Dr Zen alerted me to her. Susan Boyle, he said is one of us.

The good thing about Susan is that she will always be one of us, and no matter how much she rubs elbows with the upper crust Susan Boyle will never get crumbs on her sleeve.

Here she is advancing in the finals. The world is watching now, and the little guys have not forgotten. She really doesn’t belong, and in time she will have her own niché right back home, or wherever she’s most comfortable. Looking at her I know that despite it all, she still sweeps her own kitchen floor, and swears in hushed tones on the way home with a car full of stuff she never intended to buy, knowing she forgot the one thing she went to the store for.

She is, in Dr Zen’s words, one of us.

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Okay. News:

I’m co-owner, with Jenifer Wills, of a writing forum called LiteraryMary. – One Word – LiteraryMary. Jenifer is the founder. Not News. I have been for a while. Jeezus. Me co-owner of a writing forum.

There is an interview with chris cunningham, and Hosho McCreesh here:
http://literarymary.com/forum/index.php?topic=10078.0

This news stunned the internet writing community:
http://literarymary.com/forum/index.php?topic=10231.0

I answer questions here:
http://nibblepoems.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/eight-questions-with-father-luke/

Did I mention this:
http://www.outsiderwriters.org/archives/2031

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Father Luke

Remember May 1st is Beat Up A White Kid Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Up_A_White_Kid_Day

I’m marking my calendar for next year.

From the Wikipedia:

Beat Up a White Kid Day or May Day refers to a custom among some minority children in the US of beating up white children on May 1. The only incident of this resulting in a court case or media attention occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2003. The judge in that case concluded, “based on the evidence I’ve heard, May Day is reality and the evidence was overwhelming that this was an attack based on May Day and that the victim was chosen because she was white,” the attackers explained the attack as being motivated by “May Day” or “beat up a white kid day,” and many readers wrote in to the Cleveland Plain Dealer to report similar experiences.

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Those of us who were privileged to know him shall forever remain
his loyal subjects, which would tickle him no doubt.

fravia+ 

was first among equals.

I received news today that he has passed.
A sad day indeed.

You shall be missed, Sir.
You shall indeed.

Thanks to nitallica ( http://www.nickifaulk.com/2009/05/04/rest-in-peace-dear-friend-fravia/ )for the memoriam below:

And to Queen of Saba for her comment here

( http://fatherluke.org/fravia/ )

which alerted me to my dear friend’s passing.

For you, sir+ . . .

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Father Luke

Things worth mentioning:

Jeff at Nibble has a new one out here
http://alt-current.com/pp/pp_item.html#the_bones_of_saints_under_glass

Jenifer answers 8 questions here:
http://nibblepoems.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/eight-questions-with-jen-wills/

chris and Hosho have a collaboration here:
Sunlight At Midnight, Darkness At Noon
by Hosho McCreesh & Christopher Cunningham

http://orangealert.net/press

I pontificate with chris and Hosho here:
http://literarymary.com/forum/index.php?topic=10078.msg103890#msg103890

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I’m still playing poker.

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