"Would a 'child' have this kind of two-handed axe proficiency ( Read more... )

Why are we, who are so much in need of forgiveness ourselves, so unwilling to extend it to others?

As always, the Internet is happy to oblige:

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

Everyone Sang ( Read more... )

I just learned a word for the smell of rain on dry earth: petrichor.

Of course, this word's roots are showing pretty clearly; it was fabricated in the sixties from the Greek words petros, "stone," and ichor, the substance that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. Apparently there's actually a yellowish, oily organic substance that ( Read more... )

So I said...
...and bluenazareth said...I have a lot to say here; maybe nobody will have the patience to read it, least of all the one person it's all directed to. That's OK with me; just getting my thoughts out and organized has been a relief. It's very possible that he may say that he didn't intend the things he said to be directed at me ( Read more... )

( Rated R for some sexual content )

...and the driver at fault had still not contacted his insurance company. I know because they still hadn't contacted me, as my insurance agent said they should; sure enough, they had no report on file ( Read more... )

So one of my co-workers today was laughing at a website of artisan chocolate, with a special emphasis on their chocolate Buddhas. Another lady sprang up to look over her shoulder; she'd heard of handmade chocolate Buddhas and wanted to know whether these were the ones filled with--cinnamon or wasabi or something otherwise spicy. Then she laughed ( Read more... )

I was reminded of this poem by Miss Meredith's recent posting of Yeates' "A Crazed Girl." This early poem, not considered her best work, may be the only Plath I actually like.

( It's Plath: neuroses ahoy! )