I wasn’t sure at first why is seemed important that I was smoking when I came across this little scene, but it seemed important for some reason. I suppose that cigarettes and cigars can be tragic in that they effect the physical health of the smoker, who will be more likely to get lung cancer [...]
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Tragedy Continued: Thank You for Smoking
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To live is Tragic
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a point in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone where the chorus begins to talk about why we watch tragdies. “Tragedy is clean,” he says. “Tragedy is restful.”
This line came back to me today as I was driving to my favorite bar. I was listening to chet baker on the car stereo sing The Thrill [...]
Ai Research – Creating a new form of life
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ai Research – Creating a new form of life
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A Slight WTF
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged wtf on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok I want to know who found my blog by searching for “seventeen year old having sex”
When I saw on the dashboard that somebody found me with that search, I tried to google and yahoo that phrase and it didn’t come up, which was a relief. Anyway i’m just curious.
Mold-A-Rama
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend I went to the zoo with some very lovely ladies. It was nice to have a date. It was nice to see the animals. But those of you who have been to Brookfield Zoo all know what the real attraction is. Of course I’m talking about the Mold-A-Rama machines.
The Mold-A-Rama is a cool [...]
The Fouts Report: Wartime Lullaby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, as most of you probably know, five students were killed on the 14th at NIU, in the building next to mine. None of my students were killed, for which I am extremely happy. I’ve already lost one student this year to a car accident and I do not wish to ever repeat the experience [...]
Reavis Hall: Aged but not Old
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At least once a week, when I am at Northern Illinois University, and on my way to teach English composition, I am stopped in the hallway by a confused student who is looking for a certain room in “reevous” hall. The first few times this happened, it didn’t strike me as anything special. But after [...]
Album Review: Sheryl Crow’s Detours
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music, Sheryl Crow, Uncategorized on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok. So I got up early and immediately downloaded Detours from iTunes. Now I have listened to it once and am going for a second listen.
The Good
It doesn’t sound like rehashed seventies pop-songs (a la songs like Steve Mcqueen or Hard to Make a Stand). This is a major improvement over her last few albums. [...]
The New Sheryl Crow Sounds Good
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music, Sheryl Crow, Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sheryl Crow’s new album Detours comes out next Tuesday and I am going to get it off of iTunes as early as humanly possible. Normally I wouldn’t care much. You see, I’ve hated Sheryl Crow’s music ever since her second album came out, but if the single is any indication, this is going to be [...]
Le Quattro Stagioni
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged le quattro stagioni, Poetry, the four seasons, Uncategorized on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a first draft of a poem I’m working on for a very special girl
Le Quattro Stagioni
I.
Come and see the lovely fawns
frisk and play, for it is their first
spring as well. Their dark eyes
shine like your dark hair with
a peculiar light, a young light.
raucous with a rush of life,
awkward with [...]
