Question of the Day

Does anyone really believe there are no such things as dumb questions?

To me there are dumb questions. They are what people ask after you have already answered their question. I'm not talking about you answered the question and they don't understand it. I mean when you answer and they would have understood if they were paying attention or too busy asking the question to just listen.

Star Wars Revisited

A friend posted this the other day and I found it interesting so want to share. It shows that the despite the perception and awards Han Solo received in Star Wars he was not the one who shot Darth Vader's spacecraft. There is really a hidden hero in the film. Yes, once again stupidity wins the day!

The TIE Fighter Pilot Who Saved The Day in 'Star Wars'

New Style of Poetry

I am working on a new style of poetry. This summer I have been inspired by poets from Rwanda and Somalia and my own relative's spoken word. The funny thing is that in some ways I'm going back to a similar way I originally wrote-without form and only occasionally noticing the rhyme.

For the last year I have been working on different form poetry styles, such as sonnets, tanka, and haikus, etc. I will still write some form poetry for mental exercise but now my attention has shifted to free verse. To put it simply instead of looking at it on paper I am examining how it sounds listening to. I'm excited to see where this will go.

Interesting

Blogger now shows me the statistics data of my blog. I'm definitely surprised by some of the results. Since I don't update much I always assumed that I wouldn't get many daily or weekly visitors but apparently I do. I guess I'll have to be more careful with what I write from now on.
Another interesting fact is that other than through Facebook, most people link to my page through Japan's Yahoo and U.K.'s Google? I wonder why it's so international. I could understand Japan a bit since I post in Japanese from time to time but I wonder what makes this blog interesting to someone in England or Ireland. I only know two people who are in the UK and another who visited during the summer.
What most surprised me was the most viewed post, which was.... おっと！ . Really?! I didn't think it was that interesting, it was practically a random rant, but I guess it was to other people. Maybe it's because I used a curse word in it. I don't know. Whatever attracts people is just one of those things I never really understood.

Maybe I was Wrong

Well there is a first time for everything. As the idea of my being wrong is so shocking I suggest taking sitting down in case you faint. I'm sure you want all the facts. This concerns Antonie Dodson of the Bed intruder song fame. The first time I saw the news segment where he gave his rant I thought 'What an idiot. Why does the news bother giving him so much face time.' and seeing him as an embarrassment to the black community I quickly tried to put him out my mind.
The bad dream did not end there however, as not long afterward I found out about the song that was growing in popularity. I even found out people I considered intelligent friends were lapping up the ridiculous rhyme. I tried to not mention how stupid it was for people to light of an attempted rape as I learned like Rome that people do not like to be interrupted from their circus.
I read an article recently that has led me to change my mind-somewhat. While I usually dislike those profiting off the perceived stupidity of black people I may make an exception on the part of Mr. Dodson. He did not just enjoy the fame for two seconds but instead is selling the song on itunes and shirts to make enough profits according to the article to allow him to move his family from the project where the incident occurred while continuing his college education. Either way I do wish him and his family the best and hope the assailant is brought to justice.
Source: news.yahoo.com,blacksnob.com