Aniticpating Acentos
I don’t usually get nervous about a reading until 10-15 minutes before it starts so the premature butterflies that have been floating around since last night have me feeling really dizzy. I found out last night that my aunt, youngest on my father’s side and more like a cousin, is coming to the reading and
Nothing like terror alerts, Footloose and ESPN NFL 2K5 to cap off a fun but tiring weekend! Something in Bloomberg’s demeanor during today’s press conference suggested this particular alert is the real deal and not some post-Democratic Convention political boogeyman cooked up by Karl Rove and friends. He looked intense and tired, like he’d been
Just read the text of Kerry’s prepared speech – not the transcript of the one actually delivered which varied slightly – and can’t help but think in terms of the poetry slam: 4.8 for content, 3.0 for performance. Which in this image-obsessed, media-driven world, one where George Bush is able to successfully present himself as
Kerry Weak; Kucinich Dissed
“I’m John Kerry and I’m reporting for duty.” That’s the best intro they could come up with for this clown? The biggest speech of his life and he goes with not just a bad pun, but one that is basically a slap in the face to every anti-war Democrat that’s being asked to hold their
Personally, I’m a Jung kind of guy but this thing is oddly on point! Freudian Inventory Results Genital (40%) you appear to be stuck between a progressive and regressive outlook on life. Latency (56%) you appear to have a good balance of knowledge seeking and practicality. Phallic (50%) you appear to have a good balance
Boondocks on TV? Everybody in the pool! The Vine: Cartoon drawn to ‘Boondocks’ “The Boondocks” is bound for Cartoon Network. Sources say Cartoon Network is finalizing a deal with Sony Pictures Television to pick up a half-hour series based on the newspaper comic strip “Boondocks,” penned by Aaron McGruder. The TV adaptation was initially developed
Pumpkin Seeds: Countdown to 35 Sedition
1. I turn 35 in 26 days! If you order my gift now, Amazon’s free shipping offer will get it here in plenty of time. 🙂 2. I know it’s wrong to take pleasure in others’ drama, even in an I told you so situation, but if this is true, I can’t help but be
Fun with form, thanks to Jeff Knight. Sonnet for Salomé I said to you then that “you complete me.” Though cliché, and stolen from a movie it nevertheless, remains true today. In the beginning, I was skeptical convinced there were hooks attached to strings and barbed wire fences on the horizon. As you sleep, I
For the last time…?
Truth or hyperbole? I’ve learned to never say never but in all likelihood, Wednesday, August 4th will be the last time I appear on stage as a featured poet. I fell into the slam scene on a lark back in the summer of 1997, competing in my first Friday night slam at the Nuyorican Poets
Racists say the darndest things: “In the end it is an historical fact that if you mess with white people too much, they will destroy you.” Because this quote came from a “friends-only” post on LiveJournal – excerpted from the reposting of an email sent to the LiveJournaler in question – I won’t name the