tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61239070795958511182024-03-12T20:04:25.006-04:00Heathen-Blog...a series of musings from one of the world's most famous unknowns...Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-4840657499364734242011-08-22T13:14:00.012-04:002011-08-22T13:49:17.512-04:00<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">My book...</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOJ3y7KNbezwjkWRP7oeZa3YoqgaA2lymIX3JkwnAph4F8fW5cZ1DL2npC7ojSqo9LUF_fnPvxlePRiZVRVPQsrrSZAbmd4snHsJmiT64EOuhezM-RJLcbw6Sh_UxCF8Z3fm_WWWgSrC0/s1600/Book+Cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOJ3y7KNbezwjkWRP7oeZa3YoqgaA2lymIX3JkwnAph4F8fW5cZ1DL2npC7ojSqo9LUF_fnPvxlePRiZVRVPQsrrSZAbmd4snHsJmiT64EOuhezM-RJLcbw6Sh_UxCF8Z3fm_WWWgSrC0/s400/Book+Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643735421319086178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=91472351&key=MGYxNTc4MTUt&pass=MjViMS00YzFl">"Having a Baby Totally Sucks,</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=91472351&key=MGYxNTc4MTUt&pass=MjViMS00YzFl"> or, The Things They Are Scared To Tell A New Father"</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">By Heath Mensher, M.Ed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">click the <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=91472351&key=MGYxNTc4MTUt&pass=MjViMS00YzFl">title</a> for excerpts...</span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847889882418183077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-6413405142169638152011-07-29T14:25:00.006-04:002011-08-22T13:45:20.236-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">My Band...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBiho5Jn0vRBWQblXJzl9kPNPqMeNyd6gp1ZMPHc8iBpVoc__8tkGXrZBQOxbhD7VQUiHUi5otXnXqadE1g6kJkIKSEzmhTIXgdIKJIKcIublTMNPF6lQDg6kkuU29Pmem2a2mu5J5Up8/s400/HarpBoy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634842949075781458" /></div><div>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sufferingbluesband">The Suffering Blues Band</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(click for songs, video, & dates)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847889882418183077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-2396288970911786152011-01-23T13:32:00.005-05:002011-01-23T13:36:36.450-05:00How The Blues Came To Earth...<div style="text-align: left;">… according to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow">Howlin’ Wolf</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <span style="font-family:Verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“God and Lucifer had a terrible fight up in heaven. They battled for days and days and finally God won and knocked Lucifer off his cloud. As Lucifer fell to earth, his tail hooked on to God's cloud and pulled some things down to earth with him: dice, cards, guitars and other stringed instruments, and harmonicas. God still has his horns up in heaven. That's why horns are played by good people and why guitars and harmonicas are played by </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">people like me."</span></i></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0n9lRwBRvcrUfx9yI3PGfOYx3y2IRlZgpxdJdN_Av_C6dDy6GZutLxhw-M2p_agR4rM8Up7ajY_2ElXANMOQ09pH1qBAbJKmZlaPf6WKNJQY7nfkRO7_xUhbqStd9WrnWXsiyYErcWdg/s320/howlin-wolf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565451483611308530" />Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-47666221970598406662010-12-09T09:20:00.003-05:002010-12-09T09:27:28.918-05:00An Abbreviated Year in Social Status-ing<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjFYbVi_C8VZ-JtlN2cI35LgXwKa2921InME_HnlY1xnwpo8qCJ5swaveD5N58rJCUKQEZi4FFR-8jn20aNTOgSMn1IYJZ3Ky-uDoNGaLlCgCW0qLq6EgNvLWWTRbsDZiXQWg2oKTqUhL/s400/Facebook+updates+2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548688985028519058" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847889882418183077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-73995982457329984002010-11-28T12:26:00.009-05:002011-01-11T10:39:01.259-05:00A Thanksgiving Prayer...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">from the inimitable William S. Burroughs...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgWJ4bsv2kFDoP8hF985eLyA4BtqQpoFD1Xc0GTMmk1NIXVs6BPWlomCd0snGW4f3ItrEnqvWFWCnVjG80bH1DX25lsuFHbwRq_YVP-qFzN3lQuBxHSaCb2P0zhSWblCk90REmZdRewU/s320/tumblr_lbd4ix6w8W1qb9qy3o1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544653519902630354" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7hcs7_william-s-burroughs-a-thanksgiving_music">click for his reading</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thanks for the wild turkey and the Passenger Pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thanks for a Continent to despoil and poison —</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger — <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin, leaving the carcass to rot — <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes — <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thanks for the American Dream to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through — <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">(more after the jump)</span></p><p></p></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-83119044595546950242010-11-16T08:09:00.005-05:002010-11-16T10:30:42.813-05:00The