habitually probing generalist

Today is Christina Pikas’ (of Christina’s LIS Rant) birthday.  Seeing as I’ll be seeing her in pretty much exactly a month at ASIS&T and she’ll be able to personally kick me for this, I decided to write her a little birthday ditty. Tis just a wee fuss for my friend Pikas I awoke this morning [...]

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adamantly heedless was she of warning given on a moon full night venturing forth shall I be faerie-cursed changeling, forest bound tight enraged he was when lily she picked the stars they blazed in all their might passion engulfed the simple maid burning like an ember bright the sun across the sky was splayed “your [...]

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I have remarked here before about how little poetry I have read in my life.  Most of it has been in the last few years, and most of that in the last year. I wrote a couple of poems when I was an adolescent and/or teenager—when I use the word “poem” to refer to my [...]

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Sickness returns. Classic film unbalances. Life enduringly pushes hard. Small needs go unanswered. And then the blackness rushes in; crushing; rational, yet so unsound. Struggling for connection only to be denied. Definition finally learnt. State of grace; clarity attained.  Too late.

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That is a complicated question for which I have very little that I can or will say directly. WordPress upgraded I did just upgrade WordPress to the newest version so if anyone is still reading this feel free to click through to the blog proper and see if you see anything amiss. Thanks. Some reasons [...]

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Is anyone looking for a roommate for ASIS&T 2008 in Columbus, OH this October? I am a reasonably quiet, non-smoking, male, old enough not to be partying late into the night. Sharing a room is pretty much a necessity since I’m still a student, work for hourly pay and the entire cost of the conference [...]

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