Apr
25
2007
Malls. Nail-in-the-eye fun for Ms. Q.
It’s right up there with eating fish.
Ms. Q is allergic to fish. It gives her hives. In fact, if she ate enough of it, it may kill her.
Anyway, I had to drop off some library books and there’s this chi-chi mall just across the street from the library. I usually [...]
Apr
24
2007
I’m beginning to think that we all have poems inside ourselves.
We don’t let them out because we’re embarrassed.
We look at poetry as something only a chosen few can do. We believe that unless you’re one of the chosen, our poetry must be bad.
I think we need to give up this attitude and let our poetry [...]
Apr
23
2007
I find umbrellas highly annoying. They don’t seem to do much.
OK, they are fine in perfectly vertical rainfall.
Add a little wind and … pointless.
If you have wind, you’re gonna get wet. Plus, umbrellas are AWKWARD.
You get wetter as you get in and out of cars and then you have this extra thing that is [...]