But I'm not dead yet.....

Let me know if you see this update. I'm planning on revitalizing this blog.

David Corn on Info-Glut

Interesting, given our discussion Sunday night:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/David-Corn-What-I-Read-1037

You're so vain...

Writing is an exercise in vanity. That's not all writing is but the initial premise of all writing-- that someone would find the words you craft interesting and worth their time-- that premise begins with a flash of vanity. Perhaps all writing comes from the "Look at me" gene innate to the human condition.

I think most writers are more than a little uncomfortable with the vain conceit. We don't like thinking ourselves as worthy. I often wonder if the furniture maker suffers the same? Or the potter? The sculptor? The musician? (Painters of course do but I have found, as a general rule, painters are simply bat-shit crazy.)

Great Opening Passages

http://flavorwire.com/75066/first-impressions-our-30-favorite-opening-lines-in-literature

This is so true

Are many books longer than they need to be?

http://crookedtimber.org/2010/02/09/towards-a-world-of-smaller-books/

Six Word Memoir

NPR has a story on six word memoirs. Anyone want to give it a try?

Exquisite Corpse 3

Two Weeks Ago
The cold was to the bone
I didn't like being alone.
My office was drab
And the paint kind of sad.
If I coulda, I woulda flown.

My feet were propped up.
I held a newspaper folded up.
The news was old.
My coffee was cold.
Politicians, they're all corrupt.