Yes this is a “blog for people who like to read,” but sometimes people just like to have stuff read to them. So today instead of sending you off to read something like I usually do, I’m sending you to see a video. Visit Marc Kelly Smith’s blog to see a great poem read on [...]
Worst Dating Ads Ever
Some people just don’t know how to market themselves. Sassybean.com has a great article on their site featuring the The Worst Craigslist Personal Ads. Here’s an example:
“I am a lvl 8 warrior seeking my adventuring companion. Only sanctioned spells allowed, costume dress optional but preferred. I have the body of a wandering Norwegian brawler and [...]
Beer Haiku
Beer Haiku Daily is just that – a site featuring a haiku each day having to do with beer and its effects. For example, here is the entry from last Monday:
That joke from last night
Is even less funny now
Than when you told it.
Great concept; amusing site. Go check it out now.
Frogs Give Guacamole that Minty Green Tint
Have you ever wondered if frogs are an ingredient in guacamole? No, probably not, because you’re not an idiot. Now if you’re making frogamole, that’s a totally different thing.
Anyway, Dan the Librarian is pretty up-in-arms about the whole (nonexistent) frog/guacamole debate, and he wants you to know that there are definitely, without question, no frogs in [...]
On a Steel Gray Day
On a steel gray day
In a forgotten place that once had meaning
The wind slides through barren trees
and plays a haunted tune on a rusty merry-go-round
Check out the rest of this poem, entitled Play, at the blog, Hope for Glamour. It’s a great short poem and totally worth the read, so invest a few more seconds [...]
Weirdness in Wales
Something weird for you today: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest registered domain name. It’s also the actual name of a town in Wales (sans the dot com, of course). Not to be confused with the Welsh train station, Gorsafawddachaidraigodanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion.
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life is the title of the latest memoir by Wade Rouse. Here’s a description:
In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan–a place with fewer people [...]
Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems
Ann Walters has a poem called Zen and the Art of Knitting Socks which just came out in the anthology, Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems, available at amazon.com. Ann is an amazing poet, and you can see some of her previous work by following the links in these posts:
Congratulations Ann [...]
