Interesting interview with Charles Simic in The Paris Review: We think best when we bring opposites together, when we realize that all these realities, one inside the other, are somehow connected. That’s how the wonder and amazement that are so necessary to both poetry and philosophy come about. A “truth” detached and purified of pleasures of ordinary life is not worth a damn in … Read More

Britney’s ‘golden’ positive pregnancy test bought by online casino (this is the same place that bought the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich): Golden Palace spokesman Drew Black confirmed the acquisition by saying, “It’s hard to put a price on Britney Spears’ urine. We don’t know for certain, of course. Obviously, it’s her alleged pregnancy test. I wasn’t there when she took the test.”

The talented Claudia Smith has a great new story at Fiction Warehouse–read it here: Snow Squall

There is no place like Bryce. The photos do not do it justice, really. This is an interesting rock formation at Kodachrome Basin where we camped. (sorry to be an infant but it makes me laugh)

This is from the trail that Allen went on without me at Zion. You had to climb up the side of a rock with ropes. No thanks.

Coral Pink Sand dunes in Kanab, Utah. more coral pink sand dunes because they are so pretty. unfortunately, people are allowed to ride dirt bikes and ATVs on them though.

This is General Sherman, a Sequoia, and the “largest living thing on Earth” (not the tallest or the biggest, but the largest). The man in the photo is a stranger.

poem for 5.6.05: Father Outsideby Nick Flynn and Josh Neufeld

This someone keeps stealing all of my letters–is cool and frustrating as hell. As soon as I got four letters in my name someone would steal one of them.

Did you know that it’s tell-a-friend-about-blogs week? Go on and tell some friends, then.

Multnomah Falls at Columbia River Gorge. This was a Saturday or Sunday, I think and the place was packed with people. We hiked to the top of the falls and felt a bit lost and depressed.

An outhouse in the Olympic National Park rainforest.