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Birth of Grunge

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Today is the birthday of Kurt Cobain.
The singer-songwriter who essentially founded the “grunge” music movement, was born in Hoquiam, Washington on this day in 1967. He started from humble beginings, working a job as a school janitor, but he started playing in local rock bands. He spent most of this time living at various friends’ [...]

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Happy Birthday, Robert Service.

Sunday, January 16, 2005

I know, you’re thinking, who?
Well, Robert W. Service is the poet who wrote “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee”. Still in the dark? That’s okay. I don’t think that Mr. Service is too well known anymore. I know him because of my father. Apparently, when my father was growing up one [...]

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Prayer of the Conlanger

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Just something that touched me.
I read a lot about a lot of things. One subject that I tend to enjoy reading about online is conlanging. One of the more well known people in conlanging is Jeffrey Henning, who runs Langmaker.com. But, he has a whole other side that a lot of us [...]

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Code Poetry?

Friday, August 22, 2003

Hmm, I’m not so sure about this…
According to this article on AustraliaIT, someone has come up with something they call “Darwinian poetry“. Frankly, it sounds goofy, but the idea of evolving poetry appeals to me. Survival of the fitest and all that.
Oh, what the heck, it’s Friday! Go check it out!

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SciFi Haiku?

Thursday, March 27, 2003

Science Fiction Haiku?
Well, why not? I was looking for something on haiku online today and found, indirectly, SciFaiku.com. It’s a relatively new form of haiku that is inspired by, obviously, science fiction. There are some differences, of course. Traditional haiku usually has a reference to the seasons and nature, but scifaiku [...]

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