August 2010
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The Plunge
I would bathe myself in strangeness: These comforts heaped upon me, smother me! I burn, I scald so for the new, New friends, new faces, Places! Oh to be out of this, This that is all I wanted - save the new. And you, Love, you the much, the more desired! Do I not loathe all walls, streets, stones, All mire, mist, all fog, All ways of traffic? You, I wold have flow over me like water, Oh, but far...
July 2010
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Vers de Société
My wife and I have asked a crowd of craps To come and waste their time and ours: perhaps You’d care to join us? In a pig’s arse, friend. Day comes to an end. The gas fire breathes, the trees are darkly swayed. And so Dear Warlock-Williams: I’m afraid - Funny how hard it is to be alone. I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted Over to...
Everything-ism →
bobulate:
David Sedaris uses, not a real stove but, a stove metaphor to talk about work-life balance:
One burner represents your family, one is your friends, the third is your health, and the fourth is your work. The gist … was that in order to be successful you have to cut off one of your burners. And in order to be really successful you have to cut off two.
James Franco seems to defy...
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I’d Have You Anytime by George Harrison
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These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding
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Re: free lunch at work (sandwiches)
C1: I think I bought too much meat.
C2: I think you might have too.
Me: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could never have too much meat?
C2: Perv
Me: ...I meant in terms of the sandwich, but nice to know you are just as perverted as I am.
“We can do anything. It’s not because
our hearts are large, they’re not, it’s...”
– Richard Siken (via cfbwe) (via poetbabble)
“Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
It’s the same when love comes to an...”
– Jack Gilbert, “Failing and Flying” (via cfbwe) (via poetrynews)
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The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love by Jens...
“so when are you going to win the lottery so neither of us have to work again in...”
– Amanda
Why do I have to do all the dirty work?!
Anybody live/know about Norristown, PA?
I’m up for a position down that way and am wondering if it is worth the move.
Tumblr Couch surfing?
I need a vacation. Badly. My sanity is already gone.
“The interrobang is a combination of a question mark and an exclamation point....”
– The Culture of the Interrobang
“The man at Kacy’s door was smaller than she’d expected. His voice on the phone...”
– Dinaburg’s Cake - The Rumpus.net
A short story from Doug Dorst’s The Surf Guru. This was voted The Rumpus Book Club’s favorite short story from The Surf Guru collection. Click the link to read the rest.
tesslynch:
wolf parade — this heart’s on fire
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Another reason why I'm upset with New York State.
mandygranger:
http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_4a7f02fe-975d-11df-80a1-001cc4c03286.html
Really? This is pretty revolting.
NY isn’t the only state doing that though…
“In a work of fiction, one assumes there is a conscious mind behind the words on...”
– From The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster
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gracielalala asked: please don't be offended by how inarticulate i am. my frequent omfgs, lmaos, and hahahas tend to undermine my thoughts when really they are simply the best expressions of my excitement, etc.
poetbabble asked: It's a very quiet book, one feels cloistered reading it. And yet, it is multi-layered, and much bigger of a read than it first appears. I want to read it again, now that I have the actual narrative...I'd like to read it as a writer, read for all the symbolism and references and metaphor and analogy...
If you do read, I'd love to hear your thoughts...
If you do read, I'd love to hear your thoughts...
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I See You!
We’re all on mandatory overtime this month; we’re behind, or we want to get ahead. I never got the memo, really, other than the brief note of “you are working overtime until…well…further notice” with no explanation. I don’t mind: extra cash —- time and a half — good karma for when I decide I’ve had enough for one day and need to leave...
Obama a “Socialist”? I Wish! →
midnightinaperfectworld:
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fleetfootedfox:
thesheeportheshepherd:
feistyfeminist:
carsonsuggs:
I wish Obama had pressed for single-payer national health care.
I wish Obama had nationalized Citicorp and Bank of America, rather than bail them out.
I wish he would have favored breaking up the rest of the big banks so they couldn’t destroy our economy.
I wish he would...