Bitter cold descended upon us overnight. Gone are the 60 degree January days we knew were too good to be true. Last night it was single digits. We had a touch of snow, but even that was scant and chased away by the cold.
Last night I managed to get three more poems off bringing my total submissions for the year to date at 13.
The mail has come, no rejections - only a utility bill, the latest Poets & Writers and a slew of junk mail, catalogues and material mostly for my daughters. My wife lamented no mail. I reminded her no mail can be a good thing.
My daughter picked up a couple of books for me last night as some discount book store. The Night Abraham Called To The Stars by Robert Bly, and Augusten Burroughs book, Running with Scissors. I've been wanting to read this book for some time. It will have to wait however for me to finish my current read.
That is it for now, I'm off to clean in my office.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
Site visitors
Just wanted to mention that some of the readers of stickpoet this week have visited the site from these places:
- 13 from Van Texas
- 3 from San Joes
- 2 from Calgary, Canada
- 2 from Stirling, Scotland
- 2 from Blue Springs, Missouri (almost my backyard)
- 1 from Erode, India
- 1 from Toronto, Canada
- 1 from Sarasota, Florida (spring training is coming soon!)
- 1 from White Plains, New York
- 1 from Detroit, Michigan
- 1 from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1 from Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 1 from Schenectady, New York
Just to name a few. Thanks to everyone for dropping in.
A summary of this years publication activity
January
Submissions to publishers / journals - 8 poems
Submissions accepted - none
Submissions rejected - none
February
Submissions To Publishers / journals - 2 poems
Submissions accepted - none
Submissions rejected - none
Totals for year
Submissions - 10
Accepted - none
Rejected - none
Submissions to publishers / journals - 8 poems
Submissions accepted - none
Submissions rejected - none
February
Submissions To Publishers / journals - 2 poems
Submissions accepted - none
Submissions rejected - none
Totals for year
Submissions - 10
Accepted - none
Rejected - none
Note: I should have 3-4 more going out over the weekend.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Civil liberties fear as US terror suspect list rises to 325,000
Guardian Unlimited Special reports Civil liberties fear as US terror suspect list rises to 325,000
With the list numbers growing swiftly, Timothy Sparapani, a privacy rights expert at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the ACLU's response was one of incredulity, and alarm that many people are likely to be on the list by mistake, with serious impact on their lives and few, if any, means of getting themselves off it.
With the list numbers growing swiftly, Timothy Sparapani, a privacy rights expert at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the ACLU's response was one of incredulity, and alarm that many people are likely to be on the list by mistake, with serious impact on their lives and few, if any, means of getting themselves off it.
Tags: civil-liberties
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Poetry Rules Valentine's Day Online
Poetry Rules Valentine's Day Online
In the week ending February 11 - leading up to Valentines Day - the search term, "love poems" grew 83 percent. This outpaced searches for Chocolates, flowers and other gifts normally associated with Valentine's day during the same time period.
This news is a positive indication on the general publics view of poetry, at least in a broad context.
Other interesting demographics information can be seen at the story linked.
In the week ending February 11 - leading up to Valentines Day - the search term, "love poems" grew 83 percent. This outpaced searches for Chocolates, flowers and other gifts normally associated with Valentine's day during the same time period.
This news is a positive indication on the general publics view of poetry, at least in a broad context.
Other interesting demographics information can be seen at the story linked.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
In Defense of the Vice President
Vise President Dick Cheney is taking a lot of heat over the weekend hunting accident in Texas in which he shot a fellow hunter in the face. I realize that this is a bit uncommon. The last Vice President to shoot a man was on July 11, 1804, when Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey. So it is not like it has never happened before.
Cheney, an experienced hunter had a $125 nonresident hunting license in Texas. But after investigating the incident, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issues a warning to the Vice President because while he had a license, he did not purchase a required $7 special stamp. Officials at the White House said the Vice President was not aware he needed the stamp. Honestly, I would not have thought you needed to buy a $7 stamp to shot someone either.
Tag: Dick Cheney
Cheney, an experienced hunter had a $125 nonresident hunting license in Texas. But after investigating the incident, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issues a warning to the Vice President because while he had a license, he did not purchase a required $7 special stamp. Officials at the White House said the Vice President was not aware he needed the stamp. Honestly, I would not have thought you needed to buy a $7 stamp to shot someone either.
Tag: Dick Cheney
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