Goodbye Jay, Hello Conan

As you probably know by now, Jay Leno is leaving The Tonight Show, and Conan will be taking over as host.  I love Conan, so this makes me very happy.  Jay Leno fans also have something to be happy about–now they won’t have to stay up so late to see him as he’ll be starting a [...]

Twins Have Different Dads (I Thought Only Dogs Could Do That)

Here’s something I’ve known for awhile:  puppies in the same litter can be fathered by different dogs.  Here’s something I just found out:  humans can have twins fathered by different fathers!!  At least that’s what a recent NY Daily News article is reporting. Apparently, Mia Washington didn’t know that either until she found out the hard way when her [...]

If I Won the Lottery – Cute Poem

The only time I play the lottery is out of fear.  If my co-workers all go in on a ticket, I’ll opt in.  I don’t want to be the only fool still drudging away in my little cubicle while everyone else is off vacationing in Tahiti.  I think of it as insurance money. Even though [...]

Roald Dahl’s Version of Little Red Riding Hood

I like funny poetry, and I like weird poetry, so of course I absolutely love Roald Dahl’s poetry.  I recently came across a poem of his I hadn’t seen before called Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.  Here’s an excerpt: He sat there watching her and smiled. He thought, I’m going to eat this [...]

Bumper Stickers, Road Rage, and Cheesy Advertising

Did you know that the more bumper stickers a person has on their car, the more prone they are to road rage?  Those were the findings of a recent Colorado State University study, according to an article regarding bumper stickers on nwautos.com. The article also traces the origin of bumper stickers back to an advertising campaign in Kansas [...]

Star Trek Poetry

Found this cute page of Star Trek poems by poet, Karen Johnson.  Here you’ll find not one, but two tribble poems.  The first one starts out: One little Tribble, “It’s looking kind of blue, Do you think perhaps it’s hungry?” How cute! Now there’s two. For Star Trek poetry of a more literary nature, try [...]

Dark Poem – I Need You

A poem by moi… I Need You by Edie Montgomery-Pool   hold me       until i             suffocate   crush me       leave no bone             unturned   self hatred       is my             savior   but i cannot       destroy             this thing called me                   alone                           i [...]

One-Man Poetry Wrestling Show

I’m sorry I missed this because I’m sure I’ll never see anything like it anywhere else.  I’m talking about Jeff Kass’ one-man performance poetry show where he simultaneously wrestles.  One-man wrestling would be interesting enough, but one-man wrestling while reciting poetry?  Priceless. By day, Kass is a high school creative writing teacher.  He was featured [...]

I Just Discovered an Amazing Poet – Giselle Di Paolo

Scattered across the globe, in little corners of the world wide web, extraordinarily talented people practice their various crafts, largely unseen and underappreciated, like wild, exotic flowers blooming in a hidden forrest. Today, I happened to wander across one such gifted soul and her self-named poetry blog, Giselle Di Paolo.  I was both blown away and [...]

Poem – Appalachian Exile

A tsunami of spinning gnats attack tenderfoots. Along creek beds, chest bare to the elements, a man looks at crawdads scuttling under moss-slick rocks. The above is an excerpt from Appalachian Exile by Charles Clifford Brooks III, published in the latest edition of the online literary journal, Prick of the Spindle.  Click the first link [...]