December 2008
“Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one’s...”
– good ol’ Keats
The End Of My Vacation
Today I spent a nice day doing almost absolutely nothing except I watched JFK with my parents and now believe that it would have been impossible for Lee Harvey Oswald to act alone.
Also I am addicted to Swiss Miss hot chocolate with the little marshmellows in it that are so small they dissolve along with the chocolate mix, and I did laundry and decided maybe I should just stop wearing socks all...
Home, After:
1 idiotic woman who held up security because she was trying to bring CANNED ROAST BEEF and BOTTLES OF COOKING OIL in her carry-on and kept trying to explain “But I really wanted to cook a nice meal later”
1 delayed flight
2 screaming babies (one 9-month-old sitting in front of me, and a one-and-a-half year old sitting next to me)
5 or 6 instances of vomit from the girl two seats...
Watchdutchwest:
Whipits, the shortest sketch show in history. We shot this over a year ago and Atom recently debuted it on their site. Reblog if you digg!
AWESOME.
Dial-In Poetry Delivery →
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I love Joshua Beckman’s poetry … why, oh why, will I not be here on December 21st? I think I live within one mile of this place too, which means I could totally have gotten a poem delivered in person. This makes me want to change my plane tickets.
My New Favorite Fiction Genre →
hell the-fuck yes. Might I suggest The Expedition of Humphry Clinker? A misanthropic and hypochondriachal old man who pretends to hate everyone around him, but is actually a big softie; a nearly illiterate maid who tries her best to write letters; an arrogant Scottish soldier who gets captured by Indians, tortured, and forced to marry an Indian squaw named Squinkinacoosta … what more could...
Oh, Lewis Carroll ...
`Serpent!’ screamed the Pigeon.
`I’m NOT a serpent!’ said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!’
`Serpent, I say again!’ repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, `I’ve tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!’
`I haven’t the least idea what you’re talking ...
Psst - It's not the size of the sentence, it's... →
I don’t think I will be reading this book, which, “except for a few pages of flashbacks, is made up of a single 150,000-word sentence.”
My favorite part of this article is the author’s brilliant observation, “It has a lot of commas.”
Endnotes:
I am addicted to them.
Also to the word “jettisoned.”
two days left until i turn in that final term...
An Interview with Dave Housley →
I’ve never heard of this guy before, but after reading this interview, my interest is piqued. I especially liked this part:
“Is there a book or author that most made you want to write?
Flannery O’Connor to begin with. I read her in college. I don’t think there’s ever been a better short story writer. It’s all so incredibly strange and funny and moving. I...