Poet's Hovel<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcOH80LUI9KVqfCjcWJTUerHkbih3VMHn0CE4_fvKX3geqyDD5bG6tDjlnB-fmsb_gOj4ab4xJTKWi2oXN00O24E33DRUjM_d3Ne8qyTGXWrUe1feMMN6gvaqk9Xn_MLeTp21mGRdE7GM/s200/englishrussia.com_images_personal_moon_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540136230188053314" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">whisper it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and never tell</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the things I give and offer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">to you, my Mistress Moon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I give you my obedience</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">sweet pale pond reflection.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I give you my life</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">lonely pane refraction.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'll take you as Wife</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and to me you will be</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">all and nothing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">hm 11.11.10</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847889882418183077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-91886970198312022572010-11-09T09:42:00.004-05:002010-11-09T10:00:36.068-05:00Re-Vamp.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I have revamped my website, </span></span><a href="http://www.oobermensh.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">oobermensh</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">, to include my miscellaneous esoterica. Included now are two blues tunes and a mysterious reference to being some kind of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">oracle</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Do visit.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Thank you. Here's one </span></span><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/28/entertainment/ca-17892"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">bone</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Tell me its significance...</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-48902777835959968582010-10-26T09:12:00.003-04:002010-10-26T09:15:13.989-04:00The Poet's Hovel<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Slightly shifting eddies without</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When watched through drowsy eyelids</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Speak a simple story</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yet so simple misconceptions spring</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">As summer phragmites</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Aside wetland preserves</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> To strangle first intent.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10/25/10 hbm</span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-32398894064743231922010-10-18T18:07:00.003-04:002010-10-18T18:12:23.251-04:00Monday Night Haiku<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO_dSAjaUYlKFvcPNozwYVXCU_4v77KZXWWq5lENOY35KIJelcijHty7HYGy66p62biMyVhsXDcJoHYBikVYq7S8aenhIV9do70SsFgTaqeggFw0OsRYCaJBShfdNnxJ7tsTAjPWuPGY/s320/90_CONTENTMENT_Section_9.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529512149445396786" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When it all wears off</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I pray the decision stands</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some measure of peace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-62669236494734631862010-06-18T09:23:00.002-04:002010-06-18T09:27:19.402-04:00Hang on.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiXynB495K5BE4KGBXvPhqg9NjpipSysZlYxAxIc83bR-lDum37V7KweFi19G0S8qx1jl6FZNFUbkemUMlmlp9T4uzOIsPbJGfg8X0mcf20er4GfrnYts3T7Ltj_RYp0tI_ArPSh0YYA/s320/the-road.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484104477564466098" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You might want to think about that. You forget some things, don’t you?<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-- Cormac McCarthy, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Road</span></span></i></div></span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-49127984826955291432010-05-24T07:49:00.003-04:002010-05-24T08:01:43.693-04:00"God's Eyes" - The Wild Deer (5/22)<div><br /></div><div>Acoustic show at The Living Room, 5/22/10</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh%3Dv8/39a4/7/cb/%2a/a%3B224150021%3B4-0%3B0%3B47630748%3B3454-728/90%3B36888535/36906413/1%3B%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://a.tribalfusion.com/h.click/a3mNvB36UY5sraUG36WGMhS6YyUH3SWrFY2UTpUqboWqFbSTQZdRGZbZcQrAtPHndUcY24F6nntyqXaPw2WjZaSGMD2mrHotPoVWJhXbQjXFYiXT6MSUFFTFBYWdF1mF3xPrMqYEYr4aja2Tv3mEFGXUJdWt7XoDrwyDulPm/http://www22.verizon.com/content/residential/bundles/landing/fios_dp.html?CMP=BAC-MXT_D_Q2_F2_L_J_Y_Z218"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; 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font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.thewilddeer.com">website</a></span></span></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-37239364514793128102010-04-12T11:04:00.003-04:002010-04-12T11:10:26.722-04:00Movie Review Haiku<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsxoVnDZORhr-mp29Yry0qkOdJclsI4Y3ssJ_GZqI9Eg-vrIdP9vx4IgRzd-vwPo3BtM_A8G1LdWXg7uqbBkMcF5yT7Wz0qx4ytweiuQlQ1Vht4caS02xJLFum6BgwG2iBQghYW503I4/s1600/alice-in-wonderland2.