Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Consciousness Streaming
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Way I Feel
My son is, right now, carving a jack o'lantern. Pumpkins are pretty gross when you cut them open -- lots of slimy guts and a garbagy smell. Amazing that such delicious pies can be made from them.... Sample ballots arrived in the mail today. I must vote, but I'm sick of hearing about the candidates, sick of the negativity and attempts at manipulation. No wonder the turnout is always so low.... but we must stop the naked emperor.... Dragged all the summer clothes out of my closet over the weekend and replaced them with the winter togs that were stored away. I'm warmer now. Some of the things that I never wear, but could be worn, I took to the charity collection box down the street. One time I did that and later saw a homeless guy wearing one of my shirts, which freaked me....
Visual Version
My son is, right now, carving a jack o'lantern. Pumpkins are pretty gross when you cut them open -- lots of slimy guts and a garbagy smell. Amazing that such delicious pies can be made from them.... Sample ballots arrived in the mail today. I must vote, but I'm sick of hearing about the candidates, sick of the negativity and attempts at manipulation. No wonder the turnout is always so low.... but we must stop the naked emperor.... Dragged all the summer clothes out of my closet over the weekend and replaced them with the winter togs that were stored away. I'm warmer now. Some of the things that I never wear, but could be worn, I took to the charity collection box down the street. One time I did that and later saw a homeless guy wearing one of my shirts, which freaked me....
Visual Version
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
I've always been fascinated by the Plath-Hughes soap-opera (mostly because of its literary by-products). One of the more important characters has always been something of a mystery, though. But that's changing.
I've always been fascinated by the Plath-Hughes soap-opera (mostly because of its literary by-products). One of the more important characters has always been something of a mystery, though. But that's changing.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Flickr: Photos from Channel Z
Where am I?
Sorry I haven't been around here much lately. I've been Flickr-ing a lot. To be continued...
Sorry I haven't been around here much lately. I've been Flickr-ing a lot. To be continued...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Word of the Day
Word of the Day
chaussure (n)
footgear; shoes
"'I delight in Hessian boots,' said Rebecca. Jos Sedley, who admired his own legs prodigiously, and always wore this ornamental chaussure, was extremely pleased at this remark...."
--William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
I wear sneakers most days, as I work in a casual place. Today I wore leather shoes, though -- no special reason -- and felt a bit more grown up, if slightly less comfortable.
chaussure (n)
footgear; shoes
"'I delight in Hessian boots,' said Rebecca. Jos Sedley, who admired his own legs prodigiously, and always wore this ornamental chaussure, was extremely pleased at this remark...."
--William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
I wear sneakers most days, as I work in a casual place. Today I wore leather shoes, though -- no special reason -- and felt a bit more grown up, if slightly less comfortable.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Consciousness Streaming
Consciouness Streaming
October: time to turn off the AC and turn up the heat. Time to put my bermudas away and get out the winter shirts -- if I can remember where I put them. Frost coming, leaves falling; my uncle died on Friday, age 91. Not sure if I can make it to the memorial service, a five-hour drive away... I saw my breath this morning, for the first time this season... Change is in the air, but... Why don't I... go to bed now...
Visual Version
October: time to turn off the AC and turn up the heat. Time to put my bermudas away and get out the winter shirts -- if I can remember where I put them. Frost coming, leaves falling; my uncle died on Friday, age 91. Not sure if I can make it to the memorial service, a five-hour drive away... I saw my breath this morning, for the first time this season... Change is in the air, but... Why don't I... go to bed now...
Visual Version
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Tucson Weekly: Mysteries in the Mountains
Twilight Zone
"Deep in the mountains close to the Mexican border, a mysterious place exists where time is altered at random...."
Whether this story (from Tucson Weekly) is truth or fiction, or a little of both, it gives me the creeps: Mysteries in the Mountains.
"Deep in the mountains close to the Mexican border, a mysterious place exists where time is altered at random...."
Whether this story (from Tucson Weekly) is truth or fiction, or a little of both, it gives me the creeps: Mysteries in the Mountains.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Spam Poem
Random Acts of Poetry
I received the following text in a spam e-mail today. I think it's actually pretty good, for spam. (The title and line breaks are mine.)
Hypnotic Abstraction
A secretly dirt-encrusted tornado
is ostensibly hypnotic.
Now and then, the inferiority complex
accurately buys an expensive gift
for some vacuum cleaner
from a vacuum cleaner. Furthermore,
a satellite behind a carpet tack trembles,
and the self-loathing fairy
single-handledly pees on a turn signal.
Indeed, a pine cone overwhelmingly cooks
cheese grits for a so-called mastadon.
A cough syrup requires assistance
from an abstraction.
~~~
Quote of the Day:
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
--John Lennon (born October 9th 1940)
I received the following text in a spam e-mail today. I think it's actually pretty good, for spam. (The title and line breaks are mine.)
Hypnotic Abstraction
A secretly dirt-encrusted tornado
is ostensibly hypnotic.
Now and then, the inferiority complex
accurately buys an expensive gift
for some vacuum cleaner
from a vacuum cleaner. Furthermore,
a satellite behind a carpet tack trembles,
and the self-loathing fairy
single-handledly pees on a turn signal.
Indeed, a pine cone overwhelmingly cooks
cheese grits for a so-called mastadon.
A cough syrup requires assistance
from an abstraction.
~~~
Quote of the Day:
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
--John Lennon (born October 9th 1940)
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Found elsewhere
Nota Bene
Sony's Portable Reader. Have I seen the future?
~~~
Small world: Blue Tea showcases an amazing gallery of colorful biological image photography.
~~~
The 18th-century Internet? A history of the coffeehouse
Sony's Portable Reader. Have I seen the future?
~~~
Small world: Blue Tea showcases an amazing gallery of colorful biological image photography.
~~~
The 18th-century Internet? A history of the coffeehouse
Monday, October 02, 2006
Word of the Day: stultiloquy
Word of the Day
stultiloquy (n)
Foolish talk; babbling
"In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to myself."
--John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold: : A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
Would make a good name for a blog, I suppose....
stultiloquy (n)
Foolish talk; babbling
"In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to myself."
--John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold: : A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
Would make a good name for a blog, I suppose....
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