Spoetre: (Sp)am (Poetr)y (Re)dux: Take the pile of words found in a typical piece of spam. Dispose of unhelpful words. Insert articles, punctuation. Think, poetry.

Atomic commonweal,
annul this demur exile life.
Its phenomenal squash.
Quixotic, anxious, quizzical boathouse of pious provenance.
A galaxy of poverty estimates.
Libido spirit bring the second baseline.
The durable French colossus waits.

after an email addressed from Quinn Mcghee [afalweryd@sohu.com.cn] selling the top 9 generics

NPR's segments this week about Nelson Mandela look promising. NPR : 'Mandela: An Audio History'

This spam poetry made it through my filters today under an advertizement for something claiming to Unleash the Power of your Digital Cable.

Where we can knowingly figure out our impresario.
garbage can beyond is salty.
judge defined by philosopher, inside satellite,
and insurance agent around paper napkin are what made America great!
Furthermore, toward onlooker procrastinates,
and vacuum cleaner living with seek tuba player near bonbon.
Where we can almost make love to our wheelbarrow.
joel
solvent
dextrose
larkin
fiche
botswana
arizona

Andrei Codrescu spoke about spam poetry recently on All Things Considered. Listen here.

This commentary on Ain't Necessarily So by David Figler does a good job of describing my political viewpoint.

forth move

Other moves: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

By the way neither of us claim any chess talent. Oh, and click on the board to see the whole postcard.

I came across this using Stumble! Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character You pretend to be a Dictator or Sit-Com Character and it guess who you are. It's fun.

Friday Five:

1. What do you do for a living? I design commercial buildings for a developer.

2. What do you like most about your job? Flexability and the sense of [creative] ownership in completed buildings. I imagine its a tiny version of the feeling of parenthood.

3. What do you like least about your job? I don't get to design beautiful things.

4. When you have a bad day at work it's usually because poor managment has put me in a embarrasing position.

5. What other career(s) are you interested in? furniture making, all kinds of design, teaching, being a cultural pilgrim, ambassador, peace activist