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5g7XXsqfGDBHOqPD6lRCDdw330gwZhbn9TqmXAPJVVNXfUF8OJCv0ujR0W_3T1tOLmFUies9070g9Kx3uxv0YXKQjQZ1CgQiTQD4NNXy6vpJpDU-TRS8OkmtrHVvqRSjiUE2sLXazF0/s1600/alice-in-wonderland2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5g7XXsqfGDBHOqPD6lRCDdw330gwZhbn9TqmXAPJVVNXfUF8OJCv0ujR0W_3T1tOLmFUies9070g9Kx3uxv0YXKQjQZ1CgQiTQD4NNXy6vpJpDU-TRS8OkmtrHVvqRSjiUE2sLXazF0/s400/alice-in-wonderland2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459268372948207074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Alice in Wonderland<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Richly bittersweet.<br />Performance commitment with<br />Tim’s maturation.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">***1/2 stars (out of 5)<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-51371852955113472492010-04-03T10:18:00.006-04:002010-04-03T10:42:33.414-04:00Movie Review Haiku<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paa9knyJKrs&feature=related"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6Nryj3RWpmog3Rd2e3ZAr4Uvw1mEFC_uuB5HrWNwziMSm4FDGK9gBunPNAwBUDShklItgdGsuFiCDy_L8T4SgLkYoahlL-JOttwYAL_TtMzu7uXpj1YFxzrds4HMplCzl8nlAUQ1Z_0/s320/bronson_xlg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455916586152411698" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Bronson</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Sociopath</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">delightful and terrible</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">seeks his audience</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">***** </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(a perfect film)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paa9knyJKrs&feature=related">trailer</a></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">clickable trivium</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.freebronson.co.uk/shop/books.php"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBpTU4UWzeoXvUtFiCPLyk_PlaqKwa4R1INjYoO66t2T-OTHAAIVtbQPXIbNkCZOX6NvMxW7CI-Mh7DpQP9gG_LsXaHO1Fy50iq6hyphenhyphenNpaTvhbZ3rg61mKrLy6fwIz5BDfOjeSIOvsPgA/s200/bronson-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455917205505516626" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-72453520986778836612010-03-31T14:37:00.006-04:002010-03-31T14:50:08.522-04:00Look Who's Coming To Seder!<span style="font-size:130%;"><br />It's the Passover Season, and it's time for gefilte fish in clear jelly, things unleavened, and... <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/mapopo-papaya-candy">Popopo Candy</a>? It seems there's some new guests following Elijah in the door. Better tell Aunt Shelia to bring that extra bridge table...<br /></span><br /><h1 style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'</span></h1><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8550614.stm"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKKB-hNdqt8Eq72gbIq1nCs-Pjm47gaexqL0uOWtocpWpOejDckr5oh-Rs4iIO7jO8MkjAw0phnJV4XjYLLX-hjHExUnFWGTKEDs8X5xJE1kXaByaDx58eM532W6kuQt7Ad-ZRIwjSjg/s320/Seder+Zimbabwe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454869092877951250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Welcome, new friends! Let me show you a bit about a New York Passover...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aVdklbT-Co">Mensher-Style</a>.</span>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-6686524021049544972010-01-13T10:17:00.005-05:002010-01-13T12:56:13.773-05:00Paper vs. Computer.<span style="font-size:130%;">
<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHeath%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Writing, to me, is something magical. Where do the words come from - placed one after the other, to form coherent (sometimes) ideas meant to move me (and subsequently, others)?
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">When writing for real, I always compare it to <a href="http://magazine.continental.com/archive/images/2007_feb/the-guide/guide-pic1.jpg">spelunking</a>: diving down deep to my reservoir of words and thoughts to see what I can retrieve. I am of the belief that if I dive far enough (and am left alone), I can get the good stuff. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It's like <a href="http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/natural_pearls.html">Pearl Diving</a>.
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And it's just as dangerous*.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">So it's a question of <a href="http://www.markstivers.com/cartoons/Cartoons%202006/Stivers-4-4-06-Muse-and-pai.gif">Muse</a>. And it got me thinking. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">What is the best way to get deep: </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pad & Paper, or Keyboard & Computer?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The easy answer is "whatever works". But that's too vague.
