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BLOCKED!
No no don’t worry. I’m not talking about blocking users here (least of all you; you’re my favorite). No, I’m using the word in a much older context, referring to a dread phenomenon bitched about by some writers, and existentially … Continue reading
Happy Labor Day, all you Wobblies
Okay, so maybe you’re not a card-carrying member of the One Big Union—AKA The Wobblies (legend sources the nickname to the IWW’s international outreach: a non-English speaking member tried to pronounce IWW but it came out I-Wobble-Wobble). In fact, odds … Continue reading
#FavSongLyrics
#favoritesonglyrics -? tosssup: either "No anchovies, please" or "Wooly Bully! Wooly Bully! Wooly Bully!" #bowlingballwife #MattietoldHattie — Pat Worden (@WordsmithWorden) September 5, 2016
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Stand with Standing Rock
Something extraordinary is happening, ominous yet inspiring, a scant half-mile from the northern border of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, near Fort Yates, North Dakota. The largest gathering of Native Americans in five generations has convened to support the Standing … Continue reading
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Tagged #NoDAPL, climate change, Native Americans, protest culture, Standing Rock
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RIP Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 – Aug 29, 2016)
Occasionally an actor passes, and it’s only after they’re gone that you realize how much they truly meant. We lost Gene Wilder today, and can now reflect upon his enormous and invaluable impact. From his genre-defining collaborations with Mel Brooks … Continue reading
The beer sonnet
~ ~ With thanks and salud to Max Stossel.
Vote for the crook, it’s important
1991 was another year in which we saw David Duke crawl out from under his rock. In that case he was challenging the perennially corrupt Edwin Edwards in Louisiana’s gubernatorial runoff election. Half the state’s electorate said they believed Edwards … Continue reading
Friday freebie – a novella just for you
A question I’m frequently asked, not always in the most patient of tones, is what becomes of the central characters, Sara and John, from my first novel, Mind.Net. Well…I still can’t completely answer that, as the sequel to that book … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #NotProlific, Freebie, mind.net, The Plug and Play Life, writing
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Paradise Lost: the 8-bit dance mix
Plenty of attempts have been made down through the centuries to recast John Milton’s 1660s epic poem, Paradise Lost, in some or another multi-media format. Artists ranging from William Blake to Salvador Dali have taken their turns at providing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Delta Heavy, John Milton, literature, Paradise Lost, Salvador Dali, William Blake
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America’s 240th Birthday
The Fourth of July isn’t just a date, or a holiday, or a commemoration. It’s a concept, heavy with meaning, offering symbolism for all, for every viewpoint, good or ill, that one might assign to the birth of the world’s … Continue reading
Max Stossel’s timely poetic appeal
Multi-media philosopher/bard Max Stossel is back with a gut-wrenching plea in the dual, synergistic form of a poem and a video. It is timely, pertinent, and well-nigh inarguable. Give it a watch:
RIP Muhammad Ali (Jan. 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)
He was the greatest. He told us so, but he really didn’t need to. His greatness was easily seen, perfectly understood. When he was 12 years old, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his bicycle was stolen. Young Cassius Clay, … Continue reading
Memorial Day 2016 – Recognition and Thanks
Memorial Day, as has been noted before, is the unofficial start of summer, a pre-solstice revelry of warm weather and outdoor fun. For many of us, myself thoroughly included, it’s a long-anticipated 3-day weekend, a barbecue bacchanalia, a day to … Continue reading
Aristotle’s tomb found?
Two thousand, three hundred and thirty-eight (-ish) years after his death, Aristotle’s final resting place might have been found. Greek archaeologists excavating in Stagira, Macedonia (Aristotle’s birthplace) have uncovered a semi-circular temple that, they believe, served as the philosopher’s funerary … Continue reading
