A haiku a day
Keeps everyone away? Journal writing class gave us a choice of several assignments and I went for the daily haiku, starting with this:
I cannot write a
haiku a day for a week.
Much too hard for me.
I am not a poet. Be thankful.
Topic
Writing
A collection of 128 issues
Cardinal Sins of Blogging
It's been a while since I created my list of the Cardinal Sins of Web Design, high time for a new list: the Cardinal Sins of Blogging. These are the content sins, for the design sins, you'll have to go read the full list. For the
Leaving a Trace
From "Leaving a trace" by Alexandra Johnson
Today, sitting for even five minutes with a journal offers a rare cease-fire in the battle of daily life, a time when we're not graded, not performing. It's a time when one attempts some truth, silencing those
Writing colours
An Onionboy prompt
Close your eyes.
With your eyes closed turn your head in some direction, wait a beat, open your eyes ...
... describe your impression(s) of the first colour that took your interest.
Cream. The cream colour of the curtains in the study, set against the white walls and
Words of the year
Some highlights from the BBC's E-cyclopedia's glossary of 2003.
Governator - term for the new governor of California.
Kippers - kids in parents' pockets exhausting retirement savings.
Mark 7 and 8 Mammal Marine Systems - dolphins, as used by Allied forces.
Sitcom - single income,
Titles needed
Several blogs I've read have recently asked people to send them a list of questions to answer. I like the idea, and please leave questions in the comments of this post, but I have another idea. It's been a while since I added to the Humour
Where I'm from
Found an interesting writing assignment on Fragments from Floyd, based on the poem "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyons.
Where I'm from
I am from tea cups, from Twinings and tannin.
I am from the haunted bathroom,
(cold and primrose yellow,
feeling dead
Random walk
I started from Living Room's post about blogging crushes. Found Luke, kudos to him for having a picture of a Mini on the blog. Next blog up was the Lingering Lemon of Death, which led to Only Connect, whose post Happiness is an attitude is right up my
Reading list
Read something on the Levenger website about keeping a list of the books you read. It's something I've never thought about before, I just always assumed they'd always be there and I'd remember.
So, the books I'm currently reading are:
Mindless littering
Suppose you were driving along with your windows down, or in a convertible, or with your sunroof/moonroof open, and I drove past you. Without looking, without paying any attention whatsoever, I toss a rotten tomato out of my car, and it lands in yours. How would you feel? How