Monthly Archives: April 2008

A few years back I invented (or I think I did) the julain: A three-line poem of a set meter with the rhyme scheme xaa. I have seen double julains of abb acc. And I’ve seen double julains of xaa … Continue reading →

So it’s afternoon. Sue me. It worked! I put the reverse-whammy on the team by trash talking them. Woo! CC’s back to pitching extremely well, and he has cut his ERA nearly in half. The pitching looks good. The hitting? … Continue reading →

We’re doing an anthology. Check it out.

Instead of cake, I had a birthday banana split. I think the banana split is pretty good, but could use some refining. I’m thinking cherry topping instead of chocolate for one of the little mountains. And there should be pistachios … Continue reading →

Kansas City has a pitcher named Gil Meche (pronounce Mesh). Steve just called him Gilgamesh. I said, “I hope Travis Hafner goes all Enkidu on his ass!” And then I was embarrassed by my own dorkiness.

The Indians really suck. I don’t know if I can muster much more of a post than that. Last week I said I thought Byrd was toast but CC would recover. Obviously, I’m an idiot. The rest of the AL … Continue reading →

I watched the new “A Room with a View” a little while ago. It just doesn’t work. All of the actors are fine, but the framing story? Grim and invented. Blah. You don’t get a feel for the life at … Continue reading →

A couple of things have happened to erase all of the fun of napo. I’m not deluded enough to think I’ll get around to reading all the poems I’m missing in the meantime.

Fire Joe Morgan. Even if you don’t follow baseball, you might get a chuckle out of some of it. If you do follow baseball, it’s golden.

… and I’ve been getting Rickrolled a lot lately, I watch the video. I can’t help myself.