Fridays, as it turns out, are not as festive as the brochure seems to imply.
I had the chance to attend a nifty reading by CMU’s new poets, Jeffrey Bean and Robert Fanning, last night, and I made an early exit so I could feverishly jot down a few new ideas for my own verse that [...]
Archive for September, 2008
The Wake
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Vocal Yokel
Posted in fear the kraken! on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today’s fun search phrase that will lead you to my blog: “I don’t experience guilt.” Sociopaths of the world unite! Somewhere down the hall, if you don’t mind.
I had a lazy weekend, reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Northanger Abbey once again and otherwise slackin’ like a kraken. This week I’ll kick off [...]
Sex and the Single Professor II; or, Solitude is Difficult
Posted in academia, amor fati!, solitude standing on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is how I rope in the Suzanne Vega fans. They are, as you know, a key demographic.
Many moons ago I went to a dentist to have a filling replaced. She saw me on short notice, proved to be quite nice, and explained clearly her rationale for going with a simple fix that could always [...]
There’s Another Dog
Posted in evil twins, vague allusions on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, so much for R&R.
Instead of devoting the weekend to a concerted bout of chillaxin’, I found myself intensely focused on a new poem for most of Saturday and intensely focused on preparing my last batch of September submissions for most of Sunday. I’m one trip to the P.O. short of finished, and then the slate [...]
Autumnal Froth
Posted in amor fati!, fear the hydra! on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you handed me a mug and told me it was full of “autumnal froth,” I would totally drink it. I cannot help but think this will someday be my undoing.
I’ve had a reasonably busy week, which is why I’ve been a bit of a posting delinquent. I must admit, however, that I’m enjoying this [...]
Information Aged
Posted in evil twins, fear the narwhal! on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was a diligent monkey and (again, despite my plan to simply plan) completed a set of revisions and prepared them for submission. I’ve got to slap a few stamps on the set and drive to the P.O., Eudora Welty style, but I’m feeling pretty good about my productivity. With a little luck I’ll [...]
Nonce Sense
Posted in academia, vagaries of verse on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let it be known that I am not especially British, so today’s title is really quite clean. No bobbies were harmed in the composition of this post. The cindies, however, did not fare so well.
We’ve just about wrapped the second week of classes here, and all seems to be going well. My students are terribly [...]
The Savage Breast
Posted in amor fati!, vagaries of verse on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll keep this brief today, as I’m dog-tired and need to conserve enough energy to rant and rail against Thomas Gray à la Samuel Johnson. I had a mighty fine long weekend (not so much festive as productive), but it squeezed a lot of juice out of the bouncing bald man.
September 1st marks the start [...]