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">There is something visceral about using a Pen and sheet of Paper. Something <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/images/200102-e10-barcelona/gramophone-tight.half.jpg">analog</a> that speaks to me in a "rubbing two sticks together to make fire" kind of way. It adds to the illusion of Magical Process, and whatever adds to that illusion <i style="">builds</i> on that illusion, and (may) produce better (deeper) work.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Alternately, at 70, writer <a href="http://bukowski.net/">Charles Bukowski</a> started using a Mac that his wife gave him for <a href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18066_235809388035_547673035_3360740_5614606_n.jpg">Christmas</a> --
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<br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style=";font-family:arial;" >"There is something about seeing your words on a screen before you that makes you send the word with a better bite, sighted in closer to the target. I know a computer can't make a writer but I think it makes a writer better. Simplicity in writing and simplicity in getting it down, hot and real. When this computer is in the shop and I go back to the electric, it's like trying to break rock with a hammer. Of course, the essence of writing is there but you have to wait on it, it doesn't leap from the gut as quickly, you begin to trail your thoughts -- your thoughts are ahead of your fingers which are trying to catch up. It causes a block of sorts indeed."</span></i></span></p> <p>
<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i>My own personal process has moved from Pen & Paper to Post-it's and Computer. But I'm torn enough to write this post, hoping that by the last word I type I'll have the answer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">*</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes I don't want to come back up for air. It's cozy down here.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">W</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ell.</span></p>
<br />Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-77644106594213487462010-01-09T13:37:00.006-05:002010-01-10T18:18:43.779-05:00Surreal Saturdays...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturdays sometimes feel surreal to me now.<br />Memories of a past life when responsibilities seemed fewer.<br />Worries a different, less opaque shade.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And so, safe save surreal sights:</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2zrCExdrU"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WOCwE0fQ8azsSGl1fyjSg3bdUwtnd5gcoOMMy6F-vkt4e6eRD5eBAcKk0WTZXPySnk4xgJjhe4JzFsmaZ_g7kWloCa-TTJNcGRAAf7yJw92MQcaVmp1VmSw9vA3jd98-JXy6Dwp6vIY/s400/UnicornInCaptivity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425254375980977474" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2zrCExdrU"><span style="font-style: italic;">(click)</span></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNR74UCidBI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG-DAjcTuSEd5ULWAwnrxhH6Hi25NFIUcoyiA1tal7In1x9D-hKifThxtJ0arlxdFYJdQryhDtBMCld4NdVFhyphenhyphenUP_i0g76aR99nOFcnuOULIj5GQsWqrLqXfRPYdHZ1iCewx8L8MSI9g/s400/ross-sisters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425254195773161826" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNR74UCidBI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><span style="font-style: italic;">(click)</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-4746214887708628772009-12-27T18:32:00.000-05:002009-12-27T18:33:56.223-05:002009 Facebook Status Highlights<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlFGYhDwm_RxZZGNFa2eVZLUL93o6AblZsGOglCnn8Hqq5bjoiDg32TIv_aQz4KfPT99-lMv1nyM94xz-jWXPgWGxEmGCAGcrlwNNh0LJE_XqX7b8MHcn_lmjUVSN8eva9r5paFQsuV4/s400/2009+Facebook+Status.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420063121073896674" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-61059017673539566952009-11-10T15:03:00.006-05:002009-11-10T15:09:57.299-05:00"The Butcher Bride" by Vince Churchill<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;">The following is my Amazon.com review for Vince Churchill's "The Butcher Bride"...</span><br /><br />(I love this guy's work)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Butcher-Bride-Vince-Churchill/dp/0984213643"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvGSDi7djdVVorjP7U5iym988PzCdher6id9L5cG4ca98O4E0LhDKPaeSKC8wDzMO13Bn9LYAoVQCjAMrsX7bw8i_Y6aIyni_XEIFoGgtw7uGbOdcQl5obTb5z5y36DJZAxsT881AUwM/s400/butcher_bride.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402568638051215890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Addictive, like "Paranormal Activity" dipped in liquid Cocaine.</span><br /><br /></b></span>Vince Churchill's "The Butcher Bride" is a book that you cannot put down.<br /><br />Like a rusty tilt-a-whirl in Hell's official Theme Park, the story sets an erotically gruesome tone and only lets up because the author seems to sense that you'll need the occasional breath. It takes the classic "Haunted House" story and covers it in lye, burning away the extraneous to get to the sweet marrow that frightens us all.