National Poetry Writing Month: Day #21 (21 April 2013)

Ignored today’s prompt, which involved “re-writing” a poem called “Lines for the Fortune Cookies“. Not so interested in that.

Instead, I leave you with a brief impression from a function I attended last night that apparently did not get going until well after I’d left and turned in for the night… Continue reading

50 things I have learned

I started this last month, shortly after my birthday—but then other stuff came up, and it kind of got pushed to the side.

But, now it’s done! So! Here is… Continue reading

The Best Prince Album? Discuss…

Prince’s 1990 album, Music from Graffiti Bridge, typically gets mixed reviews. Even otherwise positive reviews will dismiss it as “one of his weaker albums,” “not Prince’s strongest work…”, “uneven”, “a mixed bag”, and so on. (All quoted phrases from reviews on Amazon’s page for the album.)

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