My Neighborhood

I remember when the words just tumbled out like music made by my heart, and the work was in keeping up with them, typing fast enough to catch the ideas before they slipped away, so there'd be something beautiful to come back to and clean up. It doesn
Published: Sunday, 1 November 2009 07:38 PM

I love every chance to go to the Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta, from rainy Saturday afternoons playing make believe as a child with sisters and friends in it's exotic spaces while we were supposed to be watching Doris Day and Rock Hudson e
Published: Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:59 PM

I bought tickets to see Rob Thomas at The Fox this Wednessday, September 30. It was an impulsive thing to do, on a Friday night in July, before what will hereinafter and forevermore be referred to as The Wedding (more on this, another time). I w
Published: Monday, 28 September 2009 12:53 PM

A few years back we discovered Olive Garden's delightful all you can eat soup and salad lunch special.  While we all liked the Minestrone, and the Pasta e Fagioli, the one soup we could seem to get enough of was the Zuppa Toscana.
Published: Saturday, 21 November 2009 12:43 PM

Are we talking sky diving, bungee jumping, Russian roulette?  Nope!  This seasons threat to human life as we know it is . . . . . . . drum roll please . . . . . . .  shopping. Yes.  I said shopping.  I know you
Published: Thursday, 19 November 2009 01:10 PM

The simple act of getting up and getting dressed today was making me confront way too many of life's complexities all at one time.  It's not a good way to start a morning when you are not a morning person.  While I have no problem g
Published: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 01:24 PM

Had you down for Heroic Failure on the 13th of November Could you oblige? RSVP to me We'll have tiffin on the lawn, eat small tiger for tea Measure nose to tail Will be slightly longer than the other one you see? Tasty tiger don't eat me no m
Published: Monday, 23 November 2009 04:20 PM

I suffered the misfortune of sitting next to an extremely inconsiderate man on the train on Sunday. I was subjected to 2 hours of having my leg felt and the paper snapped and wafted in my face by the most irritating elbow wielding person I've eve
Published: Friday, 20 November 2009 06:24 AM

In my present role helping a team become more agile I was asked to help with some interviews. We must have talked to about ten people. The profile is relatively unusual: Object-oriented PHP with MVC and some Oracle PL/SQL. Unusual but a lot of people
Published: Friday, 20 November 2009 07:08 AM

Something to think aboutYou will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.   A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life andhow things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going tomake it and wanted to
Published: Monday, 23 November 2009 08:36 AM

Something to think aboutYou will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.   A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life andhow things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going tomake it and wanted to
Published: Monday, 23 November 2009 02:34 AM

Even some of them that already have men, complain.  Women who believe the Lord Jesus Christ is their savior, women who have their own money, and even those who are educated and independent, good looks and nice bodies are having difficulty in hav
Published: Thursday, 19 November 2009 06:35 AM

Adrastos admits that Mr. Gloomy Pants may be right about something.
Published: Monday, 23 November 2009 12:15 AM

Cwucify him.
Published: Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:37 PM

"The sea refuses no river, we're polluted now but in our hearts still clean."
Published: Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:21 AM

Hello again. One week to go before the life-threatening exam. Haha.. Please pray that all of us takers will pass :) Thank you so much!
Published: Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:01 AM

How boring can my title get? Hehe.. But please bear with me. I saw some comments on my blog board. I thought I had that moderated already, apparently not as I saw some comments that I suppose are totally unrelated. But thanks to those who drop by and
Published: Saturday, 14 November 2009 10:08 PM

I couldn't resist not posting. I slipped off while I was climbing up my dad's SUV. I slipped all the way down and my shins hit the step. Immediately, my shins swelled and I got light scrapping. I know it's gross but it really hurt so bad
Published: Sunday, 1 November 2009 08:54 AM

  [Ed.:  conclusion of letter Mike wrote to his friend Harry.  Thank you, Harry, as always.] ...You are doing a hell of a job to keep getting your work in print.  Can you suggest to me how I can do the same?  The few tim
Published: Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:37 AM

  (Continuation of Letter to Harry from Mike...)  ....What do you do with yourself, physically?  I stay indoors mostly, though I sojourn sometimes to a store or some such shit.  I miss a town with squares and rectangles and c
Published: Sunday, 25 October 2009 12:16 PM

  [Ed. Note:  Getting aggravated about the waning supply of Mike's  communications, when I turned to the letters generously supplied by Mike's esteemed friend Harry, and found one that really makes him right here all over again
Published: Saturday, 26 September 2009 12:53 PM

The March winds whip defiantly at anything uncovered or unsupported, scattering debris about.
Published: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 09:40 AM

HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all May 2009 be a great year for you all personally.All the very best,Jonathan xxx
Published: Tuesday, 30 December 2008 02:39 AM

I will never understand computers.  For some reason, music played through Windows Media Player is now skipping a LOT and it’s annoying me.  I’ve tried listening to the tracks (which played perfectly well until today) through Rea
Published: Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:31 PM

 (photograph from Lee Friedlander, "New Mexico", 2001)"Saigon, it was all goneThe same Coke machinesAs the streets I grew onDown in a mesquite canyonWe come walking along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridgeCampsite'
Published: Friday, 21 September 2007 09:48 AM

 (photo by Jean Ferro, Lewis: 1st Street and Temple, Downtown Los Angeles, s/d)"Using the stone of the philosopher to convert copper into gold is indeed wonderful.More wonderful still is the fact that, moment by moment, the philosopher
Published: Monday, 3 September 2007 07:21 AM

(photo by Marco Barsanti)"No wine glasses here, but wine is handed round.No smoke, but burning.Listen to the unstruck sounds.and what sifts through that music".1Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)1 RUMI, Jelaluddin taken from the CD Bourbon &a
Published: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:31 PM

Fear and loathing come to town halls near you. Much more exciting than actual dialogue, don't you think?
Published: Friday, 7 August 2009 12:49 PM

Taking another shot at a book per month. So far, so good.
Published: Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:58 PM

A good day to recall a little ol' private detective in backwoods South Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 12:27 PM

Tribute to Hugh Hopper 1945-2009
Published: Saturday, 4 July 2009 10:47 AM

Tracks:- 1. Proust from the Bottom Up p. 252 2. Firewall p.513-519 3. 2 times 14 line sonnets:- a. we could turn to p.434 b. looking for shelter will cause p.435 4. Sixty Words I've Never Used Before p. 524-526
Published: Monday, 29 June 2009 07:00 AM

Champions League Finale Rome May 2009
Published: Thursday, 28 May 2009 03:00 AM