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By Lester | March 4, 2010

New blog entry: 404 Site Gag http://lestersmith.com/2010/03/04/404-site-gag/ #
RT @jrobertking: Finished work on 2 novels. About to start on 2 more. I'm in that free-floating malaise between projects–self-furloughed. #
RT @FrankJOswald: You should backup your tweets here: http://backupmytweets.com It's free! (please retweet) #
RT @UpWrite: When Proper Grammar Makes One Ignorant http://ow.ly/1dP67 #bwt #
Whether (or Not) – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/1dnCT A reasonably clear explanation of whether "or not" is needed. ^LS #
New blog entry: My Mid-Winter Game Break http://lestersmith.com/2010/03/02/mymid-winter-game-break/ #
RT @FrankJOswald: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss. Do we inherently like rhyming slogans because of youss? #
Walker in the Wastes, for Call of Cthulhu – closing on eBay in 5 hours, 47 minutes http://ow.ly/1bNwU #
"WhoseTube?" NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/1bM4l Video killed the radio star; are record companies killing video? #
Justa coupla hours till the Weekend of Gaming begins. Meeting an old college buddy in Schaumburg with 2 other friends for 3 days of fun! #
RT @UpWrite @GrammarGirl: Writing error or bathroom sign for space aliens? You decide. http://twitpic.com/150hsx (via @VegasHill) #
RT @jrobertking: Ha! 10 rules for writing fiction http://bit.ly/9F9HYo @Steve_Ince @UnlikelyWorlds M John Harrison [I'm an old fan of MJH!] #
Khaaaaan! I mean: HootSuiiiiite! You let me down this time, saying my post didn't go through, so I sent it three times. (Sorry, folks.) #
Guild Warriors, by Matt Forbeck & Jeff Grubb http://ow.ly/1beHX "The Canterbury Tales, with more explosions"? #
Guild Warriors, by Matt Forbeck & Jeff Grubb http://ow.ly/1bewO "The Canterbury Tales, with more explosions"? #
How Writers Can Learn From Documented Cases of Revision http://ow.ly/1aWq4 I once saw an early draft of Blake's "Tyger, Tyger." Eye-opening. #
Humming the Tune http://ow.ly/1aSIB #bwt A story of the history of punctuation. ^LS #
RT @JDProuty: We've exceeded Earth's ~ carrying capacity. ~ Please exit stage right. #haikuchallenge #capacity #senryu #fb #
RT @mforbeck: Great song & video, "Poetry of the Deed" http://bit.ly/dbMHOF Reminds me of @LesterSmith. [Wow. Thanks, man. Awesome lyrics!] #
I just wish the lyrics weren't in Russian, so I could understand them. http://ow.ly/1ayuE #
NSFW: David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition! http://ow.ly/1aCl9 Almost wet myself! My wife called him a "demon" last Sunday. #
the taint of her touch / her putrescent pulchritude / love's dreary decay // #haikuchallenge (taint) #
RT @HollyWoodward: "A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in." Frederick the Great #
RT @dengary: IMHO, the idea that tanka must be "lovely" is misinformed. Tanka must be "true" – that is the heart of it. #tanka #micropoetry #
RT @DavesFandSFW I just finished @jrobertking's Angel of Death. Thank you, @angryrobotbooks, for giving the world this art. #
RT @ Upwrite: Seth's Blog: How to use clichés http://ow.ly/18sTH I had no idea of the word's history. Fascinating! ^LS #
http://twitpic.com/14wmel – Sebastian learning "Sit!" #
Dubious tea leaves . . . / a dark man in your future . . . ? / The charge is ten bucks. // #haikuchallenge (dubious) #
RT @Writepop: Yesterday was my birthday. The party was very fancy: The piñata was a real donkey! It was cute, but the candy tasted terrible. #
Stephen D. Sullivan » CATHE Youth Theater: Murder’s in the Heir http://ow.ly/19Xrz [An entertaining yet frank review. Bravo, Sully!] #
RT @DavesFandSFW: Entering the final stretch of @jrobertking's Angel of Death – am flabbergasted at the brilliance of this novel! #
RT @UpWrite Japan's latest literary craze – novels written by cell phone http://ow.ly/18sM6 Not unlike Dickens & the penny dreadfuls ^LS #
RT @harleymaywrites: http://twitpic.com/145ux9 – Does this look like an alligator? Please say yes. #
Recently exhumed at Hobby Hearse: Dark Designs – Victorian Call of Cthulhu Adventures http://ow.ly/188RP #
ValentineRejection.jpg 419×500 pixels http://ow.ly/19bqd #
News as the 21st-century pillory. And a proposal for "collateral journalism." Interesting reading. http://ow.ly/198D3 #
As my buddy Rob says: A shorter word for "zero-tolerance" is "intolerance." #
Recently exhumed at Hobby Hearse: Ye Booke of Monstres – for Call of Cthulhu http://ow.ly/188U8 #
US Jury Convicts Nigerian on Wire Fraud Charges http://shar.es/mashN via @sharethis #
Recently exhumed at Hobby Hearse: Minions, 15 Brief Encounters for Call of Cthulhu http://ow.ly/188Rb #
RT @jrobertking: Revising Death's Disciples–Item 8: Come up with a better way to steal a motorcycle from Hell's Angels. [LOL! -Les] #
The sign says, "For Rent." / The window glass is broken. / A board fills the hole. // #haikuchallenge (rent) #micropoetry #
Grammar is someone / sitting alone critiquing / while the neighbors dance. // #micropoetry #
Finished reading Longfellow's translation of Dante's Inferno. Longfellow plays his drums too loud. Next stop, Purgatory! #
RT @LeeAHarris: Just finished reading @jrobertking's wonderful new novel, Death's Disciples. I love this job! :-) #
bent into the wind / an old man greets each willow / bowed along his path // #haikuchallenge (bent) #
Grammar is a map / pointing out / where things used to be. #micropoetry #
RT @baffled: he had some small worth / but still felt a bit useless / like a bent penny #haiku #senryu #haikuchallenge #
Walker in the Wastes, for Call of Cthulhu – rare 224-page adventure & player aid kit on eBay http://ow.ly/188ia #
RT @expertwriter: 11 Little-Known Grammatical Errors – both funny and informative: http://bit.ly/bxkipv (via @brataloid) #
RT @fantomaster: Excessive hyperbole is literally the kiss of death. #writingtips #
RT @jrobertking: Whenever I start writing a novel, it is my new friend. Whenever I'm finishing a novel, it is my old enemy. #
My blog (http://ow.ly/17imC) has a new header layout, thanks to Mark Lalumondier's boss graphic skills. Thanks, Mark! #
Built Google search results into product pages at Hobby Cellar (http://ow.ly/17irN). Clicking Featured Product is like a game! #
RT @neilhimself: A small Valentine's Day poem, by me: http://bit.ly/93sCVt #
New blog entry: A Pretty Pair of Published Poems http://lestersmith.com/2010/02/12/a-pretty-pair-of-published-poems/ #
RT @jrobertking: Lightning Round for Ed Greenwood—Day 12 | J. Robert King http://ow.ly/16Ji2 #
RT @dhutson: Is the Web Killing Good Writing? http://bit.ly/94o47C #
RT @jrobertking: Angel of Death, Reviewed http://ow.ly/16JEm [Skip to the last heading, past the spoilers & read the praise. -Les] #
RT @UpWrite: How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) | Editor's Desk | Fast Company http://ow.ly/16j3I #
Amazon, I've been supporting you since day 1. (Got the travel mugs to prove it.) So come on, Jeff Bezos–let me have Kindle for Linux. #
RT @jrobertking: Which of Ed Greenwood's novels/games is his favorite? Find out here. Day 11 of 12 | J. Robert King http://ow.ly/16iOj #
RT @jrobertking: Ed Greenwood's advice to aspiring writers—Day 10 of 12! | J. Robert King http://ow.ly/15S84 #
RT @UpWrite: Check out the social media toolkit by @IncMagazine http://ow.ly/15tVh Excellent articles and links ^CE #
"Who-Sunnit?" online at Big Pulp http://ow.ly/15rvN #
Congrats Elizabeth Barrette! "How the Aztecs Conquered Cortéz" from Vampyr Verse gets Rhysling nomination! http://ow.ly/15kFW #
The Arts: On Writing and Publishing – 100 Days (Or Less) Part Eight: Day Three http://ow.ly/15bMq When you get stuck, kill a character. #
RT @UpWrite @GrammarGirl Find out whether "e-book" needs that hyphen: http://j.mp/adL5Aj And yet her comment form asks for your "Email." ;-) #
RT @jrobertking: On the future of novels | Ed Greenwood—Day 8 of 12 http://ow.ly/151yX #
http://twitpic.com/123aro – #
Fragments of Fear: The Second Call of Cthulhu Companion – on eBay http://ow.ly/14VoI #
Newly exhumed at Hobby Hearse: Green and Pleasant Land http://ow.ly/14VIw & Arkham Unveiled http://ow.ly/14VKv Call of Cthulhu campaigns #
RT @jrobertking: Ed Greenwood tells how authors and editors should (and shouldn't) get along. Day 7 of 12. http://ow.ly/14Lg0 #amwriting #
RT @jrobertking: On the virtues of escapism–Ed Greenwood—Day 6 of 12. J. Robert King http://ow.ly/14Abx #
RT @jrobertking: Friday hilarity–Sex Scenes & Censorship from Ed Greenwood–Day 5. http://ow.ly/14dSy [Be sure to read yesterday's, too.] #
I vote for @HootSuite for a Shorty Award in #apps because…it makes Twitter & Facebook management easy! http://shortyawards.com/hootsuite #
RT @UpWrite: Pew Survey: Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, & Don't Use Twitter | Fast Company http://ow.ly/13NUM #
RT @Jamie1km: Check it out. A look at games as an integral part of human art and culture since the very beginning. http://is.gd/7GRgF #
Finished reading The Untouchables last night. Eliot Ness was 26 when assigned to start the group, and he lived with his parents throughout. #
RT @jrobertking: An illuminating glimpse into the life of a young writer: Ed Greenwood–Day 4 of 12 http://ow.ly/13OFH #amwriting #
My daughter Candy pointed me to Metric's "Monster Hospital" on Sunday. Now I'm hooked on the band. Any other Metric fans out there? #
RT @jrobertking: Ed Greenwood discusses world building and storytelling! Day 3 of 12 Days of Greenwood. http://ow.ly/13nT3 #
RT @jrobertking: Ed Greenwood discusses secrets for creating great characters: Day 2 of the 12 Days of Ed! http://ow.ly/12Y47 #amwriting #
RT @jrobertking: Ed Greenwood reveals the origins of the Forgotten Realms! http://ow.ly/12yA3 #
The Great Old Ones – Call of Cthulhu Adventure Book – eBay (item 180464046889 end time Feb-07-10 21:51:31 PST) http://ow.ly/12rM2 #
Newly exhumed at Hobby Hearse! Cthulhu Now, 1st ed. (http://ow.ly/12rYy) & Gaslight, 2nd ed. (http://ow.ly/12sbF) – both mint #
http://twitpic.com/10pyfg – Sebastian: Newest member of our home #
RT @AllenVarney: GoDaddy: BOWL2010 for $1.17 domains:… #
Really? Nobody RTed or commented on this? – "Alas, Poor Rudolph . . ." http://ow.ly/125GZ #
Alas, Poor Rudolph . . . | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/11zjg #
"You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country." –Robert Frost #
RT @AllenVarney: Cthulhu meets Fail Whale (Machine501): http://machine501.com/blog/2010/01/26/cthulhu-fail/ #
Three Tips to Get the Most Mileage from E-Mail http://ow.ly/1153y #bwt #
RT @jrobertking: Attention Forgotten Realms fans! The Twelve Days of Greenwood begin Monday, February 1, on my blog: http://ow.ly/10WKK #
RT @lauriewajda @johnsykes1035: "If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully." Kahlil Gibran #
RT @Writepop: Well, this is disappointing. Apparently "sleeping your way to the top" doesn't involve taking naps. #
RT @mforbeck: My dad is the pres. of the Roy Chapman Andrews society (http://bit.ly/6LcEjU). This year, Sylvia Earle comes to speak Feb. 5. #
Grammar is the graveyard of language. The living writer honors those stones, but doesn't dwell there. #
Could we learn the words of praise birds sing, we would stone them for their faulty dogma. #
Could we but understand the words birds sing, we would surely stone them for their faulty dogma. #
RT @monkeyking: Done with a major scene's first draft. Time for bed, and then some. [Too much info, Wolf --Les] #
RT @jrobertking: Just finished a interview w/ Ed Greenwood, creator of Forgotten Realms! Ooh, it's good stuff! It hits my blog next week! #
Recently Exhumed at Hobby Hearse: Dead Reckonings: 1920s Adventures for Call of Cthulhu http://ow.ly/102oG #
