You remember TRON, right? Jeff Bridges is a computer programmer reduced to scamming on teenagers from his loft above the video arcade (remember when you had to GO SOMEWHERE DANK AND SMELLY if you wanted to play video games??) because he got fired from his cush job designing games like STAR INVADERS and BLASTEROODS. But he gets sucked into the ( Read more... )

I wouldn't realize how much I missed her until ten years after I found out she was dead.

Taleetha S.

1989

All Summer Long, KR
Only God Knows Why, KR
Rockstar, NB

I just submitted three poems to The New Yorker.

I'm angry ( Read more... )

She chirps as I approach in answer to the plastic pendant in my hand. Deep, rich red. Demure. There's hardly an inch between the bottom of her skirt and the black bitumen beneath. I could turn her over now, but I don't. I'd rather take my time. And she growls so nicely when I'm inside ( Read more... )

Of all the choices George W. has made over the past six years, the only one I can honestly say I would applaud was his choice of Ted Kooser as Poet Laureate. I love the man's work. If you've received email from me over the last year or so, one of his poems is my sig. Simple. Beautiful. Evocative ( Read more... )

You had to admit, it was a beautiful day ( Read more... )

I was here ( Read more... )

There is no occasion, and I don't expect anyone to ACTUALLY do this for me, but if someone were looking to get me a little something, I'd really love this. (Damn - I just noticed its lowest listed price is 37 bucks! CRIMINY! Well, it's a sure bet I won't be getting that for MYSELF. I suppose Christmas IS coming up... Jiminy crickets.) I wish I knew ( Read more... )

What does it say about a man that his personal philosophy (such as I can be said to have such a thing) can be very keenly encapsulated in a 30-second television commercial?

Depends on the commercial is the right answer, I suppose. This one does it for me. I'm not sure what it is, but the mix of the music and the chain of... good will, I guess?... ( Read more... )