Tag: dogs
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Michael Vick Furor + I H8 Change.org
So, my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers went out and signed pariah quarterback Michael Vick as what is likely to be a short term fill-in as a backup. Predictably, a few dim, narrow corridors in the social media maze have gone ablaze with fury fired so hot that it quickly consumed all available oxygen, which resulted in…
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Cats, Hemingway, and Me
I was catching up on on blog posts I’d bookmarked, things that caught my eye on busy mornings or late nights to which I had attended to return long ago, when I came upon this one from Millie Ho about Art, Edward Gorey, creativity in general and–if you read between the lines–a whole lot more.…
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I Am Sorry I Am So Lame
My last post read like an editorial in a high school newspaper, and for that I apologize. I mean to do better, but it is late, and I’m tired, and I’ve been concentrating on this damn novel at the expense of the poetry and wit you deserve. (caveat: I’ll get paid for the novel, but…
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National Poetry Month: Raymond Carver
HOPE By Raymond Carver “My wife,” said Pinnegar, “expects to see me go to the dogs when she leaves me. It is her last hope.” –D. H. Lawrence, “Jimmy and the Desperate Woman” She gave me the car and two hundred dollars. Said, So long, baby. Take it easy, hear? So much for twenty years…
Old Road Apples 