Laconic Prolixity Lickety Split

...being of my readings an account, at turns loquacious and taciturn according to the Law of Whim and the Meandering Orbit round the Pestilential Moon of Arbitrarium.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Openness in Thought

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Recently I was discussing with a friend—Hi, Becks—my failed aspirations to be a writer. I have a complex relationship with words. On the on...

Friday, July 8, 2016

A response to the writer of "Ghetto Homie"

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A response to " Ghetto Homie ." “Ghetto culture”, is a pejorative term for a complex and diverse culture that grew out of subjug...

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Exercises from On Poetry, Chapter 1

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It’s been quite a few years since I last spent time on poetry. For whatever reason I seem to go through cycles where I read and write none ...

Monday, June 30, 2014

Quote: Aquarium Face

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…he had a great face half as long again as other faces, with a great nose (quite sharp on the end) stuck into it, two dark eyes like clever...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Little Thoughts: Achievement, Hope, and Beauty

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Achievement is the death of hope, the realization that the outcome hoped for is too small a thing to bear the weight of anticipation. No ach...

Monday, June 9, 2014

Review: The Final Solution

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The Final Solution is Michael Chabon’s homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It’s a delightful short novel with a once-famous but never-named s...

Review: The Penelopiad

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In The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood gives us a satirical view of the events of The Odyssey . Penelope and her twelve hanged maids speak to us...

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