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Stumbling into someone else’s karaoke bar

by Bryan Waterman

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,” my friend Dave wrote at the head of his birthday invitation. Karaoke, wilds of Brooklyn, at a place that was decidedly un-hip. The Carriage House. Sounded more like a place to get married — and how wild could the wilds of Brooklyn be if we were still talking Park […]

Stella and the sea creatures

by Stella

( Geography and Nature )

Stella visited an island and went kayaking on the sea.

She saw a white heron hiding in the trees

And a sunken house with many seabirds.

The water was shallow and matted with sea grass.

A sea hare lived in the water.

He inked Stella’s hands.

A sea urchin crawled across her palm.

She kayaked into the mangrove swamps

and met a small […]

Thursday playlist: Country time, mostly

by Dave Barber

1. Out Of The Silence (Came A Song) - Porter Wagoner
2. Listen To The Radio - Nanci Griffith
3. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - The Byrds
4. Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn
5. Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers
6. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
7. Albuquerque - Neil […]

I am breaking this one

by Jen Mandel

( Conflict and Death and Life and Politics and War )

I recently received the following chain email.
You stay up for 16 hours
He stays up for days on end.

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.

You complain of a “headache”, and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.

You put on […]

In a world where bits of information travel freely over vast networks of tubes…

by Dave Barber

( Movies and Sounds )

I heard that kids these days have started using their computers for crazy purposes, like making music and setting it to video. It turns out that with a bit of software and a few spare hours, I, too, can make my own movies, which I then can upload to YouTube for the whole world to […]