Shooting War Review
Shooting War Anthony Lappe Shooting War posits a world gone mad in the wake of Dubya’s ill-conceived war on terror, delivering some unexpected LOL moments without straying too far from a very serious underlying message. Check out my full review on PopCultureShock. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Vox Hunt: Take Me Anywhere
If you had the ability to teleport, where would you go right now? Isla Mujeres Isla Muerejes, Mexico. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Parent-Teacher Nights
Back-to-School 2007 Isaac and India both had their parent-teacher conferences this week, but because I stayed home with them Tuesday and Wednesday as they were sick, Salomé had to attend both meetings solo in the evening. While I’ve met both of their primary teachers, she’d only spoken with them over the phone and via email, so it worked out okay, especially
Spindle swag
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Patricia Smith, Michael Cirelli, Ivan Brandon and more
It’s Spindle‘s penultimate update before the official launch in January and it’s the most eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and photography yet, including the debut of our first column, Mahogany Browne’s Coffee & Brooklyn (C&B), and the latest Notable New Yorker interview, Ivan Brandon: Crime Comics Czar. Log on now to check out new poetry,
Support the Striking Writers
There’s a great website called fans4writers.com that is trying to organize support for the members of the Writers Guild of America who went on strike this past Monday after negotiations over royalties for usage of their creations in new media vehicles — ie: re-playing TV episodes and streaming movies online, the sale of digital copies of TV episodes, etc. Philosophically speaking,
Hell, no!
Amd_frontpage11_06 Not just no, but “HELL, NO!“ “As I’ve said before, he’s one of the free agents in the market, and we’re looking at all free agents,” Minaya said about A-Rod, whose private plane flew from Miami to the Bahamas on Sunday… Minaya continues to reaffirm his pleasure with David Wright and Jose Reyes, but
Vox Hunt: Tick Tock
Show us what makes you tick. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Belated Jack-O-Lantern
Jack-O-Lantern 2007 Isaac and I finally got around to carving the pumpkin he picked a few weeks ago during India’s birthday picnic party, using a cheapo carving kit we bought that included templates. He picked one of the more difficult choices but I was up for the challenge since it was the first time we were
Damn Yankees!
Over on Facebook last week, I posed a question — “If you could make me write a poem, what would it be about?” — and got some interesting responses that I’ve been letting marinate in the hopes that one of them would break through my current case of writer’s block. Yesterday, determined to read something new at