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Daily Cup of Haiku, No. 3

July 9th, 2008 No Comments

Pubs and stuff.
God bless the British:
I am helpless to resist
one more pint of ale.
One more pint of ale:
Can’t think of a better way
to loosen the tongue.
I composed the second haiku whilst on my third pint of a lovely summer ale called “Burning Gold” from Wells, the Bombardier folks. The last line of the first poem [...]

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Daily Cup of Haiku, No. 1

July 7th, 2008 No Comments

I owe quite a bit of blog material to Tara, aka Airstream Diva. Her periodic haiku entries never fail to delight me, and I’ve been itching to write a few of my own. In my efforts to mine my experiences for writing and creative material, I’ve thought recently about starting a dream journal. Too bad [...]

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Bring on the wine and cake

June 25th, 2008 No Comments

I finished reading a marvelous novel, a fable incorporating adaptations of several fairy tales - “The Book of Lost Things” by John Connolly. Set in World War II London, the book follows the adventures of its main character, a twelve-year old boy named David, as he seeks to make sense of loss, jealousy, and hatred. [...]

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Tubesday, Volume 16 - Oops, did I just say that?

June 24th, 2008 No Comments

Maybe you saw this one on the Daily Show last week:

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Phriday, Volume 8 - Multiple internet props

June 20th, 2008 No Comments

Lots of love from the *ist world this week. Houstonist featured this Art Car Parade After Party photo on Friday the 13th (Perhaps they found it frightful?).

Londonist featured a couple of my Naked Bike Ride photos on Monday, 16 June . . .

and Londonist again with this Bush protest photo on June 17.

Thanks, *ist-iverse.
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