Lists of popular words searched for on the internet are a good place to get ideas on what to blog about, and every once in awhile, I’ll use those to inspire me to write. That’s how I came up with the article Does Smoking Marijuana Make You Smarter? It seems that marijuana is one of the [...]
Edgar Allan Poe – Alone
The poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, dark and menacing, has always been some of my favorite. Here is a poem he wrote called “Alone.”
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; [...]
2008 Summer Olympics: The Short Version – The Games in Rhyme
Are the Summer Olympics taking up too much of your time and digital recording space? Want to get right to the nitty gritty? Here are several sports in the 2008 Olympic games, all recapped in 17 words or less. This is a work in progress; I’ll add more as I watch more Olympics.
2008 Summer Olympics [...]
Olympic Poems
Olympic poetry seems like it would be abundantly available in the midst of 2008 Olympic mania, but the only really good Olympic poet I could find was an old standby…from 476 B.C. Here are parts of some very old yet very cool Olympic poetry, both from a poet named Pindar:
Olympic Poetry (1)
Water is supreme, and [...]
Header Graphic August/September 2008
The current header artwork for A Bunch of Wordz is courtesy of the following photographers and artists:
Background Graphic – Thank you Paulo Correa for the amazingly artistic background. Paulo is a graphic designer from the Phillipines. (View Paulo’s entire graphics gallery at Stock Xchange.)
Coffee Cup/Newspaper Photo – is from Jean Scheijen from the Netherlands. Very [...]
8 Olympic Medal Categories I’m Taking it Upon Myself to Add
Olympic medals: I’m handing my own out today, including Most Annoying Journalist Voice, Hottest Guy on the USA Swim Team, and Most Ridiculously Funny Summer Olympics Sport. Read on to find out who wins and who places.
1. Most Annoying Journalist Voice in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Gold — Whoever That Chick is Who Announces [...]
August 17, 2008
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