Archive for July, 2008

Refrigeratorness

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I saw a poem on a T-shirt.             Haikus are easy             But sometimes they don’t make sense             Refrigerator Politics are like Haikus.  They are easy.  A politician has two jobs:  Identify the problem and blame the opponent.   That is where things start sounding refrigeratorish.  What if a politician identifies a problem, and ...

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I feel like a whale watcher.  I’m standing on the boat, staring at the ocean.  Suddenly, everyone oohs and ahhs.  I spin around, and everyone points in the direction I wasn’t looking. “Did you see that?” No.  I did not.  I missed it.  Somehow, I was left out. Supposedly, we had an Earthquake in Los Angeles ...

Quick Six Dastard Twins Highlighted Eskimos Love Mushrooms

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Warning.  The following is practically a steam-of-consciousness post.  Read at your own risk… I spent a monstrous block of hours glaring at an outline today.  You see, I like to dig myself into a massive hole with no escape ladder.  This bottomless pit is also known as a story with no outline.  Sometimes ...

Irrelevant Nazis

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Uh oh. I have become irrelevant, and at an early age.  I knew this day would come, but to be honest, I thought I had a couple solid relevant years ahead of me. Nope. A few days ago, I wrote a post about the Three Hares.  Since then, I have been looking deeper ...