In just a few weeks, I’ll end my two-year stint of working from home and return to the daily grind of having a job that actually requires I *gasp* leave the house. I couldn’t be more excited. Not only because I get to re-assert the much-needed separation between work & life (although, ironically, my new [...]
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crimes and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. This is their FRT. …a day early: I have to report @ 8.15a, and I just don’t function any earlier than that. And I can’t count [...]
…so, I have to comment here on how much I love the idea behind his new blog, Stalking the Bard. I, too, embrace the most unoriginal sentiment of loving all things Shakespeare. In fact, when I visited Stratford-upon-Avon during the brief time I lived in England during college, I was so overcome that I gobbled [...]
XTC vs. Adam Ant, They Might Be Giants Feeling No Pain, Josh Rouse Smell the Coffee, Joe Jack Talcum Mighty Mighty, Earth Wind & Fire Parabol, Tool Tell Mama, Etta James Space Dog, Tori Amos Twilight, Josh Rouse Don’t Cry, Guns N’ Roses On a Plain, Nirvana Bonus Track: Foolin’, Def Leppard Yay!: 1, 2, [...]
Poetry Festival: A Celebration of New Jersey’s Literary Journals Sunday, May 20, 2007, 1:00 – 5:00 PM Hosted by: Diane Lockward West Caldwell Public Library 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell, New Jersey {Directions} The event will feature 24 poets representing 12 different journals from throughout New Jersey, as well as a few immediate neighbors from [...]
Beginning April 28th, I’ll be teaching a 6-week course on Poetry as Memoir over at the Mt. Airy Learning Tree. How cool is that?!? The course description & registration are up online now…. but here’s an overview: Most of us have saved up stories-crazy things we did as kids, family legends and legacies, anecdotes about [...]
Gentle Tourists, To you I offer the following advice when visiting Philadelphia: skip the tour of Independence Hall. No matter how “free” it is, it’s not worth the hour that you will spend waiting in line(s), going through “security” (ahem! my mace made it through totally unquestioned, I can’t even get into the Troc with [...]
Style Network is airing the most wonderful show — 50 Best Chick Flicks: Sex, Cries & Videotape, hosted by none other than Allie Sheedy & Molly Ringwald! It’s like watching all of my favorite movies without having to sit through all the boring parts. This is perfect, “I’ve had too much to drink & I [...]
Dead, by They Might Be Giants Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now), by Nine Inch Nails The Scoop, by The Beastie Boys It’s the Nighttime, by Josh Rouse Buckingham Rabbit, by Silver Jews Send in the Clouds, by Silver Jews (I *swear* this was totally random!) Comin’ Under Fire, by Def Leppard Falling for You, [...]
I almost completely forgot it was Friday… but as soon as I realized, I cracked open a beer and put the ole itunes collection on shuffle. Express Yourself, by Madonna Overjoyed, by Magnet The Boogie That Be, by The Black Eyed Peas Love My Way, by the Psychedelic Furs Wicked, by Ice Cube Reflection, by [...]
