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Mmmm … doughnuts …

Big ups to the Green Lantern, who is tying the knot today … I want pics of some of those Voodoo Doughnuts as wedding rings!

Poetry Friday

FOR NOTHING

Earth a flower A phlox on the steep slopes of light hanging over the vast solid spaces small rotten crystals; salts.

Earth a flower by a gulf where a raven flaps by once a glimmer, a color forgotten as all falls away.

A flower for nothing; an offer; no taker;

Snow-trickle, feldspar, dirt.

[...]

I got nothin’ …

… to separate last night’s QOTD poem, and Poetry Friday except this little snippet. Deal with it.

Quote of the Day

Sausalito Trash Prayer

Sausalito,             Little Willow, Perfect Beach by the last Bay in the World,             None more beautiful,

Today we kneel at thy feet             And curse the men who have misused you.

  — Lew Welch (1926 – 1971[?]), American Beat poet who disappeared in May 1971, presumed to have committed suicide. His body was never [...]

And they’re off!

From cyclingnews.com comes word that “Cipollini and Ball’s relationship on the rocks”:

The relationship that was started last fall in a Las Vegas discotheque could come to an end if Mario Cipollini does not get his say in the management of Rock Racing. The Italian, who came out of retirement at the age of 40 [...]

Speaking of Adnausea …

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required):

On the Web, Signs of a Click Recession Google Feels Pinch As Ad Growth Slows; Sweeter Deal for Yahoo? By KEVIN J. DELANEY February 27, 2008

Internet advertising may be showing itself more vulnerable to a consumer slowdown than many in the industry had hoped, according to new [...]

I’m famous again!

From Online Spin » Blog Archive » Advertising Terminology 2.0, about Addictionary.org:

Some of the funnier ones that I came across on the site were terms like “wiitard,” which refers to a person who is incapable of holding a Nintendo Wii properly and even less capable of playing a game on the console (It might [...]

Quote of the Day

RAIN by Claribel Alegría (translated by Margaret S. Peden)

As the falling rain trickles among the stones memories come bubbling out.

It’s as if the rain had pierced my temples.

Streaming streaming chaotically come memories: the reedy voice of the servant telling me tales of ghosts.

They sat beside me the ghosts and the bed [...]

Hillary v. Barack

I’m sorry, but my dislike of Hillary is visceral. Oh … I’d vote for her come November if she is the candidate, but I’d rather have a less-experienced President whom is actually inspiring.

After the last 20 years of Bush/Clinton/Bush politics, the last thing this country needs is another President who is as divisive as [...]

Nader Announces Third-Party Run for President

From this morning’s New York Times (online):

Nader Announces Third-Party Run for President – New York Times By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:27 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and [...]