I decided some time a few months ago that I would write a series of political posts, roughly and approximately around the theme of the upcoming midterm elections. A lot is at stake. Less, perhaps, than in 2004. Still, there’s still three years to maybe reconsider act on this mess-of-a-decade so far.
– SEPTEMBER – is College Savings month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Arnold Schoenberg, Roald Dahl, and Fiona Apple.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
From the Book of Kells.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever bitten?
– SEPTEMBER – is Good Manners month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Ruben Studdard, and Sara and SMH!
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.”
– Leo Tolstoy
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is the scariest thing you’ve ever been bitten by?
– Today is the five year anniversary of September 11th, 2001.
– TIGERS –
10-20 in the last month. The Twins are two games back. If they go on to beat the Rangers tomorrow and the Tigers lose to the A’s, the division will be all tied up.
I always thought this song was covered in awesome sauce, in spite of not knowing what either the boy or girl were saying.
Now I’ve looked up the lyrics, and I not sure how to begin to react.
Hm. Crazy.
… Read the rest– SEPTEMBER – is also the month of kindness to editors.
– TODAY – is International Literacy Day.
– SUNDAY – is Grandparents Day and Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Today – Confucius and Antonín Dvořák and Aimee Mann and Pink.
– SEPTEMBER –
Birthstone: Sapphire.
Flower: Aster.
Virtue: Courtesy.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Queen Elizabeth I, Buddy Holly, and Gloria Gaynor.
– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Aphex Twin.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Oh no!
Poetry Literature Seminar Fall 2006
Instructor: Mark Bibbins
Myself and Strangers
CRN#1668
This course deals with representations of the self in contemporary poetry, and some of the ways in which authors and their audiences choose to negotiate accountability, identity, honesty, embellishment, polyvocality, gender, experimentation, love, gossip, influence, accuracy, drugs, the lyric, authority, mental illness, genre, style, homage, race, innuendo, labeling, irreverence, independence, fakery, obsession, turf wars, sexuality, political correctness, horniness, objectivity, ellipticism, taste, politics, trust, daring, etc.
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– Yesterday – Reading at Barnes and Noble, followed by roleplaying at Marco and Scott’s. I’m the Neutral Evil cleric of Shar from Mulmaster.
– SEPTEMBER – is Being Kind to Writers month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Jane Addams and Dolores O’Riordan.
