Things you should know about me: I like charts. I’ve always like charts and comparing numbers and trends. The results don’t have to show anything; just the act of creating/reading charts is fun for me. In 2001, after a few years of intense poetry writing, I made the following chart, in a half-hearted attempt to[...]
(Copied From My “Little Blue Notebook”, written approximately June 2004.) Rhymes: dove, glove, love, of, shove, above In a rhyming poem (or song), try not to end a line with “love”. It has been used too many times, and next line is almost always predictable.
Claustrophobia Wil C. Fry April 21, 2012, 13:21 I can feel the walls as they’re closing in trapping me in this little den surrounded by space but trapped in time I breathe, I breathe, I think I’ll be fine Maybe. I must look out, I must remind myself of the times I could fly in[...]
(Copyright © 2000 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Self-portrait with cheap film camera
American Neverland By WCF, Feb. 25, 2005 (22:30 hours) Unprotected yet unmolested Innocent and naive Give me nothing give me something It is too late to grieve Flying airplanes and crackling airwaves Roaring in my head Twinkling lights and twisted lies Are unraveling the thread Ripped from Earth’s breast and burning the nest Left to[...]
(Copyright © 2001 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) May 20, 2001, 11:11 p.m. Escapades of innocence Temporarily blind me To who I am
High and mighty they seem to be They never been a friend to me They got the money, cars and planes You never see them riding the trains They don’t shop at my store They’re not human anymore Or is it me that’s not? (Copied from my “Darker Blue Notebook”. Copyright © 2001 by Wil[...]
Angel’s feet and broken down buildings Indian ghosts and crumbling bricks Alongside this paved cattle trail Look around and see The solitude Of each and every individual We’re decades away from the Steel Empires Smiling faces and rotting wood Smoking cars and potholed streets That are empty on Sunday Look inside and see The solitude[...]
(Copied from my “Darker Blue Notebook”. Copyright © 2001 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Alternate title: “Who Are Your Friends?” Where do your loyalties lie? Who will cry when you die? For whom do you show your true face? Who is willing to die in your place? (Also published on my website.)
Copied from my “Darker Blue Notebook”. Note that “2-14-01″ is the name of the poem. By Willal Fa; Feb. 14, 2001; 21:50 (Edited here for language) Educated heresy and purposeful disregard — The hallmarks of modern moguls My question is thus: Why does society set rules for itself That it cannot — will not —[...]
“I thought the left loved freedom of the press and open government. I guess that’s only when ‘The Man’ is someone else.” That’s what one commenter said on a news story about the federal government hoping to charge a journalist for publishing news. It’s an astute observation about the way our two-party political system works:[...]
Commentary: A record Powerball jackpot isn’t a record to celebrate (Christian Science Monitor) The editorial board of CSM concluded their piece with this: Before the news media play up the next record-setting mega-lottery like Powerball, they may want to add these kinds of caveats in their reporting. It could deter people from rushing to the[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of To Sail Beyond The Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein, the last novel he published before dying in 1988: “I remember Earth. I knew her when she was clean and green, mankind’s beautiful bride, sweet and lush and lovable… It is futile to mourn over[...]
There is a school of thought, albeit a relatively unpopular one, that poor grammar or punctuation on printed signs should be corrected with a Sharpie or other tool, vigilante style. In the News: Vigilante Copy Editor (New York Times) And there are older instances, such as this one (The Virginian-Pilot).
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein: “It does not do to encourage bad banners; one should retaliate, urbanely but firmly.”
In The News: Adobe starts subscription for Photoshop and Dreamweaver (BBC News) This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone; many software companies are moving in this direction. Instead of having to ship millions of boxes and discs every year when they upgrade the software, they’re just going to add the updates to the online[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of I Will Fear No Evil (1970) by Robert Heinlein: “…most people think of money as something to pay the rent. But a money man thinks of money in terms of what he can do with it.” “…it’s impossible for a woman to lay it on[...]
For about $5, I made this measuring cup holder that’s hidden inside a kitchen cabinet: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
My wife and I invoked our “30 minute rule” when watching this movie. The rule is: if the movie can’t interest either of us in 30 minutes, then we turn it off and quit wasting our time. According to Wikipedia, this film is based on a 1974 novel and “the story follows the hunt for[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during my 2002 reading of Stranger In A Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein, of which I wrote on Nov. 14, 2002, “Perhaps the best book ever written.” (I no longer feel that way, but it’s still a pretty good book.)
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