R.D. Kimball- Not A Rabbi.

everythinginthesky: Shorpy Historical Photo Archive: Holy...

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:06:02 -0700

Shorpy Historical Photo Archive: Holy Coffee Mugs!

Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward) on the “Batman” set in Los Angeles in 1966.

"Everything is an affair of the Spirit."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:45:30 -0700

“Everything is an affair of the Spirit.”

- George MacDonald

"A man reaches the height of egotism during moments of spiritual ecstasy. He feels then that there is..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:57:04 -0700

“A man reaches the height of egotism during moments of spiritual ecstasy. He feels then that there is nothing in the world more important and more fascinating than himself.”

- Leo Tolstoy, “The Cossacks”

A Lesser Form

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:07:44 -0700

“Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the music of the words is where the meanings begin… and what you hear is the rhythm of your heart, the beating of your heart… Writing as a lesser form of dance.”
-Paul Auster, “Winter Journal”

I think of me, when I was smaller, and I wanted to make things. Pictures, stories. I acted them out. I used my body. Words were fine, I used them when necessary. But if I was fighting bad guys, I didn’t describe the action. I swung my fist.

Words are pretty things. I like them. There is a tactile sensation to them, when they burst to life, when their magic is invoked and their meaning is revealed. They are fickle little creatures.

But they are a means of surpassing the body. Of overcoming its limitations. Some of us lack a home in our own flesh, and we reach for acts of creation outside of it.

Words are dances for those of us who can barely stand. Are symbols for those of us who cannot sense. Are lives for those of us too cautious to really live. Are crutches to support our lesser forms.

sovietpostcards: by Ivan Semyonov WE’VE LANDED ON THE...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:32:24 -0700

sovietpostcards:

by Ivan Semyonov

WE’VE LANDED ON THE MOON!!

A Poem For 4-1-2013

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:30:43 -0700

Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is a poem

…

Fart.

This Water Is Not Living

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:20:57 -0700

Some days
I drink too deep

My stomach
Fit to burst

Still guzzling
Still gulping

Still slavering
For sweet taste

And my whole
World shudders

With the slake
And the weight

And the mark
And the blood

The levee swells
And the flood

Is a gnash
And a hunger

My flesh is gorged
With the wellspring

Bulging, and gasping
“Enough!”

Yet still I thirst.

Remember. Don’t be a gel douche.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:31:23 -0700

Remember. Don’t be a gel douche.

BLOG ON A BUFFALOOOOOO

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:58:14 -0700

BLOG ON A BUFFALOOOOOO

Should A Poem-Place Become Us

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:41:01 -0700

I wrote a poem once
About Cheyenne, Wyoming

She was a pretty thing,
I dressed her
In metaphor
And fine-spun
Western imagery

But she whispered of places
To which I had not been
And of lives
I had not lived

She crawled in the corners
Of my eyes
Hiding with memories
Of my grandmother

She tugged at my earlobes
And laughed
At my thoughtless passions

In a way, she became me
And I became that poem

And now, every city I live in
Seems to remind me
Of Cheyenne.

Our Eyes Are The Rust Belt Poets

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:27:26 -0700

We seethe
With the thunderous eyes
Of young, carnivorous poets

Who linger in
Coffeeshop corners

Waiting for girls
To read their minds

And our hearts
Sink like iron in oceans
In lieu of beating

We make love
Like the state of Ohio

Bitter and rusty
With memories of
Golden days

Our wills eroded
And well past their prime

Nothing left
But hunger
And anger

And dark hollow eyes

"Moose… Indian…"

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:55:27 -0700

“Moose… Indian…”

- The Last Words Of Henry David Thoreau

I’m on top of the GULL TO THE NOSTRIL!!!!

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:32:21 -0800

I’m on top of the GULL TO THE NOSTRIL!!!!

"Tim Allen is actually kind of funny."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:22:25 -0800

“Tim Allen is actually kind of funny.”

- Best bathroom graffiti in the history of ever.

I don’t usually care for these examples of memery. But...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:01:27 -0800

I don’t usually care for these examples of memery. But this was surprisingly articulate.

hipsterlibertarian: Yesssssss. I loved this moment, and this...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:31:01 -0800

hipsterlibertarian:

Yesssssss. I loved this moment, and this episode in general.

This. Also, this.

"To put it bluntly, the current state of academic publishing is the result of a series of strong-arm..."

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:29:23 -0800

“To put it bluntly, the current state of academic publishing is the result of a series of strong-arm tactics enabling publishers to pry copyrights from authors, and then charge exorbitant fees to university libraries for access to that work. The publishers have inverted their role as disseminators of knowledge and become bottlers of knowledge, releasing it exclusively to the highest bidders. Swartz simply decided it was time to take action.”

- Aaron Swartz Was Right - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via infoneer-pulse)

sovietpostcards: Kizhi (1971)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:26:55 -0800

sovietpostcards:

Kizhi (1971)

I don’t miss Michigan that much.

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:26:05 -0800

I don’t miss Michigan that much.

"It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:36:16 -0800

“It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.”

- Henry George (via hipsterlibertarian)