The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago |
For those of you who have read Saramago's other books this one is bound to satisfy. Saramago delivers his usual neverending sentence structure and his capacity to shine a light on the tedium and absu... Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:23:00 GMT |
Sound Bites by Alex Kapranos |
I just finished reading Sound Bites by Alex Kapranos. He wrote articles for The Guardian about the food he ate with Franz Ferdinand. These are really nice shorts about the food, and more importantly... Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:21:00 GMT |
a knive's purchase |
Aching in places I could never forgetUnder the floor under the carpetjointed wood on stretchers and dryingmy days varnish of meat oil and bleachIt doesn't work it doesn't work to merely mentionbut to ... Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:58:00 GMT |
Sucker Crutch |
lemony suction cupsand hot buried stone stone hurriedatop a caramelized newelstuck there with the waitress at her stationbetweenchocolate gnashed to the mastit's beak heavy and smokystick technologyou... Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:40:00 GMT |
Looking for Money |
I peddle pages bound to me in short spans.Mostly I sit at my desk doing that with a few breaks for bike rides.I orient myself to the mist of the automatic sprinklers,if I keep the light off I never ne... Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:19:00 GMT |
Holiday Wishes |
Holiday Greetings to Our Family and Friends Well it seems that another year has gone by so quickly. Royal turned 4 years old on November 21 and I turn an undisclosed amount exactly one month later. ... Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:05:00 GMT |
Salt and Basques |
I have just finished Salt by Mark Kurlansky and now I am reading another of his titles, A Basque History of the World. These are fun books. Salt made me want to pickle and Basques makes me want to g... Posted by on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:08:00 GMT |
pickles |
Pickles. Pickling. Pickled. Yum. Posted by on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:52:00 GMT |
My brother's big news |
So my mother's boyfriend had a 75th birthday a couple of months ago. His family threw a party for him and I got a ride from my brother and his girlfriend. We had a nice chat winding through the neig... Posted by on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:55:00 GMT |
Laugh at God |
A few weeks ago, after having year of seemingly unending bad luck, I was cooking dinner for myself. Quickly chopping some red peppers I somehow managed to get my middle left finger right underneath t... Posted by on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:36:00 GMT |