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Shepherd's Check has chosen "Before Winter (a cinquain)" as one of the pieces for its inaugural issue.

pleasurable reading

I've finished Aristotle's Poetics, although I need to go back through it and really evaluate the footnotes and appendices. Currently, I'm fairly deep into Dante's Inferno. On deck: Paradise Lost.

(I'm not terribly pleased with the translation of Inferno that I possess [by John Sinclair]; it's rendered into prose instead of trying to emulate the Italian versification. Can anyone suggest an English translation that retains the poetry of the work?)

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Not really a surprise: Baby Boomers Still Doing Drugs as Seniors

Cue Sir Mix-a-Lot: Fat Butts May Be Healthy

Study: Running Shoes Could Cause Joint Strain

Claire's, joining Wal-Mart, pulls cadmium-tainted kids' jewelry -- Because lead is so last year