RT @jrobertking: A very insightful (e.g., not wholly positive) review of my novel, Angel of Death , from « Dazed Rambling http://ow.ly/Zlqs #
RT @jrobertking: Yay, stuff about Angel of Death! RT @angryrobotbooks: A few things to help your Friday along – http://tinyurl.com/yk8pohv #
RT @UpWrite Worth reading just for the green Volvo story: "Three Simple Tips for Better Writing" http://ow.ly/Yg3R #bwt #write4biz #business #
MrsP.com: 1st ""Be a Famous Writer" contest winners http://ow.ly/YfuO Awesome project (check those judges) with a sad title #
RT @VampyrVerse: Do vampires fear Santa? Despite the long nights, they vanish each Christmas & don't return till Jan. Why? http://ow.ly/XSvy #
RT @AllenVarney: Pat Robertson voodoo doll on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190365539998 #
From my garage to Hobby Hearse: Chaos Progenitus Trading Dice Game Starter Set http://ow.ly/XRhR & Booster 1 Plague Beasts http://ow.ly/XRhe #
Flash fiction: Scroll past the predictable "For Ever and Ever" & go straight to "On Schedule." http://ow.ly/Xods (Read "Monster Cold" too!) #
Re No turn signals as right-to-privacy @jrobertking @Tims2cents: Cars should have rudders, so we can track them like WWI biplane dogfights. #
Causes on Facebook | Lester's Birthday Wish http://ow.ly/XmUY #
Recently exhumed at Hobby Hearse: S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands http://ow.ly/Xedm #
The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep, for Call of Cthulhu – eBay (item 180457371798 end time Jan-26-10 14:24:34 PST) http://ow.ly/XdBL #
Then at my graveside, / with these words, / breathe me from your lungs. #micropoetry #haiku (actually a lune) #
RT @UpWrite "Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo" Clever headline, or just cute? http://ow.ly/VGJt (It made me read. How about you?) #
The new Hobby Cellar site is live. Discount games, miniatures, models, toys, hobby books, & crafts. http://ow.ly/V8HY #
RT @wbaustin: Can a Water Droplet Cause a Fire? http://bit.ly/7OujKp Hint: The piece says almost certainly not, despite Fox's photo caption. #
“Wednesday” | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/Utex (a 50-word story) #flashfiction #
Newly exhumed at Hobby Hearse (my online garage sale): S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters http://ow.ly/UBBe #
"Monster Cold" by friend and fellow poet F.J. Bergmann, on FLASHSHOT http://ow.ly/UAgi A mere 69 words! #flashfiction #
“Wednesday” | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/Utd7 (a 50-word story) #flashfiction #
RT @mforbeck: For my font-freak friends: Your personality as a typeface. http://bit.ly/8zZO8G Thanks! I'm thrilled with Cooper Black Italic. #
RT @UpWrite: Writing the telephone novel: How E-Books Will Change Reading & Writing http://ow.ly/ThZW Irritating article; I'll blog later. #
It strikes me that the central character in "District 9" undergoes two simultaneous transformations. #
Just watched "District 9." My wife stayed awake throughout, & I want to watch again. Doubly high praise from the two of us! #
RT @apex_advocate: Meet Apex Magazine's new editors
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2010/01/meet-our-new-editors #
RT @apex_advocate: Apex Magazine open to poetry submissions
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/news/2010/01/apex-magazine-open-to-poetry-submissions #
Of Grit | J. Robert King http://ow.ly/T2Ao Essays like this are why I admire this man. #
RT @yearning4d_sky: sideways the crabs danced/ sideways the lovers shyly glanced / sideways spun the earth #haiku #haikuchallenge #
RT @UpWrite @copyblogger: How the Internet Changed Writing in the 2000s – http://bit.ly/8245ox ^LS #
Heads up! Horror on the Orient Express, for the Call of Cthulhu RPG (eBay item 180451927018) http://ow.ly/S6CY #
Yup, @TNgirlinWA, Tropic Thunder snuck up & surprised me. Saw the posters in theaters & wasn't impressed, but watched the DVD & hoo-boy! in reply to TNgirlinWA #
Response to @mforbeck: Dawn sparkling on snow / dazzles eyes / attuned to moonlight. #
RT @mforbeck: Breaking dawn sparkling / on fresh snow / on the first fresh morn #
What One Revision Can Teach Us About the Elements of English http://ow.ly/R9ct Same 10 words, but order changes all. ^LS #
Neda – Person of the Year http://ow.ly/R8Eq #
RT @AllenVarney: 10 creeeepy, deeply disturbing Santas (Mental Floss): http://bit.ly/4KZmvM /via @TreyRatcliff Thanks, Allen (& Trey)! #
I'm off work to take my wife shopping for her birthday. (Why thank you. Yes, I *am* a good spouse. But she's even better.) #
Zombie in My Pocket now a free Flash game! Great for PDAs & cell phones. Print-&-play version here, too. http://ow.ly/Q4vB #
The boss cut us loose early; I stuck around to finish blog updates, but now headed home. w00t! #
The post title's dull, but the content is awesome! – "Use the Paragraph to Mortar Sentences into a Building Block" http://ow.ly/P02K #
RT @FakeAPStylebook: Typing in all capital letters is perceived to be shouting, so only do it when addressing foreigners or the elderly. #
RT @UpWrite: Sarah Palin offers grammar quiz in message on global warming. How many errors can you find? http://ow.ly/OIXS ^CE #
Awesome! RT @cyburdine: Computers as seen by fanboys => http://su.pr/5ZysLG [I use Mac at work, Windows at home, & now a Linux netbook.] #
RT @laughingsquid @tomscott A website showing a city's current weather conditions in the form of Star Wars locales http://bit.ly/8SGITh ^LS #
Hey, @jrobertking. Check out @lkblackburne, a neuroscientist who studies creative writing as brain function. #
Sad to read of the death of Dan O'Bannon, 63, who wrote top horror, sci-fi movies http://ow.ly/Oioe Here's a toast to Sgt. Pinback. #
Wow, @Profit501. "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world & loses his own soul?" is R. Fulghum? See Matthew 16:26 & Mark 8:36. #
RT @VampyrVerse: New comment http://ow.ly/O0y7 “What can you say about #vampires that hasn’t been said already?” See Sue Burke's reply. #
RT @UpWrite @word_czar Language Tip of the Day: Elves is the plural of Elvis.^CE [Also, elves garnish food with elvish parsley.] #
RT @DougPiranha: Gandalf would argue: "It takes nine to make a ring go right. It takes nine to throw it out of sight." ^LS #
RT @davidabrock: Writing is thinking – Is this why we avoid writing business plans, account strategies… http://ow.ly/LTgj Edgy but true! #
RT @WriteAdvantage @unmarketing I feel no attachment/emotion/reaction when I see a tweet from a logo picture. [*Sigh*] #
#ff @baffled, a cornucopia of oddities #
RT @ecowrites: Tired of the commercial aspects of Christmas? Read "For the Man Who Hated Christmas" http://bit.ly/4zN86P #
http://twitpic.com/syd41 – It's cold – but beautiful out my window! #
RT @UpWrite @CAREEREALISM: Now’s NOT the time to wear a Scarlet “E” – You could lose your job: http://bit.ly/VnnqC Well worth the reading. #
RT @UpWrite: Not Just One but Four Grammars (and Why That's Good) http://ow.ly/KjLi #write4biz #business #writing #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr Verse » Blood Bytes http://ow.ly/JIZu Discussion page for the Vampyr Verse collection. Come visit and chime in! #
Yes, my fee fie foe! / I can smell your English blood. / Jack's been stalking you! // #haikuchallenge (fee) #vampirehaiku #
Poor vampire Lucy, / dead, undead, then dead again, / like a mere aside. // #haikuchallenge (aside) #vampirehaiku #
seattlepi.com | Geek of the Week: Wolfgang Baur, Kobold-in-Chief, Open Design http://ow.ly/IglI Go, Wolf! (Fellow Alliterate, by the way.) #
Lucy Westenra / The Count smiled to hear her name / Delicous mouthful // #haikuchallenge (delicious) #vampire #
RT @Jamie1km: Oh. My. God. This is so freaking cool. We ARE living in the future! http://is.gd/5aalk Promised since 2001, now out of stock. #
Ranking Editing "Hang Ups" http://ow.ly/HTs9 Love comparing errors marked by college instructors & marks by business people. And that photo! #
RT @mforbeck: @jefftidball Limits force choices. And brevity. ;) [That's why I LOVE sonnets, haiku, lunes, and Twitter --Les.] #
Tho I despise Beck, @TNgirlinWA, this is a comedy bit, as evidenced by "I mean, you'd have to live up to the evil conservative stereotypes." in reply to TNgirlinWA #
"When I eat too much, my colon hurts!" http://ow.ly/Hg6E by *Wolverine Noir*'s Stuart Moore. (Or, "Punctuated Colon"?) #
Just voted Hootsuite for Best Twitter App http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards #
"5 Star Wars Status Updates" by Brian Murphy on CollegeHumor http://ow.ly/FlQc (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! One of the funniest things I've ever seen!) #
RT @Dizzy727: RT @FunnyJoker Twilight. The story of a young woman's choice to practice either bestiality or necrophilia < ROFLMAO!!! #
RT @TNgirlinWA: Movie sign!!! RT @mattsinger: 21 years ago today, #MST3K debuted on KTMA television in the Twin Cities (via @MSampo) #
http://twitpic.com/qslh9 – My thoughts exactly. #
RT @baffled: Oh Yeah! http://tumblr.com/xle47gk79 #
RT @VampyrVerse: The *Vampyr Verse* collection is now available at Amazon.com http://ow.ly/EF0X #vampire #poetry (w00t!) #
Life is what I crave; / your blood is just the vessel. / (That's a vampire pun.) // #haikuchallenge (crave) #vampirehaiku #
RT @TheSmokingPoet: SMUG http://wnn8k.th8.us Because there are degrees to the inner circles. #
RT @VampyrVerse: Final proofs of *Vampyr Verse* are approved! Author copies & initial stock are ordered. Should be on Amazon this weekend. #
RT @kazza323: See no one, talk to no one, stay inside for days, order pizza. Result: An A story. This writing business is a breeze! #
Non-profit organization Nuru says end terrorism by ending extreme poverty. – http://shar.es/azRL0 #
RT @AllenVarney: Why 2M Bangladeshis have arsenic poisoning (MIT research): http://ow.ly/DauK (Not the doom-&-gloom you might expect. -Les) #
http://twitpic.com/pl6q8 – Think Floyd t-shirt back #
RT @VampyrVerse: Today is the last day to order Vampyr Verse at our celebratory 15% discount. Don't miss out! http://ow.ly/BTJu #vampire #
Thanks @MonteJCook @AllenVarney @danielBalard & @BrentNewhall. But Demon Bound! still needs work. The other 3 card games are much better. in reply to BrentNewhall #
http://twitpic.com/p6ocv – Pure white squirrel near Shelly Hall's. #
RT @FranciTexte: “The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.” –Robert Louis Stevenson #
A salute to U.S. military personnel on this Veterans Day! Though I mistrust hawks, I've worn the uniform, as have many family members. #
"Give me a second," / the Master said, on waking. / So I brought him twins. // #haikuchallenge (second) #vampirehaiku #
RT @baffled: "My cousin can’t spell, / So he dropped school and joined up / With the Marine Core." @haikudiaries http://tumblr.com/xfk3z17ay #
Please RT: Caveat Emptor Woot.com: If they sell you something broken, you gotta pay to send it back! http://ow.ly/B5MM Is this standard? #
cover me in silk / cover me in brined kisses / cover me in soil // #haikuchallenge (cover) ^LS #
cover me in silk / cover me in brined kisses / cover me in soil // #haikucontest (cover) #
http://twitpic.com/owvxe – Marquee of Sod #
RT @VampyrVerse » Book ToC now posted on the Web site. http://ow.ly/AoU2 #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/3nh97A #
For Jenny, a Toast on 33 Years | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/zRfn Thank you for the congratulations, everyone! #
She will never find / another love so tender / nor so succulent! // #haikuchallenge (find) #vampirehaiku #
For Jenny, a Toast on 33 Years | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/zLPZ I'm celebrating today; feel free to join in! #
For Jenny, a Toast on 33 Years | LesterSmith.com http://ow.ly/zLRs Thank you for the congratulations, everyone! #
New blog entry: For Jenny, a Toast on 33 Years http://bit.ly/4BE5zL #
RT @dawnpugh @mlomb: "For you to insult me, I must first value your opinion." – Something I've been inculcating in my daughters for years. #
RT @Gopps @PowerYourMind: Two rules of success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know – Anonymous #
vampires never die / cold comfort considering / we perish daily // #haikuchallenge (perish) #vampirehaiku #
RT @N2MoRock @ProfessionalOne “Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.” Dale Carnegie (Well, that and the adrenal glands.) #
I pledged to support a primary challenge of any Dem who helps Repubs block a public option http://bit.ly/3dYBk7 @DFAaction @MoveOn RT #
Vampyr Verse pre-orders at 15% discount until Nov. 13! http://ow.ly/zn71 #
"Stand and deliver!" highwayman said to vampire — and lost his liver. // #haikuchallenge (deliver) #vampirehaiku #
She spurned him for death. / He contrived to win her back. / Or at least her flesh. // #haikuchallenge (spurn) #zombiehaiku #
RT @UpWrite: Business-Writing Contest Winners! Read about the biggest business-writing challenges. http://ow.ly/vJuG #writing #business #
RT @UpWrite: Business-Writing Contest Winners! Read about the biggest business-writing challenges. http://ow.ly/vJua #writing #business #
RT @UpWrite: Business-Writing Contest Winners! Read about the biggest business-writing challenges. http://ow.ly/vJsj #write4biz #
God's last name is Chance, / said the vampire to the priest, / And your chance is gone. // #haikuchallenge (chance) #vampirehaiku #
RT @VampyrVerse: Huddled in your sheets, while the vampire’s victim screams, may you rest in peace. // 31 of 31 contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/3PcJf1 #
RT @prmros @MecumHaiku: #VampireHaiku / All the gothic kids, / in black jeans, jackets and boots, / cry when I bite them. http://tr.im/AnnJ #
RT @VampyrVerse: Merely acts of will: / to cheat the grave, to take flight. / Or to face the sun. // 30 of 31 #vampire http://ow.ly/x0IX #
RT @UpWrite: Last day for our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKqM #write4biz #writing #business #
RT @senryunectar A #trick of the eyes ~ She imagined he was there ~ It had been so long #senryu #haiku #haikuchallenge Powerful! #
RT @UpWrite: Last day for our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKpO #write4biz #writing #business #
RT @UpWrite: Two days left in our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKw1 #writing #business #
He's window shopping. / The housewife sees him, freezes. / Yes! That's *just* the pose. // #haikuchallenge (pose) #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: Last day for our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKph #write4biz #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: If they weren’t so fierce / I could live a month drinking / hippopotamus / 29 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
So what's the difference between Facebook's "Live Feed" & "News Feed" on user pages? Anybody seen an explanation from Facebook itself? #
Tear away the mask / Verify in blood and bone / Beauty is skin deep // #haikuchallenge (mask) #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: Two days left in our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKvt #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse @undeathmatch Just in time for Halloween: 25 best vampire films: http://bit.ly/2WmG4D (Love 2, 5, 6, 12, 21! Hate 11 & 17) #
New blog entry: Why didn't I get the memo about *Wanted*? http://bit.ly/2w4n95 #
RT @UpWrite: Three days left in our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKxu #writing #business #
I can't live without / your body, your blood, your life. / That's a trait we share. // #haikuchallenge (share) #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: Three days left in our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKwZ #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: He carries grave dirt / in a bag around his neck / so to sleep indoors. 28 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
Woot : 10 Hot Rumors About Tomorrow's Ares Rocket Test Launch http://ow.ly/wQXI Re #8 it *is* about time for a "The Invaders" or "V" clone. #
http://twitpic.com/n60ea – From my office window, 11 days later. #
A former cowboy, / Randolph said, "Let's brand our prey." / One set him on fire. // #haikuchallenge (brand) #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: Contest Time: Share a writing challenge and you could win a $120 business-writing package! http://ow.ly/vKD8 #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: Unholy spirit / animating my dead love: / Once more for old times? // 27 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @UpWrite: Win a $120 business-writing package by sharing a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/uTGZ #write4biz #writing #business #
http://twitpic.com/n1x25 – I miss summer, but this is pretty too. #
Bury me so deep / beneath oak, earth, stone, your heart, / I can never leave. // #haikuchallenge (bury) #vampire #
New blog entry: Lot Hog http://bit.ly/18Wese #
RT @VampyrVerse: A polka-dot cape / & a boutonniere that squirts blood / just aren’t funny. 26 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
no cause for alarm / just go back to sleep my love / I will watch your tomb // haikuchallenge# (alarm) #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: What writing challenge do you face? Tell us & you could win a sweet Business-Writing Suite! http://ow.ly/vKC3 #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: Holy water burns / till he bites someone using / antihistamines. // 25 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
Lean close; breathe to me / the wonder your eyes discern. / Yes! It is your death. // #haikuchallenge (wonder) #vampire Nearly missed today! #
RT @UpWrite: Win a sweet Business-Writing Suite! Tell UpWrite Press about a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vKBv #writing #business #
Twit-light sequel – New Moron #oneletteroffmovies (Confession: I'm a Stephenie Meyer fan. Love the series & *The Host.*) #
Twit-light #oneletteroffmovies #
RT @VampyrVerse: anthropomorphous, unphilanthropically anthropophagic // 24 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/W6rcY #
Finished packing a bunch of shipments of Empty Shoes. Winding down, looking for silliness to end the day. Where's AFP when you need her? #
41 minutes till Vampyr Verse submissions close. We've received some amazing poems. Can't wait to assemble the book. #
RT @UpWrite: One week left in our Business-Writing Contest: To enter, share a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vIVL #writing #business #
#FF @dengary: His Twitter poems are always deft and powerful. #
Ma, I’m home again. I heard your graveside goodbyes. Won’t you let me in? // #haikuchallenge (again) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Like a harpooned cat, the staked vampire hissed and spat, while we set a fire. // 23 of 31 contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
So, what's in a name? / A Rose by any other / will die just the same. // #haikuchallenge (name) #vampire #
RT @dengary: RT @monkeywillow: plucking a minnow / out of its reflection / kingfisher // #haiku #micropoetry #fraglit #
RT @UpWrite: Business-Writing Contest Update: Entries are rolling in. Share yours for a chance to win! http://ow.ly/vITB #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampire poetry contest ends tomorrow. Free verse, limericks, flash fiction–anything poetical is welcome. http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @VampyrVerse: parasitical supernaturalistic depopulator // 22 of 31 #vampire poem contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @UpWrite: Win one of five personalized Business-Writing Suites from UpWrite! http://ow.ly/vIQH #write4biz #writing #business #
Vampyrc lovers / twined in a tangle of limbs / torn from their victims. // #haikuchallenge (tangle) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Just 2 days left to submit vampire poems for the Vampyr Verse book. http://ow.ly/t1zx Awesome submissions so far! #
RT @VampyrVerse: He must shun the road / and its endless Golgotha / of telephone poles. // 21 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @baffled: "You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body." – C.S. Lewis (via allineeded) We're software residing on fleshware. #
RT @JDProuty: Rain falls; no rebuke. ~ River flows; beyond reproach. ~ Heart wanders; guilty. #haiku #haikuchallenge #rebuke #senryu Awesome #
RT @wordsbybob: Funny bumper sticker: Okay – who's been messing with my anti-paranoia medications? http://wordsbybob.com #
For a life of death, I'm condemned to endless night: God's toothless rebuke. #haikuchallenge (rebuke) #vampire #
RT @PopcornPress: Today, Empty Shoes moves up to no. 4 on Amazon's Books Hot New Releases for Inspirational Poetry. http://ow.ly/vk9C #
RT @UpWrite: Win a $120 business-writing package by sharing a writing challenge. http://ow.ly/vhNg #write4biz #writing #business #
RT @VampyrVerse: abomination phantasmagorically exsanguinating // 20 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
New blog entry: Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes? http://bit.ly/dUWzI #
RT @jrobertking: Why Cats Love Writers http://ow.ly/vcvf I subscribe to Tanith Lee's theory–cats are snakes w/ fur & legs–but this is fun. #
RT @PopcornPress: Empty Shoes currently no. 6 on Amazon's Books Hot New Releases for Inspirational Poetry. http://ow.ly/vk9C #
In the end I left / her there withered & lifeless / But she knew love's risk // #haikuchallenge (risk) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: See! Above her grave, how the mist assumes her shape, a fool in its coils! 19 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
Just heard I've had two poems (non-vampire) accepted in Verse Wisconsin (http://ow.ly/v8LN). That's always a happy event! #
RT @rayk58: RT @jordanyerman: Zombie wedding cake- hilariously well-executed http://bit.ly/4gVXWF #zombietalk @tkells #
RT @VampyrVerse: She screams her throat raw / While he observes in silence / Then begins reel three // 18 of 31 #vampire http://ow.ly/t1zx #
youth’s ample hourglass / breeds daring; age, more caution; / undeath, vigilance #haikuchallenge (daring) #vampire #
RT @AllenVarney New "Days of High Adventure" column in The Escapist by @MonteJCook – "A Different Perspective": http://bit.ly/1wNG9u #
New blog entry: The GUP Method for Creative Writing http://bit.ly/DCskM #
she set out to win / endless life–endless thirst her / consolation prize // #haikuchallenge (prize) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Mists at your window / Ruby glints behind the glass / Best investigate // 17 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
New blog entry: #LOFNOTC on My Blog http://bit.ly/RrVzd #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/TWYeQ #
New blog entry: #LOFNOTC on My Blog http://bit.ly/2JdzLS #
I love this Internet thingy, and all you folks on it. #LOFNOTC has made a weary Friday night considerably better. G'night, all. #
APPARENTLY, I MISSED A SUBTLE POINT ABOUT CAPS LOCK EARLIER; CORRECTED HERE; WITH SOME !!!!!'S FOR GOOD MEASURE #LOFNOTC #
http://twitpic.com/lu1w3 – @amandapalmer's #LOFNOTC is to blame. But @zoecello sealed the deal. Thanks for the pointer, @gamerwriter. #
Oh, and @amandapalmer, you rock! #lofnotc #
