Here be dragons.
Could you… Should you… Be a Secret Admirer?
You might want to be a secret admirer because you like someone or you might do it to perk up someone who has been alone awhile or feels left out. Be careful, either way. It’s fun to have the mystery of a secret admirer but it can backfire.… Read the rest
Do you know the old song, The Cat Came Back? Written by Harry S. Miller, Christmas 1893.
I remember it as an old recording sung by a man with a deep voice and it was very haunting. People who went up in balloons never to be seen again. People exploding in mines in thousands of pieces, but the cat came back.… Read the rest
Tuesday, Jan 16, 2001 – Originally posted to Salon, then archived. But, as of today, I could no longer find the post at Salon (searched the site for it).
Julia Solis throws dinner parties in the subway tunnels of New York.
This is my current blogroll of writing links from WordGrrls. There are doubles because I re-add links fairly often. So far I haven’t found something which lets me know I already have a link on my blogroll. I also need to make time to check them for link rot. They should be fairly ok though. I do have a link checking plugin – when I run it on WordPress.… Read the rest
via The crappy world of Transport for London’s advice poetry – Us Vs Th3m.
What would you write to turn ordinary transit etiquette into verse? Think of the last time you took a bus, street car, or whatever they call the public transportation where you live.
Don’t forget to thank the driver
of his safe driving you’re a survivor.… Read the rest
There are few options for writers, artists and musicians when it comes to protecting your work in the days of the computer and Internet. It seems there is not much to be done once you fire off the initial legal mouth piece paperwork. Then sit back and wish you could hire someone to really do something.… Read the rest
… Read the restSlipstream poetry has been referred to as the, “fiction of strangeness”. Slipstream poetry crosses boundaries and leaves you feeling very odd, but in a good way. Most slipstream poetry contains some form of a science fiction or fantasy theme. The term ‘slipstream’ was coined by Bruce Sterling back in 1989, but it’s really starting to gain popularity now.
One 80’s TV show they should make over is, The Equalizer. Does anyone else remember that one? Edward Woodward starred in it. He was an older man, retired from the CIA or something. Kind of a crusty, grumpy old guy at times but he would take up a cause from the little guy and fight for it.… Read the rest