The Perambulator » Uncategorized

Stumbled over my limit

meta4r — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:32:36 +0000

Roast duck with fresh turmeric and lemon

meta4r — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:32:23 +0000

Wherein I grind, mush, and smear turmeric, garlic, and parsley on a duck.

Poetry Journal September 2001

meta4r — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:29:37 +0000

THE SECOND COMING Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second [...]

Style in The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever

meta4r — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:11:56 +0000

John Cheever’s short story, The Five-Forty-Eight, is an example of how an author can use connotations within his diction to manipulate reader’s sympathies toward the characters of a short story. A quick reading of this story may give the reader the impression that the protagonist, Blake, is a victim. Upon reading the selection more carefully, [...]

Something’s in the Air

meta4r — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0000

Weekly Stumble Report May 14, 2008

meta4r — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:42:43 +0000

Music Calexico performing Black Heart Hobos and Tramps Hobos from hell. I meet some of these guys at my job. This is an old story about a mass murderer who rode the rails killing other hobos. Freight Train Riders of America. Not all train riders are this bad. Some have ethics as good as yours or mine. Ephemera Ghetto Prom Fashions [...]

Weekly Stumble Report April 23, 2008

meta4r — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:52:38 +0000

Welcome to my Weekly Stumble Report! Below are about thirty links from the past week all of which were interesting enough in one way or another to earn recommendation. This week I cover music and discography, CMS and OS, food and agriculture, disabilities, health and environment, politics and rights, and arts and science. Music and Discography At [...]

Sixties band, The Cake

meta4r — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:28:26 +0000

I found these via a dear stumbler in Arizona, two songs from the 1966 psychedelic pop girl group, The Cake. Update The Cake have a myspace page here. Mockingbird You Can Have Him