Enough #LOFNOTC for this middle-aged vampire poem hunter. The remaining email and editing can wait. Enjoy the wee hours, you young'uns! #
http://twitpic.com/lseuc – Rob's office is more than that table… #
RT @dengary: RT @monkeywillow: beyond the moon / something like longing / is calling me // #haiku #senryu #micropoetry ^LS #
http://twitpic.com/lrfei – View from my office window (plus my car) #
I've 1 week left to find vampire poets who want to be published; 2 weeks for readers who want a free book. http://ow.ly/uR1o #
http://twitpic.com/lra0s – My buddy Rob working on his novel @ noon #
She'll crave attention. Let her lead till you can strike. Don't look in her eyes. #haikuchallenge (attention) #vampire #
#ff @dengary for some excellent short poetry; @baffled for the daily #haikuchallenge (& a great blog) #
RT @UpWrite: Sprained Funny Bones—badly written medical charts. What's your favorite? #write4biz #business #writing #funny http://ow.ly/uOFd #
RT @VampyrVerse: Teenage hitchhiker / hesitant and hungry-eyed / waits for your “Get in.” // 16 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @VampyrVerse: Only 8 days left to submit vampire poems for the Vampyr Verse book from Popcorn Press. "Stake" your claim to fame! #
RT @TNgirlinWA: RT @geekgirldiva: RT @io9: Is Science Fiction Feminized Or Is It Sexist? Both. http://io9.com/5381793 #rant #sexism #
summer blood drive / June's necessity is great / because nights are short // #haikuchallenge (drive) #vampire #
RT @baffled: I've started a tumblr blog to collect/display for #haikuchallenge You can submit haiku here: http://ow.ly/uiHV 9 #
RT @VampyrVerse: Luxury high rise / rooted in demolished tombs / of homeless vampires // 15 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @mforbeck: Brett Seymour gives The Marvel Encyclopedia high marks. http://bit.ly/3I1GYv (Deservedly so; it's beautiful as well as meaty.) #
What is my disgrace: / to scorn the sun that spurns me / or to yearn for it? #haikuchallenge (disgrace) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr beat poet / captures your hands in his own / to hear fingers snap. 14 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @VampyrVerse: When night passes, vampires must away. When October passes, so must our poetry contest & drawing. http://ow.ly/t1zx #
how could I not love / you who like these falling stars / abandon me to night // #haikuchallenge (abandon) #vampire #
RT: @VampyrVerse: She promised her heart, and after death had claimed him, he returned for it. 13 of 31 #vampire contest http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @MikeKriesel: psychic vampire / two cubicles over / this job’s killing me @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/t5ix #vampire #
The baroness sate / astride the straining sailor / to sate at his throat. #haikuchallenge (sate) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr children laugh / at the chance to play outside / on gray, rainy days. 12 of 31 #vampire #haiku http://ow.ly/t1zx #
Watched /Let the Right One in/ on Netflix last night. Great mood to that film, and some awesome cat scenes! #
Win a book of vampire poems from Popcorn Press! Or submit your own deathless verse. Details at http://www.VampyrVerse.com. #
What creates a soul: tales of airy paradise, or thirst more vital? #haikuchallenge (vital) #vampire @VampyrVerse contest #
RT @MikeKriesel: new identity / every half century / vampire reincarnation @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/t5ix #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampire poem contest & drawing at http://ow.ly/tfdf Submissions so far have been great! Why not join the fun? #
RT @copyblogger: In order to keep a true perspective, everyone should have a dog to worship him and a cat to ignore him. ~Dereke Bruce #
RT @VampyrVerse: "Consider your soul!" / the priest begged him, forgetting / vampyres can't reflect. / 11 of 31 http://ow.ly/t1zx #vampire #
She makes your skin crawl. Bloodless fingers on your flesh. You crawl back for more. #haikuchallenge (crawl) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampire poem contest & drawing at http://ow.ly/tfdf Submissions so far have been great! Why not join the fun? #
RT @MikeKriesel: I memorize lines / from a tongue I can’t speak like / Bela Lugosi @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/t5ix #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: They could have survived / their collision with the hearse / but it woke the dead. 10 of 31 http://ow.ly/t1zx #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampire poem contest & drawing at http://ow.ly/tfdf Submissions so far have been great! Why not join the fun? #
New blog entry: Is this an improvement? http://bit.ly/CQq84 #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/g070e #
RT @MikeKriesel: Venetian blinds / vampyr prunes / a bonsai // @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/t5ix #vampire #
RT @UpWrite: No Cause for Alarm: 10 Fail-Safe Alibis for the Sleepy Worker. Any more suggestions? ^TK http://ow.ly/tBZ9 #fridayfunny #
RT @UpWrite:Wow. This before & after example perfectly demonstrates the value of good #business #writing. http://ow.ly/tAcN #write4biz #
Red sun falls behind, as I flee the black castle. Church in the distance. #haikuchallenge (distance) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Q. Why "Vampyr Verse"? A(3) Because "Vampire Verse dot com" was already taken. http://ow.ly/ta8k #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Q. Why "Vampyr Verse"? A(3) Because "Vampire Verse" dot com was already taken. http://ow.ly/ta8k #vampire #
RT @Jamie1km: RT @BillCorbett: Take THAT, moon! Maybe you'll think twice next time before turning us into werewolves. #
RT @VampyrVerse: The Master told me, "If the hearse is a-rockin'…" Well, you know the rest. 9 of 31 #vampire #haiku http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @VampyrVerse: We're looking for vampire poems. Details at http://ow.ly/tfdf #vampire Help spread the word! #
RT @MikeKriesel: autumn smell / in spring / vampyres visiting // @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/t5i7 #vampire #
RT @jrobertking: Mind-blowing street art by Edgar Mueller – Ice Age/The Crevasse http://ow.ly/trxx #
RT @UpWrite: Four Ways to Be More Interesting | Copyblogger http://ow.ly/taU9 #write4biz #business #writing #
Humble Dracula, weaker than Lestat et al., casts the long shadow. #haikuchallenge (humble) #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: Q. Why "Vampyr"? A(2) Because we weren't brave enough to go all the way to "Wampyr." http://ow.ly/ta6L #vampire #
RT @VampyrVerse: We're looking for vampire poems. Details at http://ow.ly/tfdf #vampire Help spread the word! #
RT @VampyrVerse: That lying vampyr / slathered himself in sunscreen / and some glitter glue. 8 of 31 #halloween #haiku http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @haikunut Widowed last winter ~ laugh lines trace a story she's ~ sure to tell again. #haikuchallenge http://bit.ly/10n5RZ Very nice! #
RT @VampyrVerse: We're looking for vampire poems. Details at http://ow.ly/tfdf #vampire Help spread the word! #
RT @MikeKriesel: white as a dead / girl's thigh / vampyr eyes // @VampyrVerse contest http://ow.ly/slNT #
RT @UpWrite: Gourmet Magazine, 1941-2009: A recipe for obsolescence – The Boston Globe http://ow.ly/tc5F Delicious metaphor! ^LS #
E-Books from the Robot: RT @jrobertking: Angel of Death, Moxyland, Slights, and Kell's Legend now available as ebooks! http://ow.ly/t92o #
Gone without a trace?
No, my love remains with me,
ashes in sunlight. #haikuchallenge (trace) #vampire @VampyrVerse http://ow.ly/tdHu #
RT @baffled: RT @Adamfyre Between our bodies ~ Only a trace of moisture ~ Nothing else, my love. #haikuchallenge (trace) Wow! #
Not debating with editors « Writing Your Way http://ow.ly/taHg #
RT @UpWrite: Dumb questions « Writing Your Way http://ow.ly/taNd #
RT @VampyrVerse: Q. Why "Vampyr"? A(1) Because "VampireVerse" (dot com) also reads as "VampiReverse." http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @jrobertking: @VampyrVerse: Dracula, bit by / mosquitoes, / turns to hungry bat. #halloween #haiku #
RT @VampyrVerse: Running from vampyres, Rice throws herself on church steps, seeking redemption. 7 of 31 #halloween #haiku #
New blog entry: McBillboard http://lestersmith.com/2009/10/06/mcbillboard/ #
RT @UpWrite @bizzonfire: Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.~Chinese Proverb #
RT @MonteJCook: Amazon offers Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies with the new Muse album. http://tinyurl.com/yewquy8 How cool. #fb #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr poem contest & drawing. Free entry. You could win just by spreading the word! http://ow.ly/slNT #
Such a shallow wound. She never meant to kill him. Hemophiliac. #Haikuchallenge (shallow) @VampyrVerse http://ow.ly/t1zx #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr poem contest. Great entries so far! Bring your own deathless poetry to light. http://ow.ly/slNT #
RT @VampyrVerse: Victim of progress, buried at a dirt crossroads, wakes under asphalt. 6 of 31 #halloween #haiku #
RT @VampyrVerse: If I drain your blood / in the woods, where no one hears, / would you make a sound? 2 of 31 #halloween #haiku #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr poem contest. Free entry. Bring your deathless poetry to light! http://ow.ly/slNT #
T @UpWrite: Use the period. And other #writing lessons. http://ow.ly/sMob So clear; so succinct; so true! ^LS #write4biz #business #
RT @UpWrite: Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think http://ow.ly/sKDg #write4biz HUGE understatement! -Les #
RT @VampyrVerse: Vampyr poem contest. Free entry. Bring your deathless poetry to light! http://ow.ly/slNT #
RT @VampyrVerse: What to feed one's prey / How to stimulate its glands / Vampire recipes / 5 of 31 #halloween #haiku #
New blog entry: Vampyr Poetry Contest and Drawing http://bit.ly/tbXbc #
RT @VampyrVerse: The cross burns his flesh. He can't cross running water. So of course he's cross. #micropoetry #haiku #halloween 4 of 31 #
RT @VampyrVerse: That one old woman, / Why did she swallow a fly? / She's Renfield's mother. #micropoetry #haiku #halloween 3 of 31 #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/LJiKR #
New blog entry: Simply Writing http://bit.ly/oe1zy #
RT @UpWrite: RT: best title of a thread at problogger.com – 'write drunk; edit sober' (hemingway quote) (@problogger) #
RT @VampyrVerse: If I drain your blood / in the woods, where no one hears, / would you make a sound? #micropoetry #halloween #haiku 2 of 31 #
New blog entry: Modern "Coming of Age" Endangered? http://bit.ly/u1FcP #
This infernal thirst /
Eternally enslaving /
Whom you call Master / #micropoetry #haiku #halloween #
RT @IATV: PR version of Titanic story: 705 Delighted Passengers Arrive after Titanic’s Maiden Voyage (Cluetrain Manifesto) #
New blog entry: Sometimes I think we're gonna be okay . . . http://bit.ly/3IbM9B #
RT @UpWrite: 5 over-used words and phrases writers should avoid http://bit.ly/V2Cw4/ #writing (via @Stoli @joanna_haugen) #
AP Investigation Finds Schools Nationwide Have Contaminated Drinking Water http://ow.ly/rDO6 #
New blog entry: Empty Shoes on Amazon http://bit.ly/4xd6Rx #
New blog entry: Stiller, Seacrest Bromance Movie? http://bit.ly/y5VAO #
New blog entry: Two Scrapes, One Scorch, #
WFOP Secretary Bruce Dethlefsen has a fun poem featured today at Your Daily Poem – http://ow.ly/ri0g Check it out! #
RT @TheNextWeb Why a Mac is really the only option. Can your PC do this? – The Next Web http://tnw.to/11FS #
New blog entry: Pair of Poems in Protodimension Mag http://bit.ly/K6OLv #
