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Posted in daily on Mar 19th, 2007 No Comments »
A bargain from ZYZZYVA, a quarterly journal of West Coast art and writing: A copy of a recent volume or one of its anthologies for the respectable price of $2 whole bucks (the book is free; the postage is $2). Find out how to add another volume or two to your personal library here. That’s [...]
Posted in legal on Mar 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
This starter guide by attorney Jay G. Foonberg suggests, in its 660+ pages, much general advice on hanging your own shingle.
Under the chapter regarding setting professional fees, one of his sub-points is entitled, “The Big Mac Formula of Fee Charging,” wherein he writes that the Big Mac might be used as a gauge–some base unit upon [...]
Posted in poetic on Mar 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve in the past considered haiku seriously and also not-at-all. A writing exercise today with the IWL (Intergenerational Writers Lab) group, led last week, this and next by Mahru Elahi, was use of the tanka form (5-7-5-7-7 syllables per respective line). Here is my first:
The must of cigar
and dust. Yeh-yeh (grandpa) smokes.
Sweet, [...]