Venus, You Say

Hey-o, Wordletting was kind enough to publish me again (second page this time, baby, movin’ up in the world…).  Check out “Venus Grapefruit” because breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Rearranging Shelves

There’s nothing like the threat of family coming to stay-over that makes one think about the cleanliness of one’s home.  That could go into the truth categories, but it remains a solid fact today.
So, to cleaning up the guestroom/my office.
This room serves two main purposes: to sleep guests & to have somewhere to put my [...]

The Tweet Life?

I not trying to hope on the bandwagon of disgruntled 30+-somethings complaining, in general, about the overwhelming distractions of multiple technoligies today. 
For the most part, those between 30 and 100 are trying to stay in the current, texting (albeit more slowly), Facebooking, and Tweeting on Twitter.  They don’t seem to like it much, but they’re [...]

Women According to Frank Miller and Alan Moore

As far as I can tell from watching Sin City, The Watchmen, and The 300 women in Frank Miller’s or Alan Moore’s world are either:
1. Whores
2. Lesbians whores.
3. Mothers that are whores and have bastard children with ruthless men. 
 4.  Heroines that sleep around (i.e. are whores).  They also take their fair share (if not the [...]

Gotta…Stop…Buying…Books

But – and there always is a but – I am being responsible to both the environment and to my pocketbook.  I only buy library discards.  Right now my library is having a 2 for 1 sale.  The best part is librarians are not good at math so they look at my pile of books [...]

Two-fer July

Lucky me, up at two journals this month.  Check out Zygote in My Coffee which kindly accepted “Circular Arguments” by yours truly.  Also, this issue they have made me their ‘poem of the week’ with another little ditty I wrote called “Mark John”.
You know, sometimes I don’t even understand the things I write.

Good Things for Those Who Wait (Until the Last Page?)

Hey-o, another journal has decided to take me on!  Mastodon Dentist decided my piece “Summer Lake Sky” might be appropriate for a summer issue.  I can’t say I blame them.  Thanks Mastodon!
One neat thing about this journal is the free copyright art they use for their covers.  I used to be able to find the [...]

Yet Another List About Books

Okay, summer is here officially.  Non-officially, there was snow in Calgary only three weeks ago.  Anyway.  Time for getting caught up on books.  (And homework, eee.).   Here are some books I’m going to try and tackle this summer:
1.  Harry Potter 6 & 7 – I completed these over the last two weeks.  THe movie is [...]

Red-Eyed Poplars

I was thinking that perhaps we should name trees according to the reactions they produce in allergy season.  Maybe this would cause people to think twice before they buy a Red-Eyed Poplar, or a Snotty Willow.  Itchy Ash?  Try Preparation ‘Don’t Plant It’.  Need a remedy for an I-Can’t-Breathe Elm?  Try an axe.
Hey, I am [...]

The Books I Bought (This Year!)

Since the Calgary Reads booksale was such a great deal last year, went again this year.  Well I went tonight, I should say because I might go again tomorrow.  This was the first time they’ve done a Friday night opening and it was lined up down the block!!  And we parked three blocks away!
I’m still [...]