Incubus: Bad Movie Makes Great Haiku

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 [...]

Urban Haiku

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 [...]

Potentially Violent Coworkers

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 [...]

Great Humpback Breaching

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 [...]

Where’s Kelley?

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 [...]

Body Modification and Body Hacking

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 [...]

Fishy Food Poisoning

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, [...]

With Intent to Commit Horror

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 [...]

Puppet Poetry?

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 [...]

Walkdont

Amazingly cool visual poem (as in, it moves) here called Walkdont.  For more interactive poetry, visit David Knoebel’s Click Poetry, Words in Space.