have a beagle?
Me: (Shows her a photo of Giles.) Beaglish.

We eat there often enough that she knows our regular order. It's also nice that her question acknowledged that we are "together."

1. I got a third unsolicited essay from one "Manisha Shekhar" who wishes me to publish it in my "prestigious journal." I seriously don't know if this is spam or from someone who believes I run such a journal! (After I replied to the first request, I immediately got the second submission ( Read more... )