Party Like A Rock Star
Party Like A Rock Star He heard the music most of us tune out without realizing, marched to a beat mere mortals couldn’t comprehend. A rock star, literally, Peter of the Earth conducted life-giving electricity through those he loved and strangers alike, in random bars and nightclubs and open mics and windswept beaches in the
Who I Be?
In lieu of an actual post, here’s some insight… Personality Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Fail to plan, plan to fail
“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”–E. B. White Spindle I have a tendency to be a bit impulsive at times; to jump into things without thinking them through, flying by the seat of my pants and
QotD: My Solo Getaway
Would you go on vacation by yourself, and if so where would you go?Submitted by Sean & Stefan. New Mexico Assuming money’s no object, I’d start in New Mexico, rent a real Jeep and spend two weeks driving throughout the Southwest — NM, Arizona, Texas, down into Mexico — taking in as many cities and open spaces
Gym Dandy
It’s been a month since I started going back to the gym, and though my weight loss has pretty much come to a halt at 183lbs, I can definitely see the difference as I’m starting to tone up, and feel the difference as my stamina continues to improve each week. My complete workout is roughly 60
I Hate Memes
…the way I hate cheap beer. In the right setting, nothing beats a cold PBR in a can. Plus, I was tagged. First the housekeeping. The rules of this meme are:1. Let others know who tagged you.2. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.3. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their
Honesty, Batman and “I”, and Moving Forward
Jason Carney After reading Tony Brown’s latest Zero Point Zero column, “Kicking an Addiction“, a couple of things jumped out at me about my own writing that I’ve always known but kept buried in one of the more remote closets in my brain. Much like the speaker in Buddy Wakefield’s poem “Convenience Stores,” I’m addicted
WGUY in Cincinnati
WKRP Talk about a one-two punch! I was out in Cincinnati yesterday for my job and, as I’m heading into my first meeting, I get a text message from Salomé that India didn’t make it into the NEST program. BODY BLOW! I wasn’t completely surprised, though I’d been holding on to the slimmest of hopes that
Shaking off the rust
Nuyorican Performing your poetry onstage isn’t like riding a bike at all, unless you’re talking about the part where your foot keeps slipping off the pedal and it bloodies your shin. I used to hate that! When I decided last week to hit the Nuyorican for last night’s slam, I figured it’d be a fun, low-pressure show where
Objectivity is for cowards…
Countdown Keith Olbermann Special Comment on Libby Pardon Keith Olbermann on Bush, Cheney: “Which is the ventriloquist and which is the dummy is now irrelevant.” As cable news talking heads go, Olbermann’s always been one of the more interesting ones, but in a time where the Daily Show typically offers the most incisive news coverage