August 2009
5 posts
For Those of Us Just Starting Out
The National Library of Congress has a site with a poem a day for American Highschoolers. Why foreign highschoolers can’t enjoy them either I have no clue, but either way it’s a cool site. Poetry 180 is the name of the site, and here’s poem number seven:
“Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?”
Ron Koertge
Give up sitting dutifully at your desk....
The Decemberists (And Autumn's Imminent Descent)
The wife and I saw The Decemberists in concert at the Ryman on Sunday night. The timing could not have been better as every time I go see a good concert I inevitably listen to the band on heavy rotation for the next few weeks. And the very day that they played their show the first true day of Autumn decided to sweep into Tennessee.
So I’m at work right now, storyboarding for a new video...
One of Those Days
There are these days that I get euphoria. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s something like depression - everything in life just combines in the right combinations to push my personality over the top. Rather than being down and lethargic and reclusive - symptoms of depression - I become boisterous, energetic, and super-confident. I feel like I could take over the world, in a benevolent...
Why Blogging is Hard
As you can see below, I saw some (all?) of the works of Shakespeare last night in the park. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing the same three actors plus a bevy of amateurs perform The Taming of the Shrew in its full form.
I subscribe to The New Yorker and Wired, and while they are far different types of writing and the topics rarely overlap, each issue is filled with excellent writers...
Shakespeare in the Park
The wife and I went to see �the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged in Centennial Park tonight. It was rollicking good fun. I was crying from laughing so hard - pretty much the whole way through.
On our way there, driving down Eastland passing RosePepper and Ugly Mugs we were confronted with this glorious sight, so I had to get out and...
