Monthly Archives: September 2017
Amateur Radio Helping in Relief Efforts After Hurricane Maria
I know this is off-topic from writing, but I am very proud of my amateur radio brethren, who have answered the call for help in areas ravaged by Hurricane Maria. I am new to this hobby, better called a service, … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur radio, disaster relief, ham radio, hurricane maria, hurricane relief, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
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Why Magazines Are Like Sailboats
“Mr. Andersen, who now writes books and hosts a public radio show, said that magazines might eventually gain a cult following akin to the interest around other obsolete media, like vinyl records.” ‘Eventually, they’ll become like sailboats,’ he said. ‘They … Continue reading
The Lowest Form of Poetry
A limerick is a strictly structured device used to deliver appealing nonsense with amazing precision. It has been called, without hostility, the lowest form of poetry. Edward Lear, a master of the limerick, had great influence on Lewis Carroll. Consider … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged Carroll, Huxley, Kipling, Lear, limericks
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I Hurled My Youth Into A Grave
Robert W. Service was a little like Kipling (internal link). They were contemporaries, although continents apart. Both adventurers, they lived the life they wrote about. Although Jack London is most associated with the Far North and the Yukon Gold Rush, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized
Tagged gold, Poetry, prospecting, Robert Service, The Far North, The Yukon
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Hunter S. Thompson and 9/11
Originally written for ESPN (external link). Penned when few facts were known, many of his predictions came eerily true. A distinctive writing style all his own . . . Fear & Loathing in America By Hunter S. Thompson Page 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, ESPN, Hunter, Hunter S. Thompson, September 11, writing style
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Four Year Review
It’s been four years this month since I decided to resurrect my writing career. How am I doing? I am keeping busy but earning only half the income I would like to make. My most lucrative work in 2005 and … Continue reading
The Waste Land Read By Obi-Wan Kenobi
Okay. Not Obi-Wan. Sir Alec Guinness. He does a wonderful job reciting this difficult poem, making it approachable and bringing out nuances hidden when we read it by ourselves. It’s tempting go too fast with this poem. Slow down. Guinness … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, video, Writing by others
Tagged Alec Guinness, Obi Wan Kenobi, Poetry, T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland, YouTube video
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Musings on The Press
“Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In my short stint as a newspaper reporter I was happy to write on the … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Dr. Johnson, Rage, The Downward Spiral, the media, the press
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