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Got my copy of merkley???’s (that’s lowercase merkley followed by three question marks) new book 111??? today …

111??? is a large, heavy coffee table book, limited to 1111 copies, featuring 111 photos of 111 women posing nude in their 222 favorite shoes on 111 sofas flanked by 222 lamps in San Francisco; and it’s [...]

Blue blood and white shoes …

I have a lot of pride in the company that I work for, even though I sometimes get really frustrated by my job.

And of course, being the obsessive sort that I am, I have to learn everything I can about the history of my firm … which means that even though I lived it [...]

Scribbling …

When it really comes down to it, what is the difference between a scribbler and a scribe?

As I’m sure many of my readers have noticed, I have a fascination with words … with reading them, with typing them, and with writing them … and what better way to write than with a really nice [...]

Sittin’ in the Airport …

So I get to the aiport about 12:30 to catch my 2:30 flight to Columbus (changing planes at O’Hare), only to find out that American Airlines is having massive delays with flights coming in and out of Chicago (hmmm … why am I not surprised); and that there’s no way I’ll make my connecting flight.

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Awesome …

Got my copy of The GPPReader from The Guerilla Poetics Project today.

Thus far, I’m really diggin’ it.

Bookish thoughts …

Once again, the divine lindy-hoppus bunnyus; she of idiosyncratic memes, has tagged me for literary check-it-out-ed-ness.

1. Hardcover or paperback, and why?

Hardcover, whenever possible, otherwise trade paperbacks … can’t stand mass-market books, because they just feel flimsy … and to my thinking, flimsy books aren’t meant to last, and thus the words inside are [...]

It’s done … (almost)

Finished cleaning at Clem and JEM’s today; at least, I think so … I did forget a couple of things that I need to retrieve; cocktail recipe books mainly, but also a few cocktail utensils that have been in the family for a number of years. This is more of a sentimental thing than a [...]

Poetry Friday

centuries of progress

the books gather dust as the poets and philosophers roam the streets confused and wondering

still the clouds continue across the sky an ant crawls across an acorn as wealthy men hit golf balls into the Pacific Ocean from their clean green lawns

  — Michael Phillips

the geometry of a [...]

Poetry Friday (for real this time)

No. 207

By reading books can you avoid death? By reading books can you avoid being poor?

For what reason do we delight in recognition of words? Through recognition of words we defeat other men!

If a great man does not recognize words, There is no place where he’ll be secure.

When golden thread is [...]

Ha! Now this is funny!

Bike Snob NYC: The BSNYC 2008 Dream Bike Shootout

As a cyclist and writer, I’ve long dreamed of seeing my work printed in the pages of “Bicycling” magazine. So far, my efforts towards gaining entree into the “Redbook” of cycling publications have been thwarted. My pitches that have been rejected so far include:

“How To [...]