f/k/a archives . . . real opinions & real haiku

 I’ve been  adding almost daily to my Inadvertant Searchee list, and have placed

a direct link to TISK! on the SideBar.  Click here to find out how we did in searches for easy-

admission law schools, “arnold girlie men,” contingency fees, 1-800-Immigration, and yabuts. 

And come again soon to visit the inadvertant searchee (and the katydid)!           

 

a katydid walking
searching…
my hut’s shelf

 

by Kobayashi Issa,

translated by David G. Lanoue 

 

p.s. Sibling Sentimentality.  I’ve been missing my brother and sister lately, so

have treated myself to “then and (almost) now” photos of the three of us, and

want to share the smiles.

    

     empty house

some nameless plants

      have moved in

 

      hard drought

roadside flax blossoms

     made of dust

 

 

by Jim Kacian , from Presents of Mind “presents kacian”

                               (Katsura/Red Moon Press, 1996)

 

 

 

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  by dagosan: 

Labor Day

the parade starts and ends

at the mall

 

[Sept. 2, 2004]

 

d ‘n’ a . . .

 

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   Your Help is Needed: go to SaveDafur.org  
  
  
   – make the politicians keep their promises! –
  
  
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   Read and Heed The Curse of the New in the Blogging World by Dennis Kennedy (via Ambrogi). 
  
  
  
  
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    Dennis’ notion of what makes an  “Essential Blawg” almost makes me wish ethicalEsq could have persevered.
  
  
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  There’s no sphinxian riddle for the Food Pyramid: Avoid too much sugar!.

tired of listening
the man walks away…
cicada on a branch

 

 

I like artful wordplay and advocacy, but over-the-top mendacity sets my stomach spinning.

Tonight’s RNC speeches left me with a bad case of agita, and no appetite for political propaganda from either party.  So, I was surprised to find my weary self fully engaged in Christopher Lydon‘s latest post, It’s Rockefeller’s Party (Sept. 1, 2004).  His thoughtful, urgent message on the nature of the Republican Party needs to be considered by everyone interested in the politics and future of our nation. 

 

The GOP is not the heir to Reaganite conservatism, says Lydon.  It is the Grand Old Rockefeller Party.   This GORP isn’t fueled with raisins, nuts, and seeds grown in the soil of California extremism. [click for the rest of this piece]  

 

— haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue