Proving once again that he probably does a lot less work at work than he would like me to believe, my other half has pointed me towards an addition to the ‘in/appropriate font selection’ story. It's one of the Short Comic Monologues on Timothy McSweeney's website. Personally, I find it hysterical. But I should warn …
Font crimes
If you find yourself having strong opinions about the suitability (or otherwise) of various fonts for the purposes for which they are used, you may like to visit http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/. Having grown up in the era when computers went from being the domain of the nerdiest boy (why always boy‽) in the class; to being a sign …
Theraputic Cleanse
I came across this post on ReadWritePoem (now defunct) a wee while ago, which chimed with something I read in the fabulous Real Sofistikashun, by Tony Hoagland. It's in the section where he's talking about poets making a deliberate decision to move away from the style and/or themes of a previous collection (or collections). I …
Goodbye CPIT; and OMG, I wrote that?!
As the sharp-eyed among you will notice, the Upcoming Workshops list has gone. That's because the funding for Community Education at CPIT was ‘reviewed’, and cut by 50%. As a result, the ACE department was disbanded at the end of 2010, and so my poetry courses no longer have a home. On the plus side …
A Tree Ate My Garden!
At long last, I return to the blog, although this is really just an excuses excuses post. Things have been a little chaotic. I meant to at least post a proper end-of-year-roundup, but in the week leading up to Christmas, this happened: What you're looking at it the remains of my poor vegetable garden, and …
A Dark Feathered Art 