Malware affiliate bounty: Infect a Mac, earn 43 cents | Zero Day | ZDNet.com http://ow.ly/r4bj #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/TpLgs #
RT @Robswebtips: Create Reader Personas to Inspire & Inform Your Blogging http://bit.ly/nubNB I often imagine a friend; this is better. #
Still wrapping my head around Jeff Grubb's comment months ago that Rock Band is basically today's Simon. #
Return To Red Hook http://ow.ly/qX6U This series is a great idea! (Gotta get me some.) #
RT @AdviceToWriters: I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. DONALD HALL #poetry #writing #
Even I'm creeped out by this. "Video: Pentagon’s Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight" | Danger Room | Wired.com http://ow.ly/qV1T #
HowStuffWorks "10 Historically Inaccurate Movies" http://ow.ly/qGqy #
Blog entry from last night: Empty Shoes: Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless http://bit.ly/4j80a #
RT @copyblogger: "There's no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth." ~Al Oliver #
New blog entry: Empty Shoes: Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless http://bit.ly/4j80a #
I don't want to carry a Kindle. I just want to buy Kindle titles for my Win Mobile PDA. Let's go, Bezos! #
"Hey, Chewie. Thump that malfunctioning droid." All Things Before Having Business Writing Course Online http://ow.ly/qGFN #
RT @copyblogger: Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it ends up thinking it's stupid. ~Einstein #
Microsoft Reader, back from dead http://ow.ly/qzXx Not really. And not needed, IMO. #
The Dark Side of Authority | Copyblogger http://ow.ly/qkCp As a NIN fan, I wish Trent Reznor had read this & remained on Twitter. #
Editing away. Listening to "We May Never Pass This Way Again," which always chokes me up with joy. #
Polar Bears at Center of Climate Change Debate http://ow.ly/qkzQ #
RT @QuakerQuotes: True silence is the rest of the mind, & is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment & refreshment – W. Penn #
Who’s Smarter: Dane Cook or Newsweek? http://ow.ly/qkvc I'd add, anyone can tell jokes; comedy is about personality. #
RT @GuyKawasaki: 11 hidden secrets in Fight Club: http://om.ly/Ityr #
I hate strip malls. All those elderly people bumping and grinding and taking off their clothes. #
10 Things Parents Should Know About Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | GeekDad | Wired.com http://ow.ly/qmda #
If you don't know both Peanuts & Bukowski, don't bother with this. But if you do, OMG! http://ow.ly/qjnY #
RT @copyblogger: 9 Productivity Lessons from the First 2 Months of Parenthood – http://bit.ly/14BowM ^LS #
Cat, white w/ gray, lying dead at a crossroads on my way to work this a.m. I feel for the unknown family when they find it. #
Twitter Competition Results :: Angry Robot Books http://ow.ly/qklc Some wonderful microfiction in these. #
"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" by Sheryl Nantus http://ow.ly/qfSB Fun zombie poem! #
"Mystery Writer Brunch" by Stephen D. Rogers http://ow.ly/qfHS Another fun bit of #poetry in the mystery genre #
My employer's Web site (www.upwritepress.com) has a spiffy new header bar. Amazing the collective difference a few details can make. #
I usually eschew all caps, but HootSuite is AMAZING! #
"The Last Dance Floor" by Peter Diseth http://ow.ly/qfHq Entertaining #poetry in the mystery genre #
New blog entry: Radioactive Monsters from My Childhood http://bit.ly/2qv89d #
I usually eschew all caps, but HootSuite is AMAZING! #
Recommend two more great WordPress plugins: "After The Deadline" spelling/grammar checker & "WordPress Mobile Edition"! #wordpress #
RT @Jan_Marshall: The Science of Creativity: 4 Habits of Creative People http://ow.ly/q9Ks #
Rationed care, right now: Treatable brain tumor, but "out of network." http://ow.ly/q8if Cigna refuses to pay. #
I changed the titles of a couple of blog pages & my Twitter automator decided to Tweet about each. Not intended, but it did draw attention. #
Just entered to win a Kindle from @chadrogerstv of Million Dollar Listing, enter at http://bit.ly/2pb09c #
RT @Twitter_Tips: r/t The Best Guide Ever to Twitter Backgrounds: http://j.mp/4mL2ZE –Share: http://bit.ly/ElAje #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/45GPF #
New blog entry: Pubs/Awards http://bit.ly/KN9wH #
New blog entry: Namesakes http://lestersmith.com/namesakes/ #
I now own a torque wrench! (This nerdy guy does have some tools.) #
RT @UpWrite via @joe_roy: Twice as silly: a quadruple mixed metaphor. Rare. New post on Mr. Clarity. http://bit.ly/4dtzF #amwriting #writing #
RT @verycosmic: A magic carpet, // my bed floats through elusive, // dark quantum kingdoms. #haiku #micropoetry #
Another Reason to Switch to Chrome: Good Old NES Games http://ow.ly/pSzU #
I'm now using Twitbin to manage my Twitter account. Any tips or tricks you can recommend? #
New blog entry: Weasel Attack http://bit.ly/bfgq0 #
Go on a Date with Life – Stepcase Lifehack http://ow.ly/pI3b #
B&N stores display my fellow Alliterate Monte Cook's new book beside /The Lost Symbol/! http://tinyurl.com/rcmoga #
Hahahahaha! RT @rogerdooley The Dan Brown Sequel Generator http://j.mp/mF5yI via @demib, @voss #
New blog entry: "UNSUBSCRIBE ME!!!!" http://bit.ly/FYkIR #
RT @politico GOP paved way for Wilson reprimand http://bit.ly/XMSEL #
Study: Your Brain Thinks Money Is A Drug http://tinyurl.com/krrpcu #
Woot.com is in rare form today. One of their best posts ever, and it's a Two for Tuesday to boot! #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/gZatX #
RT @UpWrite: "From Telegraph to Twitter: The Language of the Short Form" http://bit.ly/1HYhy9 #write4biz #business #writing Excellent! #
"In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm" http://tinyurl.com/63zlwy #
RT @UpWrite: When They Misspell Your Name http://bit.ly/31kXyG #write4biz #Business #Writing (Call me anything but late for dinner.) #
RT @UpWrite: Friday Funnies: Come vote for the funniest failed ad campaign. http://bit.ly/eAlps #write4biz #business #writing #
RT @UpWrite: The Four Types of Sentences http://bit.ly/kOKtv Give your #business #writing some style! #write4biz #
Who's the best (or worst) Star Trek film director? Here's one line-up: http://tinyurl.com/mszw5e #
New blog entry: 09-09-09: Beatles Rock Band! http://bit.ly/2Bazdg #
New blog entry: Teaching to the Template http://bit.ly/1Fiumb #
New blog entry: Equal Is as Equal Does http://bit.ly/fqfC8 #
New blog entry: Plagiarism, Copyright, and the Information Age http://bit.ly/3RbZo7 #
New blog entry: Why We Pick on the Weak http://bit.ly/4QCak #
New blog entry: Get Down in the Muck http://bit.ly/5DyzL #
New blog entry: 15 Seconds of Fame http://bit.ly/lxLda #
New blog entry: Cacophony and Reticence http://bit.ly/YWHsE #
New blog entry: What is the purpose of school? http://bit.ly/6m9yQ #
New blog entry: Another Gift of the Magi http://bit.ly/2f3l44 #
New blog entry: If It Ain’t Baroque… http://bit.ly/2XRa9i #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/2xTrZ #
Two great answers so far to my "Son of a . . . ?" post If you know more, please comment at http://bit.ly/H3pGz. #
RT @LesterSmith New blog entry: Son of a . . . ? http://bit.ly/H3pGz #
New blog entry: Son of a . . . ? http://bit.ly/H3pGz #
RT @twiprodigy003: #amazing How to knock in a nail! http://bit.ly/2CUXiq @UpWrite @AmberAusten @AlineLii @margheritakrug #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/3k8UI8 #
RT @UpWrite Modifier Mayhem: Read some funny misplaced modifiers. http://bit.ly/2Lwidc #write4biz #business #writing #
New blog entry: Southern Benedict http://bit.ly/266mjN #
Way cool perspective art! http://tinyurl.com/nyzhm2 (Remember, it's just paint.) #
New blog entry: Poetryst at Wasteland Poets\' Food Pantry Reading http://bit.ly/GQoYy #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/2mwvv1 #
Yes, I've been silent here for nearly two weeks. Been in a reflective mood, and lots of family visiting. #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/CspTk #
New blog entry: Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes http://bit.ly/1tTyH #
RT @blognerd: #writing 15 minutes at a time http://bit.ly/FTl2n #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/KbJwX #
Not really a #followfriday but if you have any interest in learning German, http://www.mygermanclass.com/ is a hoot! #
RT @wired: Behold! Our new camera-weilding robot overlords! http://tinyurl.com/m4vzdl #
My daughter Candace has converted me to peeling bananas monkey style. All those wasted years fighting stems. http://bit.ly/NhPi1 #
New blog entry: Teaching to the Template http://bit.ly/18n6ID #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/uZyjZ #
#ff @upwritepress (writing tips) @10connects (Florida news) @webcowgirl (clever gal) @astronautics (NASA news) @aclu (freedom) #
New blog entry: "Why I read Stephen King . . . " http://tinyurl.com/nvyw9l #writing #
I'm goobing. @wilw Wil Wheaton's 37 today. I posted a "Happy Birthday" on his blog & he remembered my name from MechWarrior (2nd ed.)! #
New blog entry: Free Games http://lestersmith.com/free-games/ #
this morning I paused /
met the eye of the stranger /
caught in my mirror /
#haiku #micropoetry #
RT @theinquisitr: William Shatner reads Sarah Palin’s WTF farewell speech – http://inquisitr.com/Dbn #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/FzzvD #
another poem / this morning / dies of apathy / #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: No, We're Not All to Blame http://bit.ly/5udGf #
Annoying when peo /
ple chop sentences five sev /
en five. I have fits. /
#haiku #micropoetry #
sunflower seed shells /
like beetles /
in the urinal /
#haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/1mADPP #
RT @beatnikbuddhess: RT @renga "man walking with dog ~ earphones on, reading paper ~ sad and lonely dog" – @cdolwagen #haiku #
RT @Writepop: How to write horror, the lazy jerkass way: 1. Take someone else's novel 2. Add monsters 3. Profit http://tinyurl.com/lel764 #
I Google myself,
browsing people with my name.
I am not alone.
#haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Equal Is as Equal Does http://bit.ly/nGlaH #
New blog entry: Woot Is 5: The Motion Picture http://bit.ly/ZyqNr #
zero atheists / in foxholes– / lots in a graveyard / #haiku #micropoetry #
I used to envy /
your cute Pepsi can TV /
but it's analog /
#haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/qKSfQ #
she gathers moonbeams /
in a lens /
burns holes in my dreams /
#haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: "Almost thou persuadest me . . ."* http://bit.ly/JgCal #
FOUND POEM: we have enough youth / how about / a fountain of smart / #haiku #micropoetry #
Thanks @mforbeck & @Jamie1km! Knowing somebody enjoys these things makes my day & makes the effort (more than might be thought) worthwhile. #
for the one who wakes– / for the one who waits all night– / a different sunrise / #haiku #micropoetry #
On my way to work,
contemplating my life's path,
I missed my exit.
#haiku #micropoetry #
Wind blows the willow / Whipping the nearby maple / Arbor S & M. / –ahaiku http://bit.ly/46WUxQ #
FOUND POEM:
televangelist /
builds four million dollar home /
while laying off staff /

http://bit.ly/bwQVr #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: WFOP Fall Conference http://bit.ly/14YSO8 #
RT @mlvalentine: Preorder "Family Games:100 Best" w/intro by @wilw. I'm a contributor. http://bit.ly/9ahmz (Me too!) via @mforbeck [& me!] #
New blog entry: Give Your Child a Global Education http://bit.ly/4EHqOT #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/r5yaY #
Got the itch to write?
Get a pen and some paper.
Scratch until you bleed.
