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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
Face Photos from Readers
Tag Archives: Conversations
Mid-Week Movie #19: Why Visit Utah?
Catching up on my travel videos. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Travel Videos
Tagged Conversations, Terra Firma, Travel
10 Comments
Corn and Crickets
The exotic, close at hand. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Through Space
Tagged Conversations, Travel
4 Comments
Gift from the Beach
A gift from the sea, paid forward. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Conversations
10 Comments
Touched – Part 2
The second of two casual encounters. Continue reading
Touched – Part 1
The first of two casual encounters. Continue reading
Say What? Say Again
Voice-mail messages and in-person conversations are driven by the same communication principle. Continue reading
Button, Button
Not entirely random thoughts generated by a trainee cashier’s button, but close enough. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Management and Work
Tagged Conversations
14 Comments
Electrical Failure, Logical Failure, and Political Discourse
We now join the conversation in progress . . . Engineer (casually): “It’s a condition called thermal runaway.” Editor (wide-eye-ed-ly): “It melted?” Engineer (indignantly): “No, we unplugged it before it melted. We’re not idiots.” While the Editor considers the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Conversations
4 Comments
A Conversation with Tammy Wynette
Miss Wynette? Come in please. I’m the new lyrics editor here at Epic Studios. I have a few questions about your latest song. If it’s all right with you, I think we should just go through it together, line by … Continue reading