Imagine you’re a geek-dude weblogger really into metadata,
and you want to impress a sweet young thing.
You say:
“My site reviews the best
sites that filter sites that pick
up RSS feeds from sites about
Gourd Pottery.”
How does your heart’s desire respond?
Click to find out the answer. You’ll have to decide
for yourself whether this is a match made in cyber-
heaven.
“Tiny check” Then, click to see the all four
which include– in addition to Meta-
mania — Googlitis, Archivaholism,
and Compulsive News Binging.
Slowpoke is one more reason I always
Those who came here for socially-significant
and/or legal issues, should check out I/P lawyer
which applauds French efforts to force ”every
maker and distributor of digital media to make
details of copy-protection schemes available to
competitors, and to force interoperability among
digital formats.” (Metroland, Volume 29 - Number
13 - March 30, 2006)
update (March 31, 2006): The thoughtful Editor of Blawg Review
blind date tomorrow –
will she
Yahoo! me tonight?
For most of my adult life (including college days and a dozen years
practicing law), Washington, D.C., was my home. I often miss my
many good friends in the DC Area. In Springtime, however, two
events — the blooming of the cherry blossoms and of the azaleas —
make me yearn to be physically back there, amidst priceless and
wordless beauty (update 9 PM: like Mira and Elana).
so far away -
cherry blossoms and the smile
that humbles them
today (March 30th) is the expected Peak Bloom day – ”the day in which
70 percent of the blossoms of the Yoshino Cherry (Prunus x yedoensis)
trees are open.” You can read the history of Washington’s cherry trees,
originally a gift in 1912 from the people of Japan, here.
The Washington Post has a video, “A Day
Among the Cherry Blossoms”, March 26, 2006, for
those who would like to dally. Read about the
among cherry blossoms
a long stay
in this world
anne marie williams
The blooming period of cherry blossoms can last as long as
14 days. The contrast of the beauty and the impermanence of
the blossoms have long made them the perfect subject for haiku
(and for zen philosophers).
Last month, we featured poems from the Vancouver Cherry Blossom
winners from two of f/k/a’s Honored Guests:
”VCBFLogo”
distant thunder
a few cherry blossoms
float to earth
just blossoming
we meet under
the cherry tree
cherry blossoms
the tug tug tug
of baby’s hand
morning mist
a bent back sweeps
yesterday’s blossoms
Cherry blossoms are so cherished in Japan, that any poem
mentioning “blossoms” with no further designation, is regarded
wrote thousands of haiku about cherry blossoms. Go here for
several dozen.
“BlossomBrachF”
Cherry blossoms can evoke quite a few different emotions and
insights. Issa, along with his translator David G. Lanoue, shares
a few of his with us:
mountain cherry blossoms–
the pine trees
stand guard
mountain cherry blossoms–
hair decoration
for a bald man
“blossomsDC”
sunset–
a ruckus in the cherry blossoms
a ruckus in the trout stream
pulling up
his fishhook he looks…
at cherry blossoms!
hey cherry blossoms–
why the rush
to scatter so soon?
evening cherry blossoms–
the devil is moved
to tears
“BlossomBrach”
growing old–
even the cherry blossoms
a bit annoying
even while walking
through cherry blossoms…
nagging!
the roof sweeper
stands still…
evening cherry blossoms
the buck looks
at cherry blossoms…
shedding his horns
Edo’s cherry blossoms, too
shine only
for money
world of pain–
and the cherry blossoms
add to it!
the great lord
forced off his horse…
cherry blossoms
No matter what kind of blossoms you have where you live,
take a little time to experience them — or the Blossom Police
might be knocking at your door.