#haiku #micropoetry #
We all know that death / is coming / Try to look busy / #haiku #micropoetry #
My personal site (www.lestersmith.com) has been getting an overhaul. Last weekend was graphic makeover. A navigation update is underway. #
armadillo husk / abandoned on the roadside / like a piece of tire / #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Next Up: Soji http://bit.ly/dIk5J #
deleting voicemail /
save the one /
from the friend who drowned /
#haiku #micropoetry #
The most famous models are "supermodels." The most famous stars are "superstars." Why isn't a Poet Laureate "superpoet"? #
"Using the Right Word: already, all ready" http://bit.ly/YYGXV #business #writing #
moon on black water / and headlights / along the highway / #haiku #micropoetry #
My Facebook sidebar keeps showing photo ads of hot young girls searching for me online. Really? I'm not tough to locate. (Just ask my wife.) #
Joined the Captain Jinks & Salty Sam club on Facebook (http://is.gd/1hbhq). Used to watch Space Angel (http://is.gd/1hbnD) on their show. #
Retweeting @mwcreations: RIP Billy Mays Dead at 50 http://bit.ly/12H8Dm #
WPWebHost is giving away Thesis WordPress Theme. Just follow @WPWebHost and retweet http://tinyurl.com/n4ez3c. #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/OwLfc #
Hahaha! RT @LouProsperi: The "Fun" in Fundamentals http://bit.ly/2FpGY6 – Good stuff. Will you follow up with 'The "Mental in Fundamentals'? #
Fox News argues – and wins – right to lie in Florida. http://bit.ly/UruhT #
I just commented "Wow…" on http://bit.ly/HRT98 #
New blog entry: The "Fun" in Fundamentals http://bit.ly/2FpGY6 #
RT @TipsForWriters Writer's Trick #1 There are no tricks, just work. #
Been listening to Esperato lessons on the way back & forth to work. Lots of fun. Free from http://en.lernu.net/ #
RT @timoreilly: Statistical analysis suggests fraud in #iranelection http://bit.ly/63MKl #
RT @michellesheiman: His wife has left him. //He doesn’t really miss her. //Anyone will do. //#senryu #haiku #
Thanks @elyathorn, @Abashima, @rileymagnus, & everyone else for the well wishes. I'm happy to be back & posting in Twitter/Facebook-land. in reply to elyathorn #
"The truth about writers" http://bit.ly/F0vSg #
Post-weekend report: My poet friend's recovering well from her Fri. surgery; K8 & I are back from a wonderfully bittersweet trip to QuinCon. #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/mzwer #
at the hospital, waiting for my friend to get out of surgery, feeling a little blue #
stunned with fatigue / this is when the universe / looks less cohesive / #haiku #micropoetry. Good night, all. #
In prep for the drive, bought "Conversational Klingon" audiobook for K8 & me to practice on the way down, & Esperanto lessons for trip back. #
Stunned w/ fatigue. In the a.m. gotta drive a friend to the hospital & wait thru surgery, then it's off to QuinCon with K8. Gotta pack 1st. #
New blog entry: Zombie Poetry Anthology http://bit.ly/dNnS5 #
New blog entry: Attending Quincon http://bit.ly/O4laU #
Finally the dr. arrives, 55 minutes late. But then, he sees me for less than 5 mins., so I'm out only 1hr. of PTO, right? (plus travel) #
so many haiku / chopped like bait / the smell of dead fish / #haiku #micropoetry (p.s. often guilty myself) #
so many haiku / chopped like bait / the smell of dead fish / #haiku #micropoetry (p.s. often) #
Still waiting for the dr. to show. At least there's public wireless here so's I can Tweet & read O'Reilly's posts. #
Waiting @ dr's office. 9a.m. appointment, for which I had to come early for sign in 9:22 & his ass isn't here yet. grrrr. #
Every time my iTunes DJ plays the Buffy/Angel theme I get misty eyed. Six years later, I'm still mourning the show's end. #
New blog entry: You Are the Elite! http://lestersmith.com/2009/06/17/you-are-the-elite/ #
Chap. 2: She's watching him sleep, his naked arm a pillow, hot beneath her cheek. #haiku #micropoetry #flash_fiction #
New blog entry: What Could Be Verse? http://bit.ly/ybTGd #
For his eightieth, she cut back on her morphine, sat up in a chair. #haiku #micropoetry #flash_fiction #
RT @motsjustes: 10 literary terms and devices: http://bit.ly/3wpMIw #writing #
For his eightieth, she cut back on her morphine, to be there with him. #haiku #micropoetry #flash_fiction #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/OOyHI #
MLA/APA styles chapter done! Scanning deadlines. Ack! UpWrite Press eTips ewsletter due Monday/Tuesday! Better jump on it. #
He's watching her sleep. / The bus jolts; her eyes open. / He glances away. / #haiku #micropoetry #flash_fiction #
RT @motsjustes: The lighter side of writers workshops. RT @WritersGroup Actual manuscript comments: http://ow.ly/cNtL #writing #
afterward a gust / shook the leaves / scattering rainbows / #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Plagiarism, Copyright, and the Information Age http://bit.ly/Sy3LZ #
"Story Line" as a tool for #business #writing http://bit.ly/18s5jW #
after all these years / her dark hair / though I've lost her name / #haiku #micropoetry #
afterward a gust / shook the trees / shedding their raindrops / #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Sean D'Souza asks, "Do you know when to shut up?" http://bit.ly/KDEwS #
traveling westward; watching the land unflatten, break loose from fences. #haiku #micropoetry #
That was quite a nightmare. Vivid enough I had to get up & record it. Maybe it can be shaped into a story. But now back to bed for an hour. #
anti-widdershins, wise as clocks, second-hand people #haiku #micropoetry #
RT @KrisLindbeck: Ripening mangoes / "No Trespassing" on the tree / shades of Eden #haiku #micropoetry #
He's watching them sleep. The door gapes. Darkness holds its breath. #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/qZfSI #
She's watching him sleep: / the purposed lines of his face / fading into dream. / #haiku #micropoetry #
tiny Chihuahua / you're nearly / too much dog for me! / #haiku #micropoetry #
Ginger snaps because / her blood burns / with hemogoblin. / #haiku #micropoetry #
He's watching her sleep, her hair across the pillows, spread like many snakes. #haiku #micropoetry #
Working an MLA/APA comparison chapter for a college text. Mama never told me I'd end up like this. #
Lovecraft as a child, running naked through graveyards: Such a morbid streak. #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Elsewhere http://lestersmith.com/2009/06/03/elsewhere/ #
New blog entry: Line Feeds in Twitter Posts http://bit.ly/Iu4nS #
It's waiting for me. In the dark, in the mirror. It's waiting for me. #haiku #micropoetry #
wish I were a girl /
with a Twitter-pretty face /
so you'd read my posts /
#haiku #micropoetry #
RT @JstKdngButSrsly: Note to self: writing emails in the same style as in my college writing classes has no place in the business world. #fb #
Something's in the well. / Hear that slobbery keening? / It's getting closer . . . #haiku #micropoetry #
RT @PoetryChaikhana: Clinging to the bell, / he dozes so peacefully, / this new butterfly –Buson #haiku #
RT @PoetryChaikhana: This cold winter night, / that old wooden-head Buddha / would make a nice fire –Buson #haiku #
dash off a letter / dash it to the post office / dash it all – they're closed! #haiku #haikuchallenge [use "dash" in a haiku] #
RT @JodiCleghorn: everything you need to know about #writing successfully in ten minutes by stephen king http://bit.ly/5ol8V #
sliver of moon / lost within / a crowd of neon #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: Why We Pick on the Weak http://bit.ly/OcjUR #
I'm thinking of you / lost at sea / Hope I get my wish #haiku #micropoetry #
Not the least offense / from zombies / is their offal breath. #haiku #micropoetry #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/Dn3ik #
New blog entry: Poetic Forms: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Lunes http://bit.ly/vUEMl #
#haiku from my pda / electrons / transferring this thought #
#haiku among creatives / poets suicide the most / but still just the once #
RT @notthisbody: Bloody mouth // roots ripped out // wisdom in a plastic bag #haiku #
#haiku computer buddha / revealing the sound of one / hologram clapping #
counting syllables / mentioning cherry blossoms / this is not haiku / / (from Zen Rampage: http://bit.ly/tmB3U) #haiku #
"Did Shakespeare Want To Suppress His Sonnets?" http://bit.ly/8NMvP #
In Xanadu / You can say anything / Without reprisal / / But you must use words / From a box / Your listener carries (http://is.gd/I8ni) #
we're all pink inside / unless you / ask for yours well done #
No haiku today. / Listening to the drizzling rain. / Come back tomorrow. #
Fatherhood: / the measure of a man when / a paternity knocks #
New blog entry: To Boldly Go, Where People Can't Shut It http://bit.ly/HH4Zx #
New blog entry: My Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/GtARn #
people use their heads / gathering words to explain / what their heart decides #
Listening to Wired All Wrong. "The only time we speak at all / We erupt with things we say but don't mean, say but don't mean." Rock me! #
There's a sushi place in Delavan that would be my first choice, in the line of shops near Walmart. #
unhappy in bed? / DEAREST COMPANION IN CHRIST / Add Six Figures Now! #
New blog entry: Get Down in the Muck http://bit.ly/107ZLb #
rusty rainwater / atrickle / from her opened veins #
New blog entry: Idol Fingers http://bit.ly/joD5z #
New blog entry: Ah, the Fruits of Civilization http://bit.ly/xCdpE #
New blog entry: Disingenuous Ebook Prices, or "I couldn't have said it better myself." http://bit.ly/IBtEH #
New blog entry: For My Birthday http://bit.ly/wDZFJ #
SILENCE: Gazing upward at an arch / of sandstone against desert sky / I want to write a poem about silence– / Now it's spoiled. #
New blog entry: JENNY http://lestersmith.com/2009/05/18/jenny/ #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/It86U #
New blog entry: 17th WFOP Marathon Reading at Olbrich Gardens http://bit.ly/PvNMR #
warm Nebraska night: / along the trail the elms / mass indistinctly / between constellations / of fireflies and stars #
New blog entry: Laundry Day http://bit.ly/fsfGB #
New blog entry: Calendar of Events http://bit.ly/vsxyV #
what is it about / mannequins / that we stand and stare #
if not for the birds / I'd not know / that I cannot fly #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #gaming #poet #writer #
Sadness: "Mars Phoenix Has Tweeted its Last Tweet." (I hadn't realized how long it's been since seeing it online.) http://bit.ly/tfP9F #
Follow the money / Soon enough / You'll meet a bullet #
sitting at home with a summer cold, runny nose, watery eyes, with my pda #
halfway through the day / I finally realize / this is just a dream #
difficult burning / this library of despair / these tear-soaked pages #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://bit.ly/vo2k3 #
she crashed the party / in my head / made herself at home #
at this point in time / I'm happy / (but don't mean to brag) #
New blog entry: A Bit o' Humor http://bit.ly/VunWn #
New blog entry: 15 Seconds of Fame http://bit.ly/Zoflc #
New blog entry: It's Just Too Easy http://bit.ly/3IKGZ #
New blog entry: Recommending the Hazards of Love http://tinyurl.com/dm4lro #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/cu47fj #
"Britain names first-ever female poet laureate" http://is.gd/vTNn #
New blog entry: Apéritif http://lestersmith.com/2009/05/01/aperitif/ #
At long last, a new Intervallic Verse mailing. See http://is.gd/eShS to sign up for future installments. #
New blog entry: Brain Food http://tinyurl.com/d9ek3x #
New blog entry: Cacophony and Reticence http://tinyurl.com/dm6zhf #
New blog entry: Nocturne http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/27/nocturne/ #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/26/less-week-of-tweets-17/ #
history is writ / to offer our excuses / for tomorrow’s deeds #
The WFOP spring conference this year in Oconomowoc was one of the best I've ever attended. Loved Karl Elder's performance poem re Houdini! #
New blog entry: X O X O X http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/26/x-o-x-o-x/ #
Everything's packed. Poems chosen. Time to leave for the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets' spring conference. Oconomowoc, here I come! #
New blog entry: Zombie Poems Soon to Be Unearthed http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/23/zombie-poems-soon-to-be-unearthed/ #
New blog entry: Reflections on the Life Cycle of a Common Fungus http://tinyurl.com/dfzqp2 #
Current reading: /The Ascent of Money/, by Harvard professor of History and of Business Administration, Niall Ferguson. So far, fascinating! #
nineteen neon signs / obscuring / a red wedge of moon #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/ccm6mj #
New blog entry: WOULD YOU DANCE? http://tinyurl.com/dm59nd #
millions of monkeys / laboring at typewriters / I bang out this verse #
New blog entry: Not a Business Card . . . http://tinyurl.com/c4uo2t #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/cho448 #
A haiku about Twilight: http://plinky.com/links/KCm #moviehaiku #
New blog entry: Angel of Ruin http://tinyurl.com/dzqag6 #
Retweeting @timoreilly: Trollope's The Way We Live Now ought to be required reading for understanding financial crisis. http://is.gd/rPf3 #
gang of neon signs / trampling / a pale, bloody moon #
just to fill my life with laughter / the gods made me a little . . . daughter #
Sold a zombie sonnet last weekend. Drafting another zombie poem for a week now. Sometimes it feels like digging a corpse from stony ground. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/05/less-week-of-tweets-14/ #
