A forward from my inbox

Why not make this your good deed for the day… From: Online Action Center Alert List Date: 02/17/04 09:06:49 To: corbid@cox.net Subject: Action Needed Immediately to Protect Rodi Alvarado Dear Corbid: Your action is needed immediately to help protect Rodi Alvarado and other women fleeing gender persecution. Nearly a year ago, Attorney General John Ashcroft … Read more

Sunday Morning

Ghost of a touch recedes on waking Invisibly substantial as a phantom limb Some hearts dream paralell and others silent Sing prayers and speak in sighs to purge the heart to save the soul Salvation is elusive Redemption something other Save your soul On a block of ice Fresh and bloody for the wolves outside … Read more

Unicorns

Myth of the Day:The unicorn is a legendary animal. It is usually portrayed as a slender, white horse with a spiraling horn on its forehead, although its appearance and behavior differs, depending on the location. In the west it was usually considered wild and untamable, while in the Orient it was peaceful, meek and thought … Read more

Watching the movie “Sylvia”…

So far, the primary message of the movie is that poetesses write better poetry when men treat them like shit. The movie “Frida” seemed to imply similar things about women artists. Disturbing trend. Do you suppose there’s any truth to it? Is misery a prerequisite for great art? And if so, is it better to … Read more

On Bowie

This is part one in a series leading up to my actual review of the concert. I feel that first I must expound upon the import of Bowieness upon the formation of my youth. Bear with me as I was nostalgic and self importnat… Part I: Ziggy Saves When I was 14, my best friend … Read more

Bowie in the Hollywood Tarot

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David Bowie’s Two Coloured Eyes

Myth of the Day: Why has David got odd looking eyes? He has a condition called aniscoria, which is the medical term for unequal pupils. In 1962, aged 14, he got punched in the eye by his school friend George Underwood, during an argument over a girl named Carol Goldsmith. George’s knuckle caught David’s eye … Read more

The International Language…

Obviously, there will be a Bowie review shortly, but until then I shall address more important things, such as…How To Swear In Five Celtic Language Variants:Scottish GaelicIrish GaelicWelshBretonManx Gaelic Also, how to swear in Trainspottingese…And in Latin!