Ars Gratia Artis

Osma Lynn Elise Koszuta was born today, at 4:41 PM, lovely and healthy and loud.

A place where I sometimes write.

There in an article on the potential dying of American Poetry, here, an attempt to present both sides of the argument in very brief snips.
I love poetry, but I love poetry in much the same way I love representational art–something that has at least a minor connection to traditional [...]

Listing to a mashup: She Wants Revenge vs. Joy Division vs. Bauhaus.
O.O
So, it comes to mind:
Skinny redheaded Kathy Griffen shouting out, “All right, where’s my gays?”
I wanna know, where is the plumpy redhead shouting out “Where’s my goths?”
Which then begs the question: Is there goth comedy? I mean, other than “If I was [...]

Some while ago, I stumbled across Resurrected Recipes–well, stumbled is not exactly the right word; I check the parent blog, Slumberland.org every once in a while because the woman writing that blog is, at least as much as I can tell from her blog, like me. She is at least remotely connected to the SCA, [...]

Veterans graves: American Civil War vets — The War Between the States
Most of these men–this is the biggest block of them, but they are scattered through the cemetery, as well–served with Wisconsin regiments, but there are men here from all over the Northern states. There is one grave in this stand, no date of birth, [...]

First, the wire is starting to buzz with the project underway: New Trek Ships being painted by respected artists. Link:
http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/new-enterprise-models-go.php
Eh, I am underwhelmed by the paint jobs tossed on two of the three models in the article. I wish it could be related to my deep, deep geekery and an asshat habit so ingrained that [...]

February was a rough work month. There is a certain amount of work that we are each obliged to complete according to the government contract we work under, and February is always a month of long days and cursing one’s salaried status, because there is lots of work, but not a lot of month. It [...]