"What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers." –Logan Pearsall Smith #
New blog entry: What is the purpose of school? http://lestersmith.com/2009/04/01/what-is-the-purpose-of-school/ #
next to the clock tower / full moon / time with no hands #
bold possum lying / in the road / mindless of the crows #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/ckn3y3 #
New blog entry: A Picture's Worth 1000 Years http://tinyurl.com/czvjxe #
could it be that ghosts / are scarecrows / guarding Death's plantings #
inside every pearl / lies buried / an oyster's torment #
AFT&FB 2day. Gotta focus entirely on work. L8r folks. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/d7pagv #
New blog entry: Another Gift of the Magi http://tinyurl.com/cfeto8 #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #writer #poetry #gaming #
"First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity." –Martin Myers #
Bluehost & I used to have something real between us. Now the love is gone. Can anyone recommend a new domain host with equivalent services? #
Watched final episode of Rockford Files on Netflix last night. All good things must come to an end. Waiting for release of the 8 TV movies. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/djq5lm #
The only good thing about proofreading an index is I can listen to music while doing it. Currently up: My entire Smashing Pumpkins library. #
I feel a little less old & feeble now, hearing by email, Twitter, & Facebook posts from others who suffered this same crud recently. Thanks! #
New blog entry: Monte Cook's "Dungeon a Day" http://tinyurl.com/bytw27 #
Most folk just use their computer's default browser. Web designers like Firefox for its awesome plugins. Why consider Google Chrome? Anyone? #
Back in the saddle today! Not riding very fast, & I have a rope around my waist tied to the saddle horn, to keep from falling off–but back! #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/agzz4g #
Not to complain, but 4+ days of fever & cough gets old. Have to see the doctor tomorrow. In the meantime, at least you know where I've been. #
Time for some sunshine. AFK for a couple of hours. #
It's half past noon (or "half one" as the Germans would say) and I'm finally crawling out from under this cold. A day and a half lost. >:~P #
New blog entry: If It Ain’t Baroque… http://tinyurl.com/btb3ok #
Ugh. First cold in more than a year and a half. I'd forgotten how awful a slight fever and raw bronchi actually feel. ;~( #
I could look at it as burning the candle at both ends, or as trying to live two lives in one lifetime. Roy Batty has always been my hero. #
The 1 thing the Kindle seems to have on most other platforms is book pricing. But if you go with eReader, you can buy from BooksOnBoard.com. #
Between bursts of code & while waiting 4 FTP & such this weekend, I finished reading Neil Gaiman's /The Graveyard Book/ on my PDA. Loved it! #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/cla6gy #
Web coding like a fiend this weekend. Three different projects to complete for other people. And next weekend is Gary Con, so no work then! #
Kristian Juul Rasmussen of Denmark posted a comment to my Clashing Blades! game, with custom graphic card designs! http://is.gd/l6v3 Thanks! #
New blog entry: Grammar Girl and the Vampire Queen http://tinyurl.com/bb8jml #
New blog entry: Is Twilight better than Dracula? http://tinyurl.com/c52dxs #
Enjoying the "My Band's First Album" activity on Facebook. Here's mine: http://is.gd/OhJ #
Now THAT was a short weekend. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/bve5jc #
New blog entry: Rules Update: MonsterCon! and Invasion of the Saucer People! http://tinyurl.com/adrs77 #
New blog entry: In the Works http://tinyurl.com/asz54r #
New blog entry: Making the Grade http://tinyurl.com/c3c9wo #
New blog entry: Making the Grade http://tinyurl.com/bgucl2 #
Day four of participation in the NZ Internet Blackout. For more info, http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html #
Thanks, Jamie; very cool! Retweeting @Jamie1km: RT @BrianTClements 224-word Palindrome http://bit.ly/147YEA #
Lester Smith is blacked out: Stand up against "Guilt Upon Accusation" for New Zealand http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html #
Arguing about English grammar Y usage rules. Personally, I'm agin' 'em. (Okay, not seriously. But I do believe they're mostly about power.) #
New blog entry: CardScan Executive, an Amazing Little Business-Card Scanner http://tinyurl.com/c6hc8l #
Sometimes, when we touch, the honesty's too much. I'm just sayin'… #
The early bird may / catch the worm / Night owls dine on mice. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/bntfuw #
New blog entry: Invasion of the Saucer People! Game http://tinyurl.com/aomp9z #
*sigh* Love Jane's Addiction, but perpetually irritated by the butchered Spanish of that chick who introduces /Ritual de lo Habitual/. #
Got everything on my Win Mobile PDA except wi-fi streaming video. Skyfire does it for Win Mobile phones, but not PDAs. Recommendations? #
Four free games now at http://lestersmith.com. More on the way. Up next, "Invasion of the Saucer People." Please help spread the word. #
New blog entry: Demon Bound! Game http://tinyurl.com/dc5q6e #
New blog entry: Powerhouses of Wrestling! Dice Game http://tinyurl.com/amcthz #
Wearing the Mithral Shirt of Corellon. +3 Dex, +3 Cha, +5 AC, +3 vs. Magic. Certainly bequeathing it 2 Alf Macofitzalfsen & his descendants. #
New blog entry: MonsterCon! Game http://tinyurl.com/ctz2wn #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/ce2oam #
Had 2 buy a new wrench 2 reach a deep bolt in my daughter's car. Banged up my hand (of course), but the bolt is out & I own a new wrench! #
Despite being warned that it's even more teen angst than /Twilight/, I'm well into the sequel, /New Moon/. And very much enjoying it. #
I wish Twitter didn't list numbers followed/following. Few Tweets bug me more than ones about these numbers. Tweet 'cause it's useful & fun! #
I'm attending GaryCon — http://tinyurl.com/cz7tdl #
Ah, Woot.com, how you amuse me: Physical Law As Observed Through Manipulation Of The Garrity KS200 1 Watt LED Spotlight by the 4th Grade…" #
New blog entry: Why I'll Never Buy Another MS Reader Ebook http://tinyurl.com/cb5baj #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/bbsll8 #
MS's ebook DRM's so friggin draconian there are a dozen titles I've bought but can no longer read. Never again. It's Mobipocket from now on. #
Currently frustrated with Microsoft. New PDA, had 2 jump through hoops to "activate" MS reader, drag-n-drop (WTH?) to install titles. #
Next up, German chocolate cake & ice cream! What a great birthday. Plus I got my old foldable bluetooth keyboard working w/ my new Ipaq 111. #
My wife made a crock pot full of ham & beans 4 my birthday, w/ cornbread & raw onion. Sprinkled w/ a little Tabasco, it's my idea of heaven. #
Retweeting @webcowgirl: Goddamn, this Twitter cartoon still cracks me up: http://tinyurl.com/5n8u59 . It's just too close to the truth! #
Thanks to everyone for the birthday well wishes! #
New blog entry: Weighted Words http://tinyurl.com/d7nca3 #
Now reading /Twilight/. It's been called a tale for "teenaged girls & their mothers," but a father can enjoy good characters & dialog too. #
My Facebook Tiny D&D character was wounded & forcibly retired last night–halfway to level 11 of generation 10. Ironman mode is tough! :~( #
New blog entry: Clashing Blades! http://tinyurl.com/cuzdon #
New blog entry: Critiquing the President’s Speech http://tinyurl.com/crrg42 #
My perpetual Finder restart turned out to be a Stuffit problem. Turned off Stuffit AVR & my machine is behaving again. (My bad, Apple.) #
Installed Mac's QuickTime update at work. Now the Finder seizes focus every few minutes. Apparently Apple's left this bug unfixed 4 a week! #
My Indy friends' complaint re the cold didn't strike me till they mentioned a couple 41-deg. days in Indy last week. Guess it IS cold here! #
GREAT long weekend of boardgaming w/ old friends! Leaving Schaumburg now to head home and console my Chihuahua for my being gone three days. #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/c8krj2 #
New blog entry: Rebranding Sour Milk http://tinyurl.com/al8q5z #
AFK 4 2.5 days. C U Monday aft. Tweeple! #
Preparing for a drive down to Schaumburg, to meet an old college buddy and his new friend for a weekend of nothing but boardgames & Guiness. #
Another frabjous day in icy WI! I'm thinking the big windows in my new office space got me through the dark days this year sans depresssion. #
Hoping we can enter a new age of moderism. Partisanship is fine for sports; but for the serious work of government, it's childish. #
New blog entry: Do Only Suckers Hope? http://tinyurl.com/axnk3w #
We set up a projector at work to stream the inauguration from CNN.com, and all of us gathered to watch. AWESOME speeches! Turning a corner! #
New blog entry: I Thought You Said… http://tinyurl.com/8ztnoz #
New blog entry: "Worst Commercial Placement Ever"—Spoiler! http://tinyurl.com/8a2fba #
Retweeting @dabitch: ha HA HA Battlestar Galactica and a rather unfortunate commercial pairing ? http://tinyurl.com/9xorhr #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/98nywv #
One thing about working at home: My 5-lb. Chihuahua insists on climbing inside my shirt and curling up like a full colostomy bag. #
Playing hooky today to focus on some WFOP.org work. (Yes, the fact that it's -18º F outside helped with the decision.) #
A deer in the snow outside my office window, maybe 12 feet away. Beautiful against the snow. Two more in the brush beyond. #
Really liking Twhirl. Both for my single account at home and multiple accounts at the office. The popup especially makes Twitter convenient. #
New blog entry: Bat Image http://tinyurl.com/95lhpr #
Man, I'm up *way* 2 late again, but this time suffering for poetry. Joined a new critique group (w/ WI's Poet Laureate!) & answering email. #
Kirk outlives Khan: http://tinyurl.com/74hpro. We will miss you, Ricardo. #
Anyone here have any recommendations for diving into Drupal? Shortcuts and resources for reducing the learning curve after installation? #
Did I mention launching http://www.HungryDead.com? Polished that some more last night. My first "monetized" site, just with Amazon recommendations. #
New blog entry: The Darwin Awards, Film http://tinyurl.com/8lrakz #
New blog entry: Les's Week of Tweets http://tinyurl.com/a82we6 #
New blog entry: Dracula’s Dust http://tinyurl.com/8qxn87 #
New blog entry: Stoking the Fires re Stoker http://tinyurl.com/9x349f #
New blog entry: Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe http://tinyurl.com/7nktg9 #
New blog entry: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor http://tinyurl.com/9e7wbv #
New blog entry: De-Animator http://tinyurl.com/a9gwv6 #
New blog entry: Dracula, the Novel—More Thoughts http://tinyurl.com/7unahh #
New blog entry: Dracula, the Novel, Initial Thoughts http://tinyurl.com/7k35w5 #
New blog entry: Speaking Out About Dead Silence http://tinyurl.com/8tho6k #
New blog entry: Average Guy Reflects on Weirdnesses http://tinyurl.com/82ewj5 #
New layout for http://www.LesterSmith.com. As usual, did some hacking to an existing theme to suit my purposes. Critiques always welcome. #
New blog entry: WordPress Twitter Tools http://tinyurl.com/7f8756 #
My employer has officially declared today a snow day. Called me at home to say "stay home." w00t! Now to get caught up on email & Drupal. #
You may know I'm convinced Billy Corgan was once a genius & Trent Reznor still is. Here's yet more evidence of the latter: http://is.gd/eBL6 #
Running Intervallic Verse (http://is.gd/eShS) is almost like sending an SOS in a bottle. But yesterday's send gained many responses. Thanks! #
My wife just learned the Yellowstone supervolcano is overdue for an eruption that would kill us all. I've hid that info from her for years. #
w00t! Apple is finally dropping DRM (and [no w00t] introducing variable pricing). Check today's http://www.ShellyPalmer.com. #
New Intervallic Verse Mailing, "Tom Thumb," by yours truly. Join @ http://lestersmith.com/intervallic-verse (Or see what the fuss is about.) #
Keeping a happy face & content heart despite having had a 4-day weekend demolished by other people's problems. Take that, cruel fates! #
For a "vacation" day this felt like a page from Army basic. Spent most of it running chores, the last driving a car w/ no rear window. Cold! #
Goodnight, all. #
Er. Claus. #
timothybbrown is now on twitter. those of you who know Tim, please drop him a Tweet &/or follow him so we can build his community. Thanks! #
WP/Twitter plugin let me dn again so I'm hand posting a link 2 a new blog post, "Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. " http://bit.ly/bjdo #
Alliterates.com is aggregating member blogs. LesterSmith.com imports my posts @ work. Organically this makes sense, but will Google punish? #
End of the work day. Heading home to be a rock of emotional support for my wife and daughters as they cope with the youngest's crashed car. #
bn so busy 2day I totally forgot 2 Tweet. It's bn a gd busy, though. Except 4 the calls from my wife, 2 say R youngest totaled her car. >:-P #
Gotta go get a cake 4 Jenny's birthday. Kate & Karly are here; Candy & Matt are on their way. Birthdays this close 2 a holiday aren't easy. #
Just finished watching *Bug* (http://bit.ly/jnYb), with Ashley Judd & Harry Connick, Jr. Well, not *with* them. I mean, they weren't here. #
