Opium

Skiing is my drug. Alcohol my indulgence. Ski first. Drink after.

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Prognosti-ku

At Nuku two weeks ago, Diane and I submitted a “fortune teller” for the origami contest. These were all the craze when we were in elementary school. I was surprised that I actually remembered how to make one. Diane and I then wrote all the fortunes in haiku. I thought I’d share them all with [...]

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BSG Haiku, Season 4 Episode 16

The lesson here, folks, is that boring, long meetings without access to my computer yields BSG haiku doodled on notepads while the developers argue over code…. Gaius plays JesusBut culls his harem with gunsTo thwart Aries’ Sons. The Final Five fightAbout frakking the humansEven Chief agrees. Liam’s death–pointlessLike Padme’s end in Star WarsLove’s lack kills? [...]

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Conspiracy theories

A rocket to study global warming goes down after launch… hmmm… suspicious? I think not! Were I a conspiracy theorist, which I am not, I might say that this is a “Right-Wing Conspiracy.” I’m sure my husband and I would have had a secret chuckle about this recent installment of the Right-Wing Conspiracy. It was [...]

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One more Battlestar Haiku

Inspired while listening to the Galactica Forum–a great podcast I found that discusses the episodes of Battlestar Galactica each week–I came up with yet another haiku. What will Ellen do?When she learns Six is with child,Cat fight! Meow! Hiss!Poor Saul and the dangerous women with whom he “comingles.” ADDED LATER:By the way, an interesting tidbit [...]

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Even more Battlestar Galactica Haiku

Especially for Joanna, new BSG haiku reflecting last week’s episode: Cavill and DanielCain and Abel enacted;Glaring metaphor. Woe is Kara Thrace!Doesn’t know who she is, andAnders can’t tell her. Who mourns for Cavill?Mad, jealous son of a bitch–I mean, Ellen Tigh. Apollo, VPRoslin is ready to croak.Let the people vote!

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Disfingeration

Remember sniglets? This was a term coined by comedian Rich Hall in an old HBO show from the 1980s called Not Necessarily the News, which if memory serves, was a lot like what The Daily Show is today only without all that ever-lovable 1980s cheese and corny-ness. As Hall defined them, sniglets are words that [...]

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Battlestar Galactica Epic in Haiku Continues

Hot off the presses, or the ink of my pen, folks: the next installment of my series of haiku poems describing the Battlestar Galactica epic. Enjoy! CivilizationCrumbling. Depressing fall.Unending cycle. Gaeta threatens ThraceBrooding o’er his peg leg.Mutinous traitor! Young Nicholas, illDon’t need no Cylon blood giftHot Dog’s his daddy!

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Mars Girl strikes again!

I’m becoming slightly worried by the fact that I’m literally becoming known around town, and the cycling community, as Mars Girl in lieu of my real name. You might be thinking, “Is that not what you want? You’ve got vanity plates with that name? Your email address, cell phone screen’s banner, and blog all reference [...]

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One for child services

My aunt Gabriella, Cousin Angy’s mom, just sent an email filled with pictures of my new “first cousin once removed” aka My Favorite Female Cousin’s New Son, Grayson Martin. Is this not a most blatant example of child abuse? Please tell me that if I ever have kids, I would not subject them to such [...]

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