<br /><br />In "The Butcher Bride", the author skewers not only the characters of the story, but the Media, Hollywood, and those types of people who slow down at traffic accidents hoping for a dark glimpse of Death itself. The writing is special in that the words leap off the page at you with such clarity you'll feel like you're watching a movie.<br /><br />An enormously satisfying read, you'll be sucked into the pages, at times whimpering to be let out again.</span><br /><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Visit Vince at his site and tell him I said hello...<br /><a href="http://www.vincechurchill.com/home.php">http://www.vincechurchill.com/</a></span>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-68156823872675203742009-10-26T08:26:00.005-04:002009-10-26T08:50:14.016-04:00Movie Review Haiku<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.paranormalactivity-movie.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtvIgOJ0cPdpWFbuzUsQsN2fxwbRoLMhNfoKAIn5atuyjGQYMdPGw14eVLXW9UimVL3YrYxHUbux07oQdgs396NZU_sjnpUWF68lFZO21sxHFX5FbZZ1Eri6bjkcJna0KXF6dFwagfaE/s400/paranormal-activity-bedroom1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396884744151288946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Paranormal Activity</span><br /><br /><br />hype-worthy high jinks<br />its only Achilles' heel<br />shaky-cam nausea</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">***1/2 Stars (out of 5)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/16/unexplainable-photo-snapped-at-jim-morrisons-grave/">Bonus.</a><br /></div></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-87288411627909041472009-09-30T09:01:00.006-04:002009-09-30T11:05:45.121-04:00Like a beautiful butterfly...<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">... with hideous dripping fangs.<br /><br />Really? <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Really</span>, Universe?</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br />You <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> feel this is best?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Sigh.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.symscape.com/node/442"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOn5zjgpuZH1RjBvgjhsWScmwzAf3tJEHHBWlUlAdI9HORDP_CrwArxUqXPC2yJ_XyaU6-FJYGcMyCkwMPYv8XX4QfHUBUVWKSuO8y43GbWVUwvR6hA5c8KPZgkqaTFdPZi1gdZIk2gw/s320/curveball-main_Full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387247555075291138" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">curveball</span>)</span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, times are a' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">changin</span>' here at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Heathenblog</span>, and it either means the frequency of Posts and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Quippy</span> Updates will vastly increase or peter out entirely. We'll know soon enough.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJdJM1UAJSIQLRxt0M5HmzFTDa_RTZFiU6hgiL4r-nrYr2HlkEGJLmWfxNwJqpPCAqCUUTDAsuvspGPlOEH8pPrl1T-uJvmAKDTu-iNJHQ-zaAhO4whfBWmSWgp7tLXDjjDnuUpu-8dA/s1600-h/Steve+Martin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJdJM1UAJSIQLRxt0M5HmzFTDa_RTZFiU6hgiL4r-nrYr2HlkEGJLmWfxNwJqpPCAqCUUTDAsuvspGPlOEH8pPrl1T-uJvmAKDTu-iNJHQ-zaAhO4whfBWmSWgp7tLXDjjDnuUpu-8dA/s400/Steve+Martin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387245118003421410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(image unrelated, but makes me feel good)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;">It looks as if I'm starting a new job. A full time job. I'm not sure I can type it out.<br />More soon.</span><br /><br /></div></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-70603761073934643322009-08-31T09:03:00.011-04:002009-08-31T09:17:22.591-04:00The Poet's Hovel.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >to open up the inner eyes<br />to see behind, where clear thought<br />shies away from light,<br />away from spies<br />who'd hope to glean<br />their mask-less guise</span><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span>And spoil life's one last great surprise.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">into this void I'd dare to wade</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">where shapeless forms likely forbade</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">those like myself whose timelines braid</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">one starkly lit</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">one drenched in shade</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span>Where lives go on but memories fade.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakana"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCX2X6QBJoxXZCxii22_T77be9SJh1aDmlVZziciBMCI5GEij4-sYPTVVkVGJiuGmof-qsXdTZK-O4nWJP0o2ig-hfryqQiZJyYa2sp_MA5XU1M7PEZzEuBv5_KbFuw1EBRxvvmB63uo/s200/chakana_qillqana.