Joseph Epstein, writing for Poetry Magazine: If I were poet laureate I would put a poem in every pair of pajamas, fortune cookie, and National Hockey League game program published during my tenure. Which is my coarse, jokey-jakey way of saying that poetry cannot really be promoted — only appreciated. Poetry is caviar — an acquired taste, and not for … 

Each year, Critique Magazine’s staff compiles essays by and interviews with writers, teachers, and translators of merit for inclusion in the special anniversary edition “On Writing”. Like I keep saying, if you want to know about writing, real writing, listen to what real writers have to say about their craft. Critique Magazine’s On Writing site is a great place to … 

I almost forgot to mention—calendars have been updated for September, so grab yourself a heapin’ helpin’ of Lunch Menus or RCHS Events by clicking on the calendar links to the left. Mmm, mmm, good! :burger:

Ignorance may be bliss for some, but according to this article in today’s Guardian, it can also cost big bucks, and get some folks in hot water: Insensitive computer programmers with little knowledge of geography have cost the giant Microsoft company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost business and led hapless company employees to be arrested by offended governments. The … 

It looks like a variant of the MyDoom is kicking around the Internet again, folks: The MyDoom worm saga continued today with the release of yet another variant of the noxious email worm. The latest variant — MyDoom‑S (AKA MyDoom‑Q or MyDoom‑R) — poses as a funny photographs in order to dupe users into opening an infectious attachment called photos_arc.exe. …

A group on the discussion boards at Wordcraft have begun an ambitious project—rewriting the entire Oxford English Dictionary in limericks. It’s referred to, rather appropriately, as The Oxford English Dictionary in Limerick Form, or (even more appropriately, if you ask me) the OEDILF. They’ve progressed so far, well, into the early parts of “a”—but it’s a strong start, and as … 

All right, kiddies, I was going to let this past week’s Internet Explorer shenanigans drop, because I’m frankly sick of hearing about them, and I doubt I’ve got many readers at this point in the summer, anyway. But the other day, the Register reported that US CERT (the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) was recommending using anything but Internet Explorer. …