Today’s radio gig went well. Fish, Oscar, Rich, Ed and myself representing for Acentos on Louis Reyes Rivera’s weekly WBAI show, Perspective. Rivera is like the Yoda of poetry. Tiny old guy, his eyes practically drip wisdom, history clinging to his brown skin – he’s the closest thing to an actual griot I’ve ever met.
“Governor” Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Say it out loud a couple of times so you understand that it really happened. Let it sink in. Note the feeling, if any, in the pit of your stomach while you consider the potential ramifications of a political neophyte governing the largest state in the country, in charge of one of
Between the unpredictability of the football season and a particularly vibrant baseball playoffs, this is the most exciting time of the year in sports. The underlying drama of the playoffs is as compelling as any book or movie and as unpredictable as the best episodes of Survivor or the workings of the female mind. I’m
This is my brain: _/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/ This is my brain after leaving too much work for the last minute and not having anything to eat all day: _________________ Admit it, you love the visuals. 😉 I’d wonder why I leave these financial advertorials I have to write every month to the last minute but I already
PSI Basic Membership: $15 PSI Venue Certification: $45 PSI Poet Gallery Feature: $100 (Associate member, $35, or higher only) iWPS Registration Fee: $100 NPS Registration Fee: $350 Buddy Wakefield questioning someone’s contributions to PSI: PRICELESS!!!
In other news… Judge overturns ruling on Redskins nickname “There is no evidence in the record that addresses whether the use of the term ‘redskin(s)’ in the context of a football team and related entertainment services would be viewed by a substantial composite of Native Americans, in the relevant time frame, as disparaging,” she wrote.
Conscious self Overall self The Enneagram is a system which divides all human behavior into nine personality divisions. Your main type is whichever of those nine behaviors you use most, in your case Type 7. Your mean type, Type 6w7, is who you are on average, based on the sum influence of all nine behaviors.
Clark, Dean Urge Rush Limbaugh’s Firing I wasn’t going to comment on this at all but after seeing the above headline, I just couldn’t resist. Talk about some old-school, pandering bullshit! First of all, I saw Limbaugh’s comment live and in context and felt there was absolutely nothing racist about it, then or now. The
Not to be all starstruck stupid or anything but how cool is it that Jessica Rydill, author of Children of the Shaman, not only read through my blog but dropped me a note in the guestbook? It’s VERY cool is what it is. 🙂
Authors-on-your-shelf meme (Meme: copy somebody else’s list, delete the authors that aren’t on your shelf, and add some authors you have – keeping the number at ten.) Dawn Saylor’s List: Neil Gaiman Michael Chabon Jack McCarthy Douglas Adams Philip K. Dick Sandra Cisneros Lee Francis Erica Jong Jhumpa Lahiri Jonathon Franzen My List, in no