Archive for August, 2009

One More Thing Before We Go: Go Stillers!

Aug 31, 2009 5 Comments by

Having rescued a dog, I wouldn’t seek to further our Tulip’s pain by grooming her to look like a camel, a peacock, or Jack Sparrow. But I know a few Steelers fans who might be interested in the below. Click on the pic to see examples of the aforementioned and other grooming feats just begging [...]

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Single White Nerd: Stand-Up and the Single Nerd

Aug 31, 2009 2 Comments by

. a blogumn by Michael Kass     Single man-nerds, hear me now:  If you want to meet women, try stand-up comedy.   Before I found stand-up,  I’d tried everything.  Well, maybe not everything.  I never went to a dating seminar, for example.  Nor had I tried the cultish techniques practiced by “pick-up artists” whose [...]

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Three Line Lunch: Staged Fetch

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a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 12 Staged Fetch At the river Karin throws stick for Callie and Cricket, Red’s host dogs. He hobbles after but can’t catch them or get far enough into river. So She stages a fetch: throws it a foot and he grabs it, wags his tail, [...]

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Procrastinate on This! Gypsy Punk

Aug 31, 2009 2 Comments by

Oh, I love the slow build sloppiness of this song. Thanks so much to Michelle from London Times LA Moments for posting.

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Hippie Squared: The Year Will Tell

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So I’m doing this diary in three line poems, for a year, here on this site. You may have seen it—it posts at noon each day, and we’re calling it “Three Line Lunch.”

What gives and why bother?

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Philosophical Monday: Inherit the Longwindedness or Is Betty Left-Handed?

Aug 31, 2009 4 Comments by

So my father and stepmother came to visit Betty this weekend, which was interesting on a few levels. I think every girl worries about becoming like her mother and I’ve certainly inherited quite a few of my mother’s bad traits, including talking too much, worrying too much,  overthinking too much, and fearing too much. But [...]

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Guess the Random Lyric: FINAL SCORE: ME=3; You=2

Aug 31, 2009 2 Comments by

jenny from the Internet guessed correctly that Friday’s lyric was from “More Than a Feeling” by Boston, but happily for me, that point was not enough to give you the win, and I won the week. Hurrah! But let’s see how you do this week. Okay, first up classic Monday. One word clue: Showtune. And [...]

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Three Line Lunch: Oldsters Forest

Aug 30, 2009 1 Comment by

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 12 Oldsters Forest 13 year old dog hobbles by thousand year old standing trees, the spring’s Green sorrel crawling around their feet. The scale of lives: tree, man, Beloved dog. I hoist exhausted Red to shoulder, carry him out. He smiles.

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Three Line Lunch: Glimpses of North (Oakland to Mendocino)

Aug 29, 2009 Comments Off by

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 11 Glimpses of North (Oakland to Mendocino) Green tree dotted yellow hills roll and sway under sun. Rock-pocked slope The road cuts through. Deep soul whole-body sigh Entering fragrant fern-carpeted deep dark cool towering redwood forest.

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Procrastinate on This! Friday Edition (August 28)

Aug 28, 2009 2 Comments by

My father and stepmother are in town to meet Betty, so again no time for procrastination on my part, but do feel free to avail yourself of these gems in my absence: 1. This makes me happy that I just went with “Betty” for my child. [Home of the Urban Chameleon] 2. People try to [...]

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