Smitros
AS of August 13, 2012, my third poetry collection, Labor Day at Venice Beach, is available from online sellers. Details at http://www.cherry-grove.com/smith-venice.html My essay collection Dowsing and Science is now available from online sellers in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. A summary can be found at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dowsing-and-science-j-d-smith/1103678830?ean=9781933896595&itm=1&usri=dowsing%2band%2bscience My take on ethanol appears at http://www.speakwithoutinterruption.com/site/2011/07/ethanol-fuelled-with-pride/ I am a writer and editor in DC who has published two collections of poetry and one children's book. My first essay collection, "Dowsing and Science," will be published by Texas Review Press in 2011. My one-act play "Dig" was produced at London's Old Red Lion Theatre in June 2010. I discuss the film adaptation of "Dig" at http://jdsmithwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/dig-film.html My new poem "Debt" appears here: http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2010/10/24/debt/read/poems/
On 43 Things That Will Make You Feel Old
Dammit. Still haven't made it to Number 22.
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On Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Study
The world is going to shit and people are devoting their energy and talents to studying this? Then again, maybe that's part of why the world is going to shit.
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On Elements Of Economics In Order Of Relative Gayness
The Hodrick-Prescott filter is gayer than a picnic basket.
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On Case For Imitative Mediocrity Now Data-Driven
Aw, hell, somebody has to say it.
Candyman! Candyman! Candyman!
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On It Depends On The Size Of The Rat
Wouldn't the crown rib roast reveal the fraud?
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On Sometimes You Have To Listen To The Lyrics First
Another party I don't get invited to.
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On Over 260 Pounds? Start Walking
Physics discriminates like a son of a bitch.
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On No Joy, "Hare Tarot Lies"
In that first frame Taylor Swift looks like hell.
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On Now We Have So Many Bike Racks And No Bikes
1. The prose is lovely.
2. Along the lines of what's noted above, this will probably become part of the urban fabric, as Capital Bikeshare has in DC in a very short time.
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On 43 Things That Will Make You Feel Old
@hockeymom I'm older than Balk, so this is problematic. I'll have to start taking worse care of myself and speed up the process.