Pulp Poetry

Daily Haiku - April 27, 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:53 -0700

Hold the granite up
Keep the cliff firm forever
Fight against the wind

"People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:33:09 -0700

““People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing.””

- William Trevor (via theparisreview)

Daily Haiku - April 26, 2013

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:02:07 -0700

The flower blooming
Dances when the bee visits
And doesn’t mind rain

Priced out of Paris - FT.com

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:15:38 -0700

Priced out of Paris - FT.com:

”bobos”: people with bourgeois incomes and bohemian tastes.

I’m using this instead of “hipster” from here on out.

theparisreview: “Your quest was over before it began.” Lindsay...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:54:16 -0700

theparisreview:

“Your quest was over before it began.”

Lindsay Gellman on the existential crisis of Leopold Bloom and 3,872 Waldos.

gerrybaboona: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PHOTOSET IN THE WORLD

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:49:05 -0700

gerrybaboona:

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PHOTOSET IN THE WORLD

Daily Haiku - April 25, 2013

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:01:50 -0700

Darkness of the woods
Thick with rain and sticky mist
Silence is hidden

Daily Haiku - April 23, 2013

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:01:52 -0700

Everything settles
Eventually in the deep
Where life glows brightest

oupacademic: As part of the PsychTalks series, Robin S....

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:05:19 -0700

oupacademic:

As part of the PsychTalks series, Robin S. Rosenberg speaks about the psychology of superheroes. Robin is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. She is also the editor of Our Superheroes, Ourselves and co-editor of What is a Superhero?.

OUP Higher Ed seasonally offers a series of invitation-only, live online PsychTalks, which provide faculty access to speakers and sessions hosted by recognized researchers and luminaries in the field of psychology.

Daily Haiku - April 23, 2013

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:01:51 -0700

Floating wood at sea
Growing heavy with water
Fronds still on the tree

clayrodery: Man of Steel *click here for better quality

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:22 -0700

clayrodery:

Man of Steel

*click here for better quality

Daily Haiku - April 22, 2013

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:02:00 -0700

After the antlers
Locking, to prove dominance
Just tranquil grazing

Daily Haiku - April 21, 2013

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:01:50 -0700

Gripping metal tight
Pulling itself up, slowly
Ivy kissing sun

Daily Haiku - April 20, 2013

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:01:37 -0700

Invisible foe
Stinging my face with lashes
A dry, empty wind

oupacademic: Why would front-running athletes risk their...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:53:22 -0700

oupacademic:

Why would front-running athletes risk their careers by doping? Second, and more relevant biologically, why would they consider blood doping to be necessary? Are there limits to the amount of oxygen our circulatory and respiratory systems can provide, limits that are tested by the grueling mountain climbs of the Tour de France?

Our Higher Education team present “Blood Doping at the Tour de France,” an excerpt from upcoming textbook Biology for the Informed Citizen by Donna M. Bozzone, aimed to help students connect the concepts of biology with the consequences of biology.

I learned that doping wasn’t drug related. Also, I’m going to have to look at that textbook when it comes out.

Daily Haiku - April 19, 2013

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:01:44 -0700

The green shines with rain
Tempest tearing at the leaves
Followed by blue calm

GIF: "Giff" vs "Jiff"

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0700

In the year 2187, Giffers, as they’ll be called, will be protesting that the “mispronunciation” of GIF is disrespectful and shows disdain to the Gifmas holiday. But because of the uncommon way they pronounce GIF, most people just start making fun of them, and eventually Giftmas becomes the new name.

This only pisses off the Giffers more.

They’ll be forced to deny GIF was created by anyone, and like the rest of the Internet, was an immaculate invention that booted up the day before Black Friday, at the stroke of Coke Time, on the iPhone of Jobs the Magnificent.

Some will distance themselves from the extremists, allow that the internet might have been coded by human, but it was divine code, and anyway Director Fury proclaimed that the creator’s claims of pronunciation occured while he was under possession by Wozniak the Deceiver.

This does not work, and after decades of terrorism, they give up their extremism. Then, Steve Wilhite’s spirit finally enters the honored libraries of the Gods.

Neil Gaiman on Iain Banks' passing.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:33:17 -0700

Neil Gaiman on Iain Banks' passing.:

I hope Culture is everything you dreamed it would be, Iain.

thepeoplesrecord: An orthodox Jewish rally took place in Foley...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:30:31 -0700

thepeoplesrecord:

An orthodox Jewish rally took place in Foley Square in New York City today to denounce the Israeli military & its latest efforts to draft orthodox Jewish men into the Israeli Defense Forces.

“The evil rulers in the Holy Land want to incite and seduce young men and teenagers to acquiesce to idol worship and to participate in the impure army,” reads one poster, a digital copy of which was obtained and translated by the Forward. Yiddish language posters not only denounced the new draft policy, but the Israeli government & the military itself.

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I’ve got the first three posts ready for my next big writing project.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:25:58 -0700

I’ve got the first three posts ready for my next big writing project.