Stacie Ponder took one of the suckiest movies ever, Incubus, starring Tara Reid (2005), and made it into a very funny, multi-stanza haiku. Here’s a glimpse:
“Ten minutes in and
this movie makes no damn sense.
I start to notice
that Tara Reid is
beige. Everything is beige:
skin, hair, eyes. Jaundice?”
Go read the entire poem on Stacie’s blog.
October 31, 2007
Categories: poetry . Tags: bad horror movies, haiga, haiku, horror haiku, horror movies, Incubus, movie, movies, poems, poetry, Tara Reid . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments
I found these cool haikus on a page called Haiku for People. The first one is by Michael R. Collings:
“Silence–a strangled
Telephone has forgotten
That it should ring”
That last line doesn’t have 5 syllables, and I’m usually a stickler for that, but I still like it. This one is by Dave McCroskey:
“the morning paper
harbinger of good and [...]
October 30, 2007
Categories: poetry . Tags: Dave McCroskey, haiku, Michael R. Collings, poems, poetry . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: 3 Comments
A subject that has suddenly become of great interest to me due to my recent encounter with an aggressive and volatile coworker is violence in the workplace. In their article, How to Deal with a Potentially Violent Coworker, WorkMash states that:
“…according to government statistics, homicide is the second leading cause of death at work.”
The New York Times reports [...]
October 30, 2007
Categories: other . Tags: violence in the workplace, employee confrontations, employee violence, coworker aggression, difficult employees, difficult coworkers, working with difficult people, workplace safety, company safety . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments
Here’s a poem of mine I managed to find (I’m not the most organized person) which was published in a little, free poetry journal in the Summer of 1997 called Nomad’s Choir. It was inspired by a scuplture by the famous marine artist, Wyland.
He’s an amazing artist and a smart businessman as well. He allows [...]
October 29, 2007
Categories: Edie Montgomery-Pool, poetry . Tags: Edie Montgomery-Pool, fine art, humpback whales, literature, marine art, ocean art, poems, whale poetry, whales, Wyland . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: 2 Comments
So, as some of you who visit frequently know (because you’ve heard me going on and on about it), Kelley Armstrong was supposed to guestblog starting October 28th. Although I got a personal confirmation from her (really — I didn’t just make it up), she is M.I.A. I’m not sure what the deal is, but [...]
October 29, 2007
Categories: guest blogger . Tags: kelley armstrong . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments
Wow — I have been working on this article forever. What started out as a simple story on pointed ears (having ones ears surgically shaped into an elf-like point) grew into a wild discovery of current, artistic body modification practices and future, functional body hacking using interfacing technology. So, here we go…
Body modification (like tattoos and piercings) is becoming [...]
October 28, 2007
Categories: other . Tags: tatoo, tatooes, piercing, bod mod, body mod, body modification, ear plugs, ear tunnels, gum piercing, ear pointing, microdermal anchors, surface bar piercing, stretched septum, porcupine quills, corset piercing, lip corset piercing, labret, tongue splitting, subdermal implants, kavadi, scarification, skin removal, body hacking, quinn norton, subculture, extreme body modification . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: 1 Comment
Be careful what you eat on your tropical vacation. Ciguatera poisoning is a bizarre condition which can result from eating tainted fish. Symptoms include:
hot things feel icy cold
cold things feel burning hot
an imaginary sensation of losing ones teeth
What’s more, the effects can be long-lasting. According to this article in Wired Science, it took one unfortunate [...]
October 27, 2007
Categories: news . Tags: bad fish, fish, food poisoning, poison . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments
With Intent to Commit Horror is a website authored by librarian, Greg Fisher (also known as The Undead Rat), with the purpose of helping people find their next good horror novel. It’s very well organized with author lists, series lists, theme lists, etc. (Would you expect anything else from a librarian?)
This site is a goldmine for horror fans [...]
October 27, 2007
Categories: blogs, books . Tags: literature, Undead Rat, Greg Fisher, horror, horror novels, horror books, new books, new horror books . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: 2 Comments
Puppet State Theatre Company is a popular puppet show company based in Edinburgh which tours the U.K. and has played to sold-out crowds at the National Theatre in London. They also have poetry on their website. Why does a puppet company have poetry on their website? I have no idea other than perhaps it’s some sort of law [...]
October 26, 2007
Categories: poetry . Tags: Edinburgh, literature, poems, poetry about cats, poetry books, puppets, richard medrington . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments
Amazingly cool visual poem (as in, it moves) here called Walkdont. For more interactive poetry, visit David Knoebel’s Click Poetry, Words in Space.
October 26, 2007
Categories: poetry . Tags: poems, literature, interactive poetry, interactive poems, visual poetry, visual poems, david knoebel . Author: abunchofwordz . Comments: No Comments