quickies and white lies
. . . No, this post isn’t about guys who break-up with you just before Valentine’s Day. It contains a few follow-ups and forecasts about Sex Offender laws, Schenectady’s felonious ex-police chief, the...
View ArticleGAL’s alternative universe
.. We hope it hasn’t been too noticeable in the quality and quantity of our posting, but the f/k/a Gang has had a resurgence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms the past month or so. To get better,...
View Articlere-prize: Modern Haiku (Summer 1996)
Modern Haiku XXVII:2 (Summer 1996) was published long before HaikuEsq had read his first real haiku poetry. As we said last month, he’s going through back issues to find haiku and senryu written by...
View Articlestein and hull and more white lies
. . We didn’t “phone this one in,” but we woulda if we coulda. frigid night the radiator wakes me, lulls me to sleep … by dagosan .. How would you have answered Jacob A. Stein’s headline question in...
View Articlecur-mudgeonly valentine
.. .. Valentine’s Day – a new sign says “Thin Ice” … by dagosan .. Valentine’s Day has often brought out the curmudgeonly side of the f/k/a Gang. [see, e.g., our posts "not really in a Valentine mood"...
View Articlecelebrating Lincoln and Darwin
. . Abe Lincoln . . born February 12, 1809 . . Charles Darwin . My plan to start spending a lot less time weblogging has run smack up against the intriguing coincidence of today’s joint birth...
View ArticleValentine flamingos return to the Stockade [updated]
.. they’re back: Lawrence’s Valentine Flamingos, 2009 .. As we reported in detail this time last year in “Lawrence and the Flamingos – a Stockade Valentine mystery,” a flock of pink flamingos (genus...
View Articlea preference for congeniality
.. .. .. The Jerks vs. the Genial: Law professor Jeff Harrison started an interesting discussion last week in a posting at MoneyLaw titled “Ready, Set, Punt” (Feb. 10, 2009). He notes that...
View Articlefrogpond brings HSA winners
.. The newest issue of Frogpond [Vol. 32:1, Winter 2009], the journal of the Haiku Society of America, arrived at my door this snowy February afternoon. Frogpond always has a lot of winning haiku,...
View Articleofficer johnson’s undercover operation [updated]
.. The tired old fogies at f/k/a want to thank the energetic Scott Greenfield for covering the latest Schenectady cop scandal at his Simple Justice weblog, so we won’t have to think too hard this...
View ArticleAlbany City Court Judge says local sex offender law is pre-empted
In a thoughtful 12-page decision, dated Feb. 18, 2009, Albany [New York] City Court Judge Thomas K. Keefe refused to enforce the City’s sex offender residency law, using the Oberlander case as...
View Articleis prune juice your cup of tea?
…. Prune Juice Journal … at last in his coffin depressed friend is smiling … by George Swede – Prune Juice (Issue 1, Winter 2009) morning after— what’s left of the cheese has a bite …. by Jim Kacian –...
View Articlenostalgic about Blawg Review
.. Ed & Edison in Schenectady (Jan. 2009) .. .. What a strange coincidence: Just as I was announcing that this would be the last week of production for f/k/a, my friend “Ed Post” was putting...
View Articleall that great haikai
In this last week of new posting at f/k/a, how can I possibly put together a piece that pays adequate homage to the vast body of haikai — haiku, senryu and related poetic-literary genres — that our...
View Articlerivers, sunset, metaphors galore
February thaw a new patch of orange on the river … by dagosan Catching another sunset or two in photos before we “archivize” this weblog on Saturday seemed like a good idea, as the afternoon waned...
View Articlejust getting to know you
We wouldn’t be the f/k/a Gang, if we weren’t frantically scampering to meet a self-imposed deadline on a Saturday night. It’s a good thing we can re-use the same words written the first time we closed...
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