May 2013
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bluejay at the birdbath
hypnotized by raindrops
and falling pink blossoms
~kcr
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Being against evil doesn’t make you good.
– Ernest Hemingway
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One great advantage which poetry has over prose—one sense in which, we might...
– James Thurber
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History rhymes even if it doesn’t repeat.
– Kurt Andersen
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There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as...
– Adrienne Rich
Born: May 16, 1929, Baltimore Died: March 27, 2012,
Poet, activist, and MacArthur “genius.” Adrienne Rich was born in 84 years ago today. In 1997 she turned down the National Medal for the Arts in a protest against the disparity of justice in America.
Adrienne Rich
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Cuddle Cafes →
Not surprisingly, in Japan…
Sometimes, after a long, stressful day, there’s nothing more comforting than crawling into bed with your significant other and falling asleep in their arms.
But what if you don’t have anyone to cuddle with in the first place? If you’re in Japan, you might think to go to a soapland or some other kind of brothel, but then you’d have to deal with all that sex when...
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I’m not young enough to know everything.
– J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
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Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual...
– yes, F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right - “in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
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Hysterical Literature and Orgasms
In his latest project, Hysterical Literature, photographer Clayton Cubitt takes a beautiful woman, places her at a table in front of a black backdrop and gets her to read from her favorite book while an unseen accomplice below the table attempts to bring the woman to orgasm with a vibrator. The results are an intimate, sexy experience that captures a beauty rarely found in most modern...
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You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with...
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Anne Lamott - author of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Grace (Eventually), Plan B, Traveling Mercies, and Operating Instructions, as well as seven novels, including Rosie and Crooked Little Heart.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.
– Lloyd Alexander
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So what? All writers are lunatics!
– Cornelia Funke
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Here is a lesson in creative writing.
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They...
– Kurt Vonnegut
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
– Orson Welles, on his film career.
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Happy Birthday, Orson
It’s the birthday of Orson Welles.
At age 20, he staged Macbeth (1936) as part of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Theatre Project. He set the scene in Haiti. The weird sisters became witch doctors. They said he was a prodigy.
He did radio plays and scared the shit out of listeners with his War of the Worlds that created widespread panic, especially in New Jersey where...
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Dear Mr. Shannon,
Just wanted to let you know that another day has passed and...
– KR
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Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
– KR
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