The back yard, circa 8AM October 29th:
Thoughts, observations and conversations on things literary and not so
The back yard, circa 8AM October 29th:
at least for me. Over the weekend, somewhat unwittingly, I opened up a Facebook account. Up to now I’d written off Facebook as a haven for teenagers, recent college grads, and maybe a trench-coated child predator or two setting up shop after a stint on MySpace posing as a 15-year old girl. But I took [...]
So suggests Paul Boutin in this article for Wired magazine.
The choice quote: “Twitter — which limits each text-only post to 140 characters — is to 2008 what the blogosphere was to 2004.”
From a morning walk… around my Parma hood…
Whadaya think? Kind of like… Joe the Plumber (which will be mercifully forgotten by, say, next Monday)
A few photos from around the Brecksville Metroparks.
Come on out and hear some of NE Ohio’s best poets reading the works of Charles Bukowski this weekend at the Barking Spider (Friday) and Visible Voice Books in Tremont (Saturday).
I’ll be at both places, hopefully not as drunk as Buke was renowned to be. Info below from Suzanne of Mac’s:
Friday & Saturday October 10th [...]
Yesterday I attended the funeral of a friend who died much too young and who I only wish I had gotten to know better. Petar was an amazing human being, a generous spirit, and a kind soul. Raised in Cleveland, he lived for many years in San Diego where he worked as an architect, artist, [...]
Been meaning to link to this article on John McCain in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. If character matters, then the stuff here should be the final nail in the coffin of the McCain campaign.
Mark to market? Asset capitalization? Credit default swaps? Had enough?
Hey! It’s October, for funk’s sake. My favorite month of the year. So to honor my favorite month (and to take a much needed break from all the financial mumbo-jumbo talk in the air), I offer a few photos. More to come in future posts.
These are [...]
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