novapsyche

Poetry is a means of exploring the intimate relationships between form and content. A poem that is in the form of raw inspiration dropped out onto a page with line breaks is a very good beginning, but it [is] like an uncut diamond: it is not yet a poem. The process of crafting this raw material into a work is difficult. The inspiration must be carefully cropped and pruned, without killing it. Bad poetry errs in three ways: it is uninspired, it is inspired but not crafted, or it is inspired, and then wrought to death. The great thing to avoid is writing a "poem" that is really just normal prose that has been centered in the middle column of a page; but which has no meter, metaphor, enriched adjectives, etc.

atdt1991

Reply here, and I'll tell you some stuff I think is awesome about you.

Maybe I'll number or outline it, and maybe I'll be serious, but you really can't rely on these things. I may use photoshop, or equations, you won't know until you try me. :)

If you think it's fun, repost at will - consider this a mutant meme, and put your own spin on it!

warren_ellis

• Lost tapes of the Dr Who composer
  This is fucking incredible: rediscovered Delia Derbyshire tapes reveal her as being 40 years ahead of her time in sonic experiments.
  (tags: music)

warren_ellis

I just threw some of Juan Jose Ryp’s pencilled pages up at Whitechapel. Here’s one, in smaller size — the others are over here, all in larger size.

NO HERO #1 is published in September. (Avatar released the #0 issue, containing the crucial first chapter, ahead of BLACK SUMMER #7, which ships next week.)

torakhan

I was doing a search for an old-school anchor tattoo when I came across this:

 

Wow...

torakhan

My brother is again racing in the Chicago to Macinac in the Chicago Yacht Club's "Chicago Macinac Race".

Their boat is called the "Ticklish". It's a Super Ray 33 33.1 out of Grand Haven (or Muskegon) Michigan.
They're racing in Section 5.

Last year was a terrible race.  There were no winds for long legs of the race... literally a mile or two in several hours!  At some points their GPS said that their destination time was "never". *L*  This year it's supposted to be a bit more rainy, but I hope that means they'll be sailing faster.

I'll be watching his race again online with their boat tracker via transponders in each boat.  

Good luck, bro!

netmouse

Given the grave threats that we face, our national security agencies must have the capability to gather intelligence and track down terrorists before they strike, while respecting the rule of law and the privacy and civil liberties of the American people. There is also little doubt that the Bush Administration, with the cooperation of major telecommunications companies, has abused that authority and undermined the Constitution by intercepting the communications of innocent Americans without their knowledge or the required court orders.

That is why last year I opposed the so-called Protect America Act, which expanded the surveillance powers of the government without sufficient independent oversight to protect the privacy and civil liberties of innocent Americans. I have also opposed the granting of retroactive immunity to those who were allegedly complicit in acts of illegal spying in the past.

After months of negotiation, the House passed a compromise that, while far from perfect, is a marked improvement over last year's Protect America Act. Under this compromise legislation, an important tool in the fight against terrorism will continue, but the President's illegal program of warrantless surveillance will be over. It restores FISA and existing criminal wiretap statutes as the exclusive means to conduct surveillance - making it clear that the President cannot circumvent the law and disregard the civil liberties of the American people. It also firmly re-establishes basic judicial oversight over all domestic surveillance in the future.

It does, however, grant retroactive immunity, and I voted in the Senate three times to remove this provision so that we could seek full accountability for past offenses. Unfortunately, these attempts were unsuccessful. But this compromise guarantees a thorough review by the Inspectors General of our national security agencies to determine what took place in the past, and ensures that there will be accountability going forward. By demanding oversight and accountability, a grassroots movement of Americans has helped yield a bill that is far better than the Protect America Act.

It is not all that I would want. But given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as President, I will carefully monitor the program, review the report by the Inspectors General, and work with the Congress to take any additional steps I deem necessary to protect the lives - and the liberty - of the American people.