Imagine Your Thanks Dropping like trash Deposited like an investment Feeding fish Diving in an exploration Planting like seeds Billowing like clouds Climbing towards forever Filling a tank, a room, your room, our lives and charting a map of our past, a history of interactions [The Thank Tank is still looking for hosts for one [...]
I spend much of my time in the classroom breaking down and analyzing that “hard English stuff” that many of us geeked out over as undergrads. Sonnets and pantoums and villanelles and odes and god knows what else. It’s fun and I see sparks as students begin flexing their own critical analytical muscles. And yet, [...]
-Then there was this time by the beach. He wheezed cooly in the darkness. -Must have been going on 20 ought years now. There were six or seven of them, all flying in a row, single-file like. They was too high up to make out a distinct breed, I bet nothing more than seagulls or [...]
While out sipping down Horny Goats in the Windy City, my colleagues and I came up with a list of theme party themes – this is specifically in response to a certain presenter’s upcoming ’80s theme party. The list is a follows: Johnny Depp Films, Sub category: Johnny Party (Johnny Depp, Johnny Walker, Johnny Rockets [...]
Whilst sharing a couple of pitchers of beer with one Tai Kim (aka the ice cream guru in charge of Scoops), I was informed that the two main beers brewed in Korea are spinoffs of Kirin and Saporo. They came about directly because of the era of Japan’s occupation of Korea. I’m intrigued and have [...]
I’m pretty sure this is as good as it gets. The shear joy of this made me think of that awesome Mountain Goats song about a certain jazz god, which made me want to listen to a certain Love Supreme. Based on the sole comment below, it clearly looks like the non-Kanye-ness of my earlier [...]
Credit should probably be given to one David Garza for being an all around awesome person. Insanely talented musician, David (pronounced Dah-veed since there should be an accent mark if I was a little less computer inept) is responsible for the title of this site. Blatantly lifting one of his prized lyrics, I’d be remiss [...]
Greetings and welcome to another unnecessary blog. Things should shape up around here shortly. I’ve got some urgently undiscussed issues regarding breakfast and the American way of life to get off my chest in an upcoming post.