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Not at a Pin's Fee*: December 2008

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Monday, December 15, 2008. When Men have made themselves akin to gods,. But broken one another on the rack,. Their outward-clawing hubris sets the odds. Against them for the empathy they lack. And Life has left the spavined, crumbling domes. Alone amid the culling universe:. Now once again primordial chaos roams. The stars, whose forpined light resounds the curse;. And Time has threshed the livid, mournful sky. Of all its lives and worlds, an elegy. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: February 2008

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Saturday, February 23, 2008. H P Lovecraft Does. Of Ferule and Fescue. Recently posted Robert Herrick's " To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. On ye Occasion of Her Third and Thirtieth Yeere. Herrick's poem uses graceful language and broad metaphors to make his multifarious point: Time's a-wastin', so be happy! Is rather more obvious and raucous than the former lyric, it's worth repeating here. Come hither, my lads, with your tankards of ale,. So fill up your glass,. L'm scarce able...

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The Theater Absurd: October 2005

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Ramblings of a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Engineering. Thursday, October 20, 2005. You Passed 8th Grade Math. Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? Thank god for this.I shouldn't be teaching engineering if I can't pass 8th grade math. In a Past Life. You Were: A Redhead Priest. Where You Lived: Ireland. How You Died: Natural causes. Who Were You In a Past Life? Natural Causes ain't a bad way to go. You're both smart and innovative when it comes to ideas. You stay...

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: November 2008

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Friday, November 7, 2008. Neither time nor space will deign to hide me,. Shoulders pressed against the withers of the world;. The hellborn reeks blood in haste to take me—. His eyes are black, and his black banner's unfurled. The stars reflect his fleshless ebon grin,. With eyes or sockets gouged amid the spaces:. The breadth of void denies the hell within. That man alone endures within its traces. I thought the universe to be inert—. Indifferent to the meager plights of men—.

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: H. P. Lovecraft Does Carpe Diem.

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Saturday, February 23, 2008. H P Lovecraft Does. Of Ferule and Fescue. Recently posted Robert Herrick's " To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. On ye Occasion of Her Third and Thirtieth Yeere. Herrick's poem uses graceful language and broad metaphors to make his multifarious point: Time's a-wastin', so be happy! Is rather more obvious and raucous than the former lyric, it's worth repeating here. Come hither, my lads, with your tankards of ale,. So fill up your glass,. L'm scarce able...

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: "To be honest with you …"

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Saturday, February 23, 2008. To be honest with you …". Recently, I've come to hear a lot of people around me prefacing workaday or banal speech with the phrase "to be honest with you.…" The phrase has never caused me to give much notice before, so either it's gained more currency or I'm listening differently. I often stop now for a moment and think, Wait! Was everything that you said previously without the phrase attached not given in honesty? Half of the time? Is there no sin in it?

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: October 2008

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Thursday, October 9, 2008. Gradations of Post-Summer Summertime. Brought to you by the Church of England, and explicated by Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition. Indian summer. a. St Martin's Day being Nov. 11), when occurring in October, St. Luke's summer. Or little summer of St. Luke. St Luke's Day being Oct. 18), chiefly dialectically; when occurring in September, St. Austin's. All Saints' Day being Nov. 1) was also used in England. b. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: March 2009

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Thursday, March 5, 2009. The Sparkly Sparkling Color of Money. While recently reading Dickens's Our Mutual Friend. For the first time, I came upon the following remarkable passage in Chapter 2.5:. Being rather ignorant, and in something of a hurry to finish the chapter, I underlined L. S. D. In the book and scribbled the helpful gloss "Groovy! In the margin. Then I promptly forgot about the passage. Or 30,000,000 l. To nearly 900,000,000 l. All told;…" The abbreviation l. The Bonzo D...

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Not at a Pin's Fee*: Anthropocentric.

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Not at a Pin's Fee*. Friday, November 7, 2008. Neither time nor space will deign to hide me,. Shoulders pressed against the withers of the world;. The hellborn reeks blood in haste to take me—. His eyes are black, and his black banner's unfurled. The stars reflect his fleshless ebon grin,. With eyes or sockets gouged amid the spaces:. The breadth of void denies the hell within. That man alone endures within its traces. I thought the universe to be inert—. Indifferent to the meager plights of men—.