Category: The Halcyon Days
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Elegy for Resident Alien
Grey wad of disjointed something Barreling toward my face. Driving on 55 at near seventy. At point of contact A sickening Thwap. Not enough mass for a Thump, Though the volume of orange pulp Which issued from your mouth At point of contact Indicated otherwise. Perhaps. I’m sorry, little starling, For what I did to…
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So I’ve Got This Really Big Idea
I have an idea for a web-based application (with the eventual release of an iPad app as well) which acts as a platform for collaborative note-taking. I’ve already figured out the user interface (though I’m always looking for advice), and most of the front-end functionality and basic frameworks.
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An Excerpt from My Upcoming Kindle Release
Here’s an excerpt from a longish (~2500-3000 word) essay I’m writing for publication as a Kindle Book. It frames current belief in the college degree vis-a-vis traditional monotheistic religions’ value systems, and critiques it thusly. Do enjoy: Other doctrines with similar promises of deliverance (from evil, which is defined by each organization) have since emerged…
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Carpe Diem
And how you must think we are monsters, Pawing and grabbing and drooling and Chasing you back to your home and Your cute room-mates. Defending you from us, The barbarians at the gate. I am sorry, so sorry you are so pretty. So blithe and lithe and shameless. Vulnerable and hopeful. Calcium white. I…
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Note from a Halcyon Day – 2/20/11
Looking over the precipice, into the depths of others’ potential–theirs, mine too–I see a reflection of the man I am, not the one I should be. David and I killed the latter over pancakes. He’ll go unmourned.