journalism blues

Poem Reading Times at the Ashland Public Library

2009-05-12T13:30:00.000-07:00

I know I dun gutted and killed this blog, but I don't know what else to do with this announcement. I'm reading with Christopher Chemsak tomorrow, May 14th, at 7:00 PM in the Ashland Public Library for the West Wind Review's reading series things they're doing. Their annual issue is coming out soon, and it looks to be a real winner -- more info at the link above.That's 410 Siskiyou Boulevard.

the beautiful, terrible throburrito

2009-02-24T12:38:00.000-08:00

We interrupt blog silence to bring you the throburrito (throb plus burrito).Sincerely,The Management

Hemingway story from Jennifer Knox

2008-05-13T22:03:00.000-07:00

The following is the text of an email to my friend Kevin; I thought he'd enjoy an account of my experience, since we've shared stories about crazy authors before. And I thought it was good enough to pass on to you secondhand. <3 wz--So last night I went to Emergent Forms feat. Jennifer Knox, prompted by a last-minute warning from Jess. I'd heard her name before, but if I'd ever read any of her

Found: The Flood of '74

2008-04-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

We went to Lithia Park and it was flooded. We went all around the park two times. Then we were getting tired and went home. On the way home we were stuck because we were surrounded with water. We had to take our shoes off and walk in the water. It started to rain. Some men told us to go back, so we did. When we got to a phone we called Mrs. Nealson and she brought us home.Sarah HumphreyWe

Found (1918): Handy reference

2008-04-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

Found (1914): Act now

2008-04-04T14:14:00.000-07:00

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INSERT COINS TO CONTINUE

2008-03-04T14:29:00.001-08:00

I was trying to comment on this post by Jess about restricted-access pay-to-read poetry blogs. Blogger was choking or something, so I don't know if my comment went through, but here's what I tried to submit:--I'm not real comfortable with the idea of renting poetry. Sure, nothing would stop you from printing out a stack of pages with URLs and "Page 2 of 2s" on them, but after a year your

A prayer for our once-and-hopefully-future-awesome country

2008-02-20T19:10:00.001-08:00

Dear Lord in heaven, Whom I realize I only seem to acknowledge in situations of dire circumstance, including, but not limited to, imminent death in general, permanent loss of physical faculties, catastrophic financial desperation, large oncoming vehicles unexpectedly appearing in my lane of traffic, substantial loss of vital bodily fluids, seemingly inescapable deathtraps (including, but not

Found (1912): play

2008-02-07T16:50:00.001-08:00

Found: "How tell to whether a Person is Dead or Alive"

2007-12-12T19:46:00.000-08:00

[This is from Houghtaling's 1901 Hand-Book, too. --wz]How to tell whether a Person is Dead or AliveApply the flame of a candle to the tip of one of the great toes of the supposed corpse, and a blister will immediately rise. If the vitality is gone this will be full of air, and will burst with some noise if the flame be applied to it a few seconds longer; if life is not extinct, the blister will

Found: How to Restore Drowning Persons

2007-11-21T12:46:00.000-08:00

From Houghtaling's Revised Hand-Book of Useful Information, compiled by Chas. E. Houghtaling, 1901:How to Restore Drowning PersonsThe frequency of accidents should induce every person, whether old or young, to learn the best means known to physicians for resuscitating those who are taken from the water. Just how long a person can lay in water and not be only asphyxiated but actually dead varies,

Found: APD Complaint Report

2007-11-05T19:28:00.000-08:00

5/25/1969:Complainant reports a couple of "Shakespeares" or Hippies were having intercourse by the bandshell while the bands were playing Sunday. A police car drove by but the officer apparently didn't see them.Lucille W*********, also observe [sic] another couple there and the boy had the girl bare to the waist fondling her.Betty also got another report of a couple having intercourse in front

Old-timey photo set:

2007-09-27T18:21:00.000-07:00

See a slideshow of the full photoset here, or take a look at a randomized sampling below:

mad mailman

2007-07-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

gaslit

2006-07-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

come on cat five

2006-07-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

phantom portraiture

2006-06-13T22:05:00.000-07:00

Came across some of my great-grandfather's old black-and-white photos today. The man's a bit of a mystery to me. Died before I was born.Anyway, found maybe six photographs with a child's writing on the back. I'm not sure how old he was when he wrote on them. Now, I know this sounds boring, but wait for the end. It gets good. (Well, it gets better, anyway.)So here they are, with my

the english handshake

2006-06-11T23:41:00.000-07:00

lime & chili & shrimp ramen

2006-05-30T23:41:00.000-07:00

Ugh, I'm eating this right now. My mouth is tingling.I'm not saying it's spicy. I like spicy. I'm saying my mouth cavity is paralyzed.What worries me is that I keep eating it. Bleargh.My lips are numb.

Found:

2006-05-08T23:01:00.000-07:00

Procrastinate:

2006-04-29T22:49:00.000-07:00

Comes from Latin pro and cras, and when you stick those together you get "toward tomorrow." I found my old Latin book during the move.I'm putting a lot of things off right now. I'm putting off that SPEWS article. Articles. And site maintenance. I'm putting off creative projects. I'm putting off dumping my camera's photos onto my Flickr page. Least importantly, I'm putting off next week's

jowlin'!

2006-04-16T19:21:00.000-07:00

Alisha and I are pretty much the best jowlers ever.Say, you folks ever heard of jowling? Here's how you can jowl, too, pilfered directly from the official jowlin' website:How to Capture a Jowler:A Step By Step Guide1. Loosen all of the muscles in your face and refrain from making any expression.2. Try to keep your eyes and mouth open.3. Shake your head from side to side as quickly as possible