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376113982587896242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-77359569471991434202009-08-24T13:00:00.002-04:002009-08-24T15:52:02.987-04:00Movie Review Haiku<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmywcleJoYzuSAef_jFP-oRV0cM76WhR0LhVmvW-0SPmiaoMVsF6WhoONS91LGZMNcT5sEwk33_gwD-shPjU6stuoKDfR0zgdTL-NXCawXH2s7cPooyejjA_U8528AU4IoY58-h-RkaLA/s1600-h/inglor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmywcleJoYzuSAef_jFP-oRV0cM76WhR0LhVmvW-0SPmiaoMVsF6WhoONS91LGZMNcT5sEwk33_gwD-shPjU6stuoKDfR0zgdTL-NXCawXH2s7cPooyejjA_U8528AU4IoY58-h-RkaLA/s400/inglor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373576482001277394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">adroit</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">auteur</span><br />his love letter to war films<br />damp with Nazi blood</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">**** (4 Stars out of 5)<br /><br /></div></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-25339929389267351852009-08-18T11:35:00.004-04:002009-08-18T12:01:16.769-04:00Movie Review Haiku<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QjQS1TJjMs2UWCe4J4-lgKD7KIHu5nSYko7KvI_bmlVrvjxtoktUB0K-l6-7T8VQ8im2lOi3c6PaG_y7ZCxhgBAghD62Tnjl3r0omN7oUBN2DziidO5gBmVzU38rTk5xcevqFzYJ-H4/s1600-h/religulouscanada.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QjQS1TJjMs2UWCe4J4-lgKD7KIHu5nSYko7KvI_bmlVrvjxtoktUB0K-l6-7T8VQ8im2lOi3c6PaG_y7ZCxhgBAghD62Tnjl3r0omN7oUBN2DziidO5gBmVzU38rTk5xcevqFzYJ-H4/s400/religulouscanada.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371329974539548322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Religulous</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Something to offend<br />all viewers lacking the knack<br />of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">patulous</span> mind.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">***** stars (out of 5)<br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-23029358129610323642009-08-09T09:41:00.005-04:002009-08-11T09:10:05.371-04:00Maudlin.<span style="font-size:130%;"><br />maudlin<br /></span><span class="pg" style="font-size:130%;">–adjective </span> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex" width="35"><span style="font-size:130%;">1.</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Aohkigahara</span> Forest, west of Tokyo at the base of Mount Fuji, is known as the "suicide forest."<br />There were 2,645 suicides recorded in January 2009, a 15 percent increase from the 2,305 for January 2008, according to the Japanese government. And so, a sign has been posted:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhBGODQE08R6lO0DbmOw3HiyC4vw9mrnxzCoLwPLmOUIlVLnwNHbck7jUPivUL3zMcoNVDuDd2rEdUJoQd8nvsoR8sFLTD360b2qsJz0S58uGtzcGfwqxRTExihjAyPxjbDq1yKaAtHM/s1600-h/art.suicide.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhBGODQE08R6lO0DbmOw3HiyC4vw9mrnxzCoLwPLmOUIlVLnwNHbck7jUPivUL3zMcoNVDuDd2rEdUJoQd8nvsoR8sFLTD360b2qsJz0S58uGtzcGfwqxRTExihjAyPxjbDq1yKaAtHM/s400/art.suicide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367960122895424258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Translation:<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Life is a gift you were given by your parents. Please think about them, the rest of your family, and any children you have. You don’t have to suffer by yourself, please give us a call (the Fuji <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yoshida</span> Police Counseling Service) and talk to us.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you're still feeling "up"...<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.findagrave.com"><br /></a><a href="www.findagrave.com">findagrave.com</a><br /><br /><br />And because balance is important, here's a <a href="http://aaddeelliiaa.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/box_o_kittens.jpg">box full of kittens</a>.</span><br /></div>Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123907079595851118.post-83349729742779159542009-07-21T12:04:00.004-04:002009-07-21T17:22:25.085-04:00Some Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die.<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Address the United States Congress.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Own a Robot Manservant, and treat it so well that he'll protect me from the other Robot <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Manservants</span>' when they <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvyiruWzYo">rise</a> against humanity.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Travel to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFCTx1PFchY&feature=related">Russia</a> and wear a furry hat.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Be in a meeting where one of my advisers says "Sounds great! Well the first thing we'll need is a white robe."<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Find out the <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mayan.htm">true</a> meaning of my tattoo.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Travel to <a href="http://z.about.com/d/archaeology/1/0/_/B/machu_picchu1.jpg"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Machu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Picchu</span></a> and nap in a shaded corner.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Sit in my personal library surrounded by old paperback books, breathing deeply through my nose.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Train for a Biathlon. Then subsequently realize what kind of commitment this actually entails. Spend the rest of the afternoon at <a href="http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/technology/home/hospitality/whitecastle.htm">White Castle</a>.</span></li></ul><br />In the meantime, here's some <a href="http://www.darktowercompendium.com/rolandsriddles-notsoeasy.html">riddles</a> (if you enjoy that kind of thing).Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788502513945819966noreply@blogger.com0