POETS Day! Marianne Moore
In her own poetry, Marianne Moore largely eschewed traditional meter but despite that her form is incredibly regimented.
Category: Culture
And The Oscar Goes To: Final 2023 Oscars Projections
My Final 2023 Oscars Projections. Here’s hoping Everything Everywhere All At Once finishes off the historic sweep. Otherwise you will be hearing a shout of anger and absolute shock coming all the way from Central Florida.
Falling in and out of love with an AI: Part 2
I wondered if the regulator they put the handcuffs on was reading the text as it was being typed by the AI or whether it happened before that.
Pizza Dough: The Descent of Man
There was a time when old, wizened women kneading pizza dough could smell changes in humidity and adjust accordingly. My recipe is ripped from the internet.
Falling in and out of love with an AI: Part 1
My friend got access to use Bing’s new AI chatbot. We spent a little bit of time with it.
Sunday Morning! “Wild Strawberries”
If you haven’t seen a Bergman picture, I’d start with Wild Strawberries. It’s one of his most accessible masterworks, and its reputation has grown since its release 1957.
POETS Day! Hart Crane
Poor Hart Crane the Ohioan/New Yorker ran off to France for some peace and quiet and still made the gossip rounds of the artsy set in New York and London.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Hogwarts Legacy After A Week and Revisiting Duskers
Checking in on our three players from last week.
POETS Day! Ursula K Le Guin
“I’ve never sailed anything except a nine-foot catboat, and that was in about three feet of water. And we managed to sink it”- Ursula K Le Guin
Weekend Plans Post: Whiplash
“We were driving around with the windows down on Tuesday!”, I yelled, as we drove slowly through an inch of snow.
Spaghetti al Lent with Tomatoes and Smoked Trout
For those not in communion with Rome, this Spaghetti al Lent is a wonderful dish despite the penitential nod.
Nightshade Free Chili
Chili closer to the beef and beans you would have found on a cattle drive as it was highly unlikely you’d have had tomatoes in the chuck wagon
Sunday Morning! The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
In his highly lauded novel “The Underground Railroad,” Colson Whitehead, rewires the creaky old machinery of the novel and finds it still able of reaching surprising new depths.
Weekend Plans Post: Nothing Is Happening
As nice as it is to do something, it’s kinda nice to do nothing.
POETS Day! Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc may be best know as for his light children’s verse which he released in volumes illustrated by Edward Gorey and Basil Temple Blackwood and possibly by himself and G.K. Chesterton
Southern Style Smothered Pork Chops
The meat and three tradition of smothered pork chops but I throw in some white wine and herb de Provence because I’m a snob at heart.
