Does anyone know things about or has anyone participated in a CSA?  TP and I are thinking about joining one for organic meat, and potentially one for produce, but I am curious if there are any pitfalls.  Right now, our biggest concern is how much we could take in a monthly delivery, considering our freezer space.

If my last name were Katz, I would definitely name my son Lowell.

PSi expands iwps field to 96 competitors.

These are folks who, as long as they represent the slams they say they represent, are in for certain:

Home Slam Name   Legal Name
ABQ    Damien Flores
"Accident Lab  Vanessa Pike-Vrtiak
Art Amok ATL   April SMith
Berkeley PS   Kevin Holmes
Boise Poetry Slam  TBD
Bythis    Thomas Budday
Cantab   April Ranger
Dallas Poetry Grind   Joaquin Zihuatenejo
FlagSlam ( Read more... )

in the forums.  Venue reps and storm poets.  No wait list yet.

Gummy bear vitamins.  'nuff said.

Um, if you are get on a plane from Cancun to Mexico City, and threaten the passengers and crew, you should probably demand something more valuable than diversion to Mexico City ( Read more... )

With the sudden popularity of persona poems, I am also noticing an increase in the use of questions as a lazy device.  Rhetorical questions are as old as time, and can be used very effectively, but I think they often fall apart when the questions are addressed to someone who isn't the audience.  Often this is someone stated in a persona poem, other ( Read more... )

United just made my day by changing a flight reservation without charging me anything.  Huh, wasn't expecting that.  So, ORD to FRA on December 23rd, returning January 10, for $63 r/t.

Anybody else in Europe over Christmas/New Year's or have tips on what to do in Frankfurt?

Full recap on the way, but first, a question ( Read more... )