May 2005 Headlines
| Title | Date | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Punchbowl Poetry | 05/05 | Blogging, Culture, Natalie Portman |
May 05, 2005
Punchbowl Poetry
Well, look at that. It’s May 5th, 2005, and you know what that means!
Yes, that’s right! There’s only TWO MORE WEEKS until Natalie Portman’s new film opens. Incidentally, that’s also when my term paper is due, so here’s yet another meme to tide you over. Yeah, I’m such a hypocrite (Update 6/9/05: Yeah, not only did I watch Episode III on opening day, I also watched it again on opening weekend. And I also watched Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy twice on opening weekend. Maybe that list of things wasn’t so much about things I didn’t get but about things that I was in denial about getting?).
While you’re waiting for Natalie’s new film me to get back to political commentary, check out Will Wilkerson taking on the recent liberal meme of Social Security as insurance, making many points that I had planned to make myself (via Julian Sanchez). And for something a bit shorter and simpler, check out my comments on Social Security at sQurl’s newly remade blog, Mythos of a Sorority Geek.
I should take this opportunity to mention that sQurl has been on a roll ever since she renamed her blog and began focusing on her perspective of gender issues. Of particular note is her critique of the notion of equality, and her observations on how different genders present information.
But to get back to the meme, Donna B. tags me with Ellison’s Punchbowl Meme:
Simply compose a four-line poem and post it on your blog. The first and third verses of the poem should read “Turd in a punchbowl.” Verses two and four may be about any subject (including turds!) but they must rhyme with each other.
Okay, that’s simple enough. No rules about meter, so I can sprawl a bit. Here goes nothing…
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