Spent all my PTO so I'm off 2 work. All the years in game publishing, & GE, spoiled me 4 working this season. Gotta plan 2009 different. :-) #
Here's my choice booze list: 1. Tequila straight; 2. Irish Car Bombs; 3. Dirty vodka martinis with blue-cheese stuffed olives; 4. Baileys. #
Vodka seems to treat me well, too. And Irish whiskey. Martinis are dangerous only because they go down so easily I have to not overindulge. #
Sent home early from work. Slid through the slush to a couple of stops for pickles, vodka, and Cheetos. Now I'm home and celebrating! w00t! #
Bruce Cordell's blog entries are now part of the http://www.Alliterates.com aggregate. #
Enjoying the @#$% out of TweetDeck! What an awesome app! Sorry I've missed some @ replies, folks, but with this thing, never again. #
Jeff Grubb's blog has joined the http://www.Alliterates.com aggregate. A happy discovery is how easy this makes it 4 me 2 follow them all. Sweet! #
Most of the family is now here for the holidays. I have to work tomorrow & Friday, but they'll be chillin'. (Unfortunate choice of words?) #
Wintry ride to work this morning. Almost slid past the Rt. 11 exit from 43. But it's cheery to see Tweeple & Facebookers up & about online. #
Hacked up the http://www.Alliterates.com WP theme some more. Cool plugin aggregates posts from member blogs elsewhere. #
Yesterday was a pajama day. Much work done sans leaving the house. Today I understand why my fellow Wisconsinites were mentioning the COLD! #
Changed http://www.Alliterates.com from S9y app 2 WordPress, so there's a new layout. Always fun to dig around in code to personalize a WP theme. #
The guy next door has a monster-size snow blower. (He's sort of Tim Allen that way.) Apparently his drive isn't enough, so he does ours too! #
Ah, the weekend! How I love thee. We're off into the arctic weather for our traditional post-office/bank/breakfast trip with sundry errands. #
*Dracula* aside, Stoker was not a good writer, & even *Dracula* shows some ham-handed moments. This & more blasphemy @ http://www.LesterSmith.com. #
So how do I display on FaceBook things of which I am a fan? #
Admiring the snow 4 the moment. Working from home 4 the morning. I'll let the storm end & the plows get around before going 2 the office. #
Loving WordPress 2.7. Coolest thing's probably the 1-click system update 4 future versions, but the way-handy new interface is a close 2nd. #
O'Reilly's "Social Media for Publishers" Webinar 2day was great! (Lots o' Twitter, too.) Archive soon 2 come @ http://oreilly.com/webcasts/ #
New posting via Intervallic Verse last night: "Who-sunnit?" Sign up for the mailing list at http://www.LesterSmith.com/intervallic-verse/ #
Server's down @ work. Found my way online thru an open window. Good morning Tweeple, FaceBookers, MySpacers, & http://www.LesterSmith.com visitors! #
Come on, Twitter. Come on Facebook. You been disappointing me for days in your lack of linking. I conjure thee, link! #
party harty weekend. last night was my office party. tonight's jenny's company party. not going 2 get much done otherwise. hoping 4 karaoke. #
Am I wrong in thinking it's hypocrisy that CEOs are worth whatever they can negotiate, but UAW workers are not? #
Saw *Perfect Creature* last night. The listing sounded a bit cheesy (not that I mind cheesy), but the film was quite good–very atmospheric! #
New post @ http://www.thewritesource.com/blog. Upgraded my own blog to WP 2.7 (very sweet!) but it didn't pick up my most recent post there. hmmm. #
Today is one of those beautiful northern days when a cloudless sun glows on virginal snow and the chill air is bracing! #
Envying my work@home friends. Drove 23 white-knuckled miles to the office in blowing snow on roads that can't decide between slush & ice. #
The drive back from Madison was an adrenaline high–18,000 semis in blowing snow, most of them in the passing lane. But I'm alive & at work. #
Headed out in bitter cold to WFOP.org calendar reading @ Avol's bookstore, Madison. Posted a new chap. at http://www.WhenShadowsRise.com last nite. #
Fixing biscuits & gravy. Something my old man taught me. When it comes 2 cooking, Jenny (who's an expert in all else) hands the ladle to me. #
Celebrating Repeal Day! Check http://www.RepealDay.org for history. #
CSS is finicky. More accurately, browser treatment of CSS is finicky. I need a CSS buddy. In return, I can offer JavaScript and PHP advice. #
Reading Dracula again. Partly for http://www.WhenShadowsRise.com; partly as research for a poem I'm doing. Stoker researched 10 yrs. for the book. #
Deadline looming. Must focus. #
First day of exercise BEFORE going to the office. Who'da thunk that'd ever happen. (w00t) #
Posted a draft of "Randomizers" chapter at http://www.WhenShadowsRise.com today. This "build an RPG one chapter at a time online" project is fun. #
First snowstorm of the season here in southern Wisconsin, by the way, for you expatriot Tweeps keeping score on the weather. #
Just watched *The Breed,* a flick about a group of people trapped on an island with unnaturally intelligent mad dogs. Well worth a watching! #
Today was the Smith family's traditional post-Thanksgiving, turkey fajitas celebration. Awesome eats. Then lots of Rock Band 2. #
Today, I'm back at the office, reviewing chapters and creating new lesson plans. Oh, and Happy Black Friday, folks. #
Set up Dance Dance Revolution: Supreme in workout mode yesterday, too. With yoga thrown in on occasion, I should be doing well. #
Finished reading *Of Human Bondage* yesterday–a book to mull awhile. Watched *Dead Mary* last night as more WhenShadowsRise.com research. #
Awesome Thanksgiving day! Jen's usual excellent meal. Our youngest came up last night & left just a few min. ago. & many family calls. 8~D #
More clearing the desk home last night. I can see the surface in places! And started another poem. Now it's coffee, oatmeal bar, & day job. #
Spent the weekend clearing my desk (more to do), writing poems, and launching WhenShadowsRise.com. Now back at the office on a pretty day! #
Checking the updated Twitter Tools for WordPress. #
Thanks FaceBook exercise responders: I broke an ankle on ice 10 years ago, so winter walks are worrisome. Dance Dance Revolution looks good. #
Listening to Guns N Roses new album MySpace stream: http://www.myspace.com/gunsnroses #
For my heart Dr. I'm eating lighter & fighting lbs. (creeping down). Haven't worked exercise into my schedule, though. What works for you? #
Marilyn Taylor has been named Wisconsin's new poet laureate! I'm excited to see what programs she'll come up with to promote poetry here. #
Mainly working on poetry today. Did I mention that I love my job? #
Research report chapter finished. Next assignment: Poetry chapter! W00t! #
Intermittently Internet connection outages here at the office. But here's my morning Tweet/Facebook status post. Have a happy, everybody. #
Wondering if "better to have loved and lost" also applies to us evangelicals turned agnostic. #
Creating new MLA Works-Cited page examples for a reference book. Whooda thunk it would actually be fun! #
Facebook ad revenues are down, & Twitter is still searching for an income model. Please tell me we won't have nothing but MySpace next year. #
Watched *Dead Birds* this weekend. Good scary–creepy–film. #
Didn't get much done today, I'm happy to say. Read. Napped. Watched a movie. Watched a Rockford Files episode on Netflix with Dobie. #
Day is done. Gone the sun. A goodly amount of work accomplished. Time to head home and face the weekend's work. *sigh* #
Robot roll call: Lesbot. Present. (And pronounce that name with a soft "s," okay?) #
Gray sky and yellow-gold leaves outside my window. A good day to be indoors, working on a research report chapter–a cup of coffee at hand. #
Feeling energized by the tone of both candidates' speeches last night. Researching space elevators. I love my job. #
And I'm proud of John McCain. His concession speech brought tears to my eyes. Plus I'm proud of just how many folks got out to vote! Go USA! #
Wow. I'm old enough to have never hoped we'd get a Black man in the White House in my lifetime. I'm very proud to be an American right now. #
Jonesing for a new episode of Tiki Bar TV. Other than that, enjoying a sunny morning of a new workweek. #
Jenny just agreed 2 today as a pajama day. Gonna laze around & read. K8 bought http://www.journey3dmovie.com film with 3D glasses 4 later. #
I just voted for Obama in #TwitVote — http://twitvote.twitmarks.com/ #
Great WFOP conference Fri. & Sat. Long drive, though. Spending today recovering, maybe making a few poetry submissions, and watching movies. #
Last bit of packing for the WFOP conference. Leaving in a hour. Gonna miss my Twitter & Facebook. Ciao, folks. #
Siroko is delving the Dungeon of Dread on Facebook (again). I'm skipping the Milwaukee CSS Meetup for a haircut and packing for WFOP. #
Running late today. Busy, busy week. Tomorrow's the beginning of the WFOP (www.wfop.org) fall conference, so I'll be AFK for a few days. #
A 10-month-old article that is possibly the best thing I've read in at least 10 months: http://tinyurl.com/ywpq4h 4 pages long but worth it. #
Too busy to Twitter. #
Driving to work this a.m. under blue skies, I looked north & thought, "That looks like winter clouds." Lunchtime now & "corn snow" is here. #
Workin' it another Monday. And hey, if you haven't yet seen "Wassup 2008," check it: http://tinyurl.com/5chbt3 #
K8 bought me a copy of Rock Band 2 yesterday. Spent far too much time playing this weekend. But it's SO cool! #
Distributed a new poem via Intervallic Verse last night. Very positive reactions so far. To sign up, visit http://tinyurl.com/6qsrbb #
Okay, this is just too weird: "Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby" http://tinyurl.com/6ayox4 #
Here's a list of "Tips on a Good Blog Entry," from NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) http://tinyurl.com/6nuukw #
What are the chances two CubeCart databases on my Bluehost account would suddenly have a corrupt table? I had to rebuild one by hand. #
Researching the Deep Web, stumbled into the Dark Internet. Search used to be easier, back in the day. #
As an early anniversary gift, K8 took Jen & me to see the "So You Think You Can Dance?" troupe in Milwaukee last night. What a show! #
One reason I love the InterWebs is the little glimpses into other people's lives, like "Peanut Butter RUINED." http://tinyurl.com/6kdfj4 #
As mornings go, this one isn't–at least so far. Still, one bad morning out of 21 this month is a good ratio. #
Eating chili cheese dogs with onion & mustard; reading about a problematic upswing in prison "cell" (ha) phones. http://tinyurl.com/6dsjd6z #
Drizzly morning–enjoyably melancholy. I'm trying to think of the exact color of the wet cornstalks along my route to work. Parchment? #
Gorgeous drive to work this morning, what with the mist on the hills, the changing leaves, and the crisp, fall sunshine. #
Joe the Plumber compares Barak Obama to Sammy Davis Jr. Why not Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Oh, that's right–they were white. Shame, Joe. #
All that Lit text review is done! Now let's see, what's next among these stacks of projects on my desk? #
For months, a column float error visible only in Firefox has driven me NUTS! Today a judicious Dogpile search delivered the fix. Not Google. #
Instant lunch noodles with a few peas, corn, and carrot bits. Microwave ovens are a wonder my Stone-Age childhood could not predict. #
Another pointless day in the same pointless world, but hey–at least I'm happy! :-D #
The new digs for the Jury Room in Elkhorn are awesome! I'm going to have to visit more than once a month. #
Replacement Rock Band drum pedal has arrived! Opted for a clear acrylic replacement kit (http://tinyurl.com/4kkesf) instead of a metal pad. #
The daughter's move is done. [Pause for relieved sigh] But couldn't get Net on her eMac, though I'm sure the bridge settings are right. #
Using the company panel van to move my youngest daughter's desk, bed frame, dresser, and bookshelf out of our house to her new apartment. #
Gotta love Pandora Web radio: http://www.Pandora.com. #
Add "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street." In Serling's case, I'll make an exception: The man was a genius at making people question things #
Force-feeding texts to students is basically as bad as book banning. To understand what I'm ranting about, check http://tinyurl.com/44yd87. #
Ah, yes: & "Seventh Grade," "The War of the Wall," "Annabel Lee," "Echo & Narcissus," & "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." All good, but come on. #
Another Lit course book review. Let me guess: "The Diary of Anne Frank," "Flowers for Algernon," & "The Tell-Tale Heart." Do I win sumthin'? #
For some reason, my WP Twitter plugin didn't disseminate my "Marketing '08, the Game of Politics" blog post yesterday @ http://www.lestersmith.com. #
More literature course text review slated for today. (Check my blog entry at http://www.thewritesource.com tomorrow.) Hoping to motorbike tomorrow. #
Interesting presidential debate. Check http://maps.google.com/vote to find your place to register and vote. #
Another day well spent at the office. Time to get home to work waiting there, and then the debates! #
Up early for a fasting blood test–cholesterol. It's an age thing. Pretty day, but I'd appreciate a few more weeks of motorcycle weather. #
Sitting here, like a stunned cow, looking for the energy to get up and go home. It's been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day. But I met the deadline! #
Knows tooth ugh Rhine's toe nag inn. #
No stew thug rhinestone won s'more. #

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