Think before you speak. Don’t jump to conclusions (at least, not until you have all the facts)….
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The woman seemed to be making some pretty good points, until she stopped with, “Ugh! Those (people she disagrees with) are just so stupid!!” She could have said Southerners,… read more
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Harmomy (by Keith Brooke) and The Weird (edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer) look like good bets (for my taste, at least)….
Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford to Miss in May.
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500px / Photo “E b b” by Dacel Andes – http://pulse.me/s/8U1Oe
Sadly, this new, interactive Frankenstein app is, currently., for Apple devices only!
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Can James Cameron — Or Anyone — Really Mine Asteroids? – http://pulse.me/s/8z8cX
Note: Too bad we can’t mine asteroids for oil — only planetary bodies that support (or once supported) life can bless us with fossil fuels. Of course, there is the abiogenic hypothesis of petroleum origin to consider….
“Sound of My Voice”: A tense sci-fi puzzler – http://pulse.me/s/8EZTv
Will Microsoft Dump Bing? – http://pulse.me/s/8Cv6A
Weird, because they (Microsoft) just included Bing Desktop in their latest Windows 7 (optional) update….
Margaret Atwood talks revenge – http://pulse.me/s/8AUHX
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Is HTML5 on mobile worth they hype? Absolutely – but there are still a lot of gaps. Gustavo digs down a little deeper to compare differences in support between different mobile devices, and browsers
via HTML5 for mobiles: fact or fiction?.
HTML5 versus Flash: Why Flash Will Endure
A solid four out of five stars — I’m subtracting one-half star for a few prolonged (potential yawns) scenes and some overly gushy/mushy, cliched dialog; and, one-half star simply because it’s not the greatest movie in existence. That being said, however, TBD proved to be a thoroughly intense and engaging, preternatural (Anne Rice word) romance/thriller. I can’t wait for part 2. Without providing any spoilers (hopefully): Bella (Kristen Stewart) slew me with her emotional and extremely realistic wedding isle walk. There is a fantastic confrontation between Jacob (Taylor Lauther) and the other werewolves. Lastly, the ending moments (I won’t tell you what happens) were suspenseful, riveting and all together satisfying. Highly recommended. Go see it!
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No flowing, rapid rivers
Or pools of chlorine harm,
No lake of starry slivers
Can ever hope to charm
Like a warm and sandy beach
Of moon swept, salty seas,
On an island out of reach
Growing silly, Wild Rhyme Trees.
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Wild Rhyme Trees Forum is fot the posting and discussion of poetry and all manner of media, thoughts and ideas.
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Yahoo! discussion group about the New York City borough of Brooklyn and, more specifically, the neighborhoods of Gravesend, Bensonhurst and other surrounding ‘hoods. Do you know the history of Gravesend? Are you still pining for that missing childhood sweetheart? Do you reminisce about those insane block parties and explosive 4th of July celebrations? Join graveben, today!
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Rick Lupert is the author of this thoroughly enjoyable, bitting poem. I’ve had it up on Wild Rhyme Trees for years — but I never realized a video had been produced. Warning: This poem contains adult language. Here is the written poem, and here is the video.
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Here I present the last poem by the late Brooklyn Poet Laureate, Ken Siegelman, who passed away at his home on Friday, June 19, 2009. Their are numberous articles about the man and his life on the Internet. Our borough president, Marty Markowitz, also has him featured on his website (just click on his Poetic Brooklynites link when you get there).
They are calling this a great poem. A classic. I’ll let you decide. All I have to say is that there are hidden, sparkling word gems out there — sleeping in old desks and musty shoe boxes, yellowing in forgotten notebooks of discarded papers and, of course, displaying on the multitude of unknown, personal poetry websites and blogs which shall never see the light of official praise or publication.
STAGE FRIGHT
Somewhere in mid adolescence I filled the silence
Of this empty house with a scratchy edginess
Sparking the first intrusions of a panic sweat.
The pines thickening at dusk set the stage
For a thousand murder mysteries where killers
And assassins lay in wait as my first few
Lines flutter into a black hole where I knew
A full house audience was supposed to be
Hiding in the anonymity of the abyss;
Just beyond the orchestra and umbra of the
Floor stage lights…
Up to a point I could transcend all
The ill-tempered husbands whose wives
Had dragged them out,
Just to dry off in a theater
With chaffing thighs and soaking socks…
Women who were stood up on a date,
Predisposed to seeing each male role
As the voice of thoughtless scoundrels
Who never returned after going out
To buy a pack of cigarettes…
And then there were the critics
Who would safely take their stabs
Thrusting with the peevishness of small minds
Bent on, strangling anyone in sight.
Those who realized they could never write
A play or poem, or watch a hero levitate
From a chaotic character who seemed to die off
In the second act.
Best to preempt the dusk with orange-amber porch lights
Napalming biting fleas and fierce mosquitoes
Blinding those who take the first dibs
On ending one’s lonely life.
Ken Siegelman
Brooklyn Poet Laureate, May, 2009
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Why does that title (from a 1961 movie about life among the natives of Dutch New Guinea) remind me of the 1969 film, Putney Swope? And what does either have to do with this Brooklyn blog? If I deduce the relationship, I will certainly post it here. Perhaps I’m just pondering unique childhood memories – like watching Star Trek on my friend Babe’s color TV. (Yes, it was a big deal, back then. Not everyone had color.) That and Star Trek was … well, fascinating (as Spock so often noted)! Click on the About link for more information.
My title banner consists of a beautiful b/w photo of Nathans in Coney Island, a view of the Shore Parkway bicycle path with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the distance, Lucy’s food stand (an Italian feast staple) and the Dairy Maid Ravioli store on Avenue U (and my apologies to the hundreds of locals and establishments I left out).
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