['Super Powers,' by Mark Stivers. Click to view the full set of six.] Given a choice, I think the caption below my portrait — in ten words or less — would say something like writes brilliant stories one hour at a time*. (My Kryptonite: the Internet.) Yours? _______________ * Edit to add: Just to make [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Comics'
Super Powers for the Rest of Us
August 18th, 2010 · 13 Comments
Tags: Comics · Everyday Life · Humor · The Internet · Writing
Identity Crises
May 7th, 2010 · 8 Comments
[Image: 'A Little Family History,' by B. Kliban] From whiskey river: Moment A person wakes from sleep and does not know for a time who she is, who he is. This happens in a lifetime once or twice. It has happened to you, no doubt. Some in that moment panic, some sigh with pleasure. How [...]
Tags: Comics · Computers · Movies · Poetry · Reading · Ruminations · Writing · whiskey river Fridays
What’s in a Song: Fever (1)
March 4th, 2010 · 9 Comments
[This is another in an occasional series on popular songs with appeal across the generations. This post will be broken into two parts; Part 2 will appear in a few days is here.] As a kid, I once read a “funny” comic-book episode in which aliens landed in mid-20th-century America and reported back to their [...]
Tags: Celebrities · Comics · Language · Movies · Music · What's in a Song
After “The End”…
January 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments
No, alas — not here to report anything like the conclusion of Seems to Fit. Just sharing a tidbit from the irrepressible xkcd webcomic. The first three panels of today’s contribution to the collective wisdom are above; click the image to see the final panel.
Tags: Comics · Humor · Ruminations
What’s in a Song: Begin the Beguine (2)
August 8th, 2009 · 12 Comments
[This is another in an occasional series on popular songs with long histories. Part 1 -- which focused on the song's composition and lyrics -- appeared on Wednesday.] How many times and by which performers has “Begin the Beguine” been covered? It is to laugh. The most comprehensive list I’ve seen was on the page [...]
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Being Here (Today)
March 13th, 2009 · 16 Comments
From whiskey river (first 3+ lines not included there): from The Ninth Duino Elegy Why, if this interval of being can be spent serenely in the form of a laurel, slightly darker than all other green, with tiny waves on the edges of every leaf (like the smile of a breeze)–: why then have to [...]
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Always Pause Before Opening the Door
March 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
I do love a punchline — or a cartoon caption — which makes me pause for a split-second before making me snort. (Score another for the Bizarro strip.) This one’s even better than that first split-second made me realize, as I just noticed when uploading it.
Tags: Comics · Humor · Nature & Pets
The Blogger as Essayist (and Lens)
February 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Real post for the day imminent. In the meantime, I think this quotation deserves a post of its own: The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. He is a fellow who thoroughly enjoys his work, just as [...]
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“… 3… 2… 1… 0… I Said ZERO, Dammit, ZERO!”
December 31st, 2008 · 11 Comments
[This post's title alludes to this little tidbit of news: 2008 will last a second longer than most years.] The New Year, per usual, calls to mind resolutions about what we hope will come within the next 365ish days. I’ll get to that in a moment. First, though, I want to note that whatever else [...]
Tags: Comics · In the News · Looking Backward · Ruminations
Leaving a Light On the Reality of Writing
December 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments
[Don't assume the above is the whole story. Click the image to see the complete strip from Shannon Wheeler's "How to Be Happy" series.] Like me, you have probably heard more than once the assertion — pronounced in a gentle voice, at the end of a radio commercial (for the Motel 6 chain) consisting entirely [...]
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