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Friday, June 27, 2008
This is Just to Say...
Have you heard of "This is just to say" poems? They are becoming increasingly popular on the Web. It all started with Williams Carlos Williams who wrote the following:
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Copyright © 1962 by William Carlos Williams.
So the poems begs the question. Is the author really sorry? Here are few others I found. I want to write one of my own. Please if you find any post them here for me.
http://onethingiknow.net/2008/04/30/this-is-just-to-say/
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Copyright © 1962 by William Carlos Williams.
So the poems begs the question. Is the author really sorry? Here are few others I found. I want to write one of my own. Please if you find any post them here for me.
http://onethingiknow.net/2008/04/30/this-is-just-to-say/
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Notoriously bad with...
Money - specially my own well only mostly exclusively my own. :-( That's what I am. I love these links:
http://www.usnews.com/features/business/your-money/money-saving-tips.html
I love this title: Taking a Vow of Frugality - we'll see how well these links will work for me.
http://www.usnews.com/features/business/your-money/money-saving-tips.html
I love this title: Taking a Vow of Frugality - we'll see how well these links will work for me.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
I like this one
Since I'm "trying" to learn how to play poker... I enjoyed reading about the Dead Man's Hand in Poker:
http://wordsmith.org/words/deadmans_hand.html
http://wordsmith.org/words/deadmans_hand.html
I fell for this one!
Ha Ha Ha! And I was so fascinated.... Ah well it's good to be duped this way - once in a while!
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/91536
The Not-So-Lost Tribeby Mike Krumboltz
June 23, 2008 06:09:40 PM
Even in an age when cynical sleuths can hyper-analyze stories for truth and accuracy, the occasional hoax still slips through the cracks. Such was the case with a so-called "lost Amazon tribe."
A few months ago, mainstream news outlets (including, ahem, Yahoo!) reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim.
As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain't "lost." In fact, as the photographer, José Carlos Meirelles, recently explained, authorities have known about this particular tribe since 1910. The photographer and the agency that released the pictures wanted to make it seem like they were members of a lost tribe in order to call attention to the dangers the logging industry may have on the group.
The photographer recently came clean, and news outlets, perhaps embarrassed at having been taken for a ride, have been slow to pick up the story. Now, the word is starting to spread and articles in the Buzz are picking up steam. Expect a lot more brutal truth in the coming days.
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/91536
The Not-So-Lost Tribeby Mike Krumboltz
June 23, 2008 06:09:40 PM
Even in an age when cynical sleuths can hyper-analyze stories for truth and accuracy, the occasional hoax still slips through the cracks. Such was the case with a so-called "lost Amazon tribe."
A few months ago, mainstream news outlets (including, ahem, Yahoo!) reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim.
As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain't "lost." In fact, as the photographer, José Carlos Meirelles, recently explained, authorities have known about this particular tribe since 1910. The photographer and the agency that released the pictures wanted to make it seem like they were members of a lost tribe in order to call attention to the dangers the logging industry may have on the group.
The photographer recently came clean, and news outlets, perhaps embarrassed at having been taken for a ride, have been slow to pick up the story. Now, the word is starting to spread and articles in the Buzz are picking up steam. Expect a lot more brutal truth in the coming days.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Envisioning myself as a Bride
Ok, so, my really good friend, Ladan, is on her way to becoming one of the top if not the top Wedding Planner in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. So first of all "Watch out world!"
The upside is I listen to all her exciting stories and I love it when ever she has pictures to share. The downside is, I can't help myself thinking what I would do if I was to be a bride in the near future. Well it's not really such a downside ... Unfortunately the dress I have in mind were this event to take place can not be posted here as the readers would need access to facebook. Oh well, just as well... what's the point?
The upside is I listen to all her exciting stories and I love it when ever she has pictures to share. The downside is, I can't help myself thinking what I would do if I was to be a bride in the near future. Well it's not really such a downside ... Unfortunately the dress I have in mind were this event to take place can not be posted here as the readers would need access to facebook. Oh well, just as well... what's the point?
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