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Who Would Win?
Another reason why I love the Internet.
Why we Bombed Haiphong
by Jonathan Holden When I bought bubble gumto get new baseball cardsthe B-52 was everywhere you looked.In my high school yearbookthe B-52 was voted “Most Popular”and “Most Likely to Succeed.” The B-52 would give you the fingerfrom hot cars. It laid rubber,it spit, it went around in gangs,it got its finger wet and sneeredabout it….
Preface
I’m not sure when I came across . I first found his work after picking up the Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets, about five years back. I still have yet to get a book of his poems (although I’ve picked up his book of essays a half dozen times, unsuccessfully). This one poem though…
Note to Self
Get back to writing. Stop dicking around and wasting time. Revise your shit, and get the poems you think are strong enough OUT and in the mail. Once that’s done, work on the next batch. And the next. Forget about the database part for now. Just get your shit in envelopes, slap on some stamps,…
Taxes
I had an appointment today to meet with someone to do my taxes. The morning went rather slowly, but I rushed out around 1:45 hoping I wouldn’t be late for my 2:00 PM appointment. What I thought would be a quick hour turned into a drawn-out hour forty five. And I gotta say, there’s something…
Reminder
Gretchen is reading some of her poetry at Quimby’s this Thursday. March 18th. 7:00 PM. :)
Happy Pi Day
I was reminded that today is Pi Day! Happy 03.14 everybody! Man, when 2015 arrives, and the date is actually 03/14/2015, Mathematicians all over the world are going to go on some kind of wild, apeshit party binge. What’s that you say? Mathematicians don’t party? You haven’t seen any wild Euclidian geometry enthusiasts kicking their…
Getting Caught Up
Another day today, slept until noonish. I’m not sure if it’s still my body trying to get caught up, or what. On Friday evening, I was up until about 3:00 AM, doing updates on the blog. It seems that my body is prone to slipping into nocturnal mode (at least recently). Hopefully, I’m caught up…
Phil’s Birthday
Being one of his favorite haunts, Phil had his birthday this year at Cesar’s. Last year, I went to his party at Diversy Bowl (and regret not taking pictures). Cesar’s has long been a favorite of Q101 folk, and this evening was no exception. I snapped a few pics right when I arrived. Almost everyone…
The Schedule Is Difficult to Break
Last night, I was up until about 3 AM. I was more or less in this work mode, and I lost track of time. Today, I slept until about 1:30 PM. As much as I would like to return to a somewhat decent schedule, it seems like I’m slipping back into this late-night-work mode.
Post-Meal
I got some great gifts – Felix the Cat cards, as well as a couple of cool, trendy magnets. I can never really have too much Felix the Cat memorabilia. :) The dessert menu got passed around, and I ended up going with the “Choco Loco.” I pronounced it Choke-Oh Loco, but Anthony insisted on…
Initiation
Let the Feasting Begin
For an appetizer, we had…. this stuff. I forget what this is called, but it’s soybeans (slightly steamed) and coated in salt. // They’re called edamame. Thanks, Jerkstore. :) I had never had these before, and to my surprise they were quite good. The entire meal, everything felt really slow. But this struck me as…
Sushi Samba!
We all got to go out for lunch today, partly as a birthday celebration for me, and partly (sadly) a going-away party for Jill – who’s going off to bigger and better things in New York. I had never been here before and, let me state for the record… swanky. This is one of those…