Shadenfreuden |
I sat in a subway car one morning on my way to work and spotted a tiny new-born insect on the floor. The poor little thing could not get its footing and was being violently shaken and tossed about the...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:36:00 GMT |
Rejeted |
Here is a poem I wrote to someone who called herself hour glass lady on another site. She deleted it before reading it, so I thought I'd find a new home for it here.The Hour Glassby: Bill SparksLet's ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:15:00 GMT |
Feed Your Head! |
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you, Don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice, When she's ten feet tall. And...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:31:00 GMT |
Our Society Today |
What follows is a story that recently appeared in the Washington Post. It frightens me to think that we live in a society where something like this can and does happen. *** Canadian Was Falsely Accu...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:51:00 GMT |
Masters Of War |
With the release of a new album by Bob Dylan, I am reminded of one of his earlier songs that still seems relevant today. The song is "Masters of War" and here is a video that someone on YouTube put to...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:59:00 GMT |
It's Pronounced "Aw-nee" |
Another poem from Ani DiFranco as performed on Def Poetry Jam in 2004. Enjoy! Oh, and like the title implies the announcer here mispronounces her name. It's supposed to be "Aw-nee" not "Ah-nee".
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:04:00 GMT |
Two New Albums Worth Checking Out |
I am giddy like a school girl. Two great artists from the past have just each released a new album. Now, those who know me, know that my musical taste tends to be quite eclectic. So, of course, I am t...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:28:00 GMT |
Self Evident |
An awesome piece of prose by Ani DiFranco written shortly after 9/11**UPDATE**I found a video version containing the musical version of this poem as sung by Ms. DiFranco herself.Self Evidentyes,us peo...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:53:00 GMT |
The Idle Musings of a Retarded Chimpanzee |
I went to the Library today in an attempt to nourish my soul. Unfortunately they were all out of salted peanuts. As I stood there contemplating why the outward expression of my soul's desire for salte...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:47:00 GMT |
God is Dead |
What follows is a famous passage from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) first published in a work from 1882 which he titled The Gay Science. It was very controversial in it's ti...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:24:00 GMT |
