I love haiku

I love haiku. Did I tell you that? Well, I do. My favorite poet is Issa, and I just discovered a whole online trove (searchable) of his poems. Go look.

blogtimes

Still adjusting the blogtimes plugin to give you an up-to-date view of my frenetic and usually unnecessary online activity. It doesn’t seem to want to update itself. It goes through fits like this, without me having done a thing to cause it. Spaminator seems to work, though. Excellent for keeping unwanted pharmaceutical advertisements from here. Continue reading blogtimes

Arafat dying of… AIDS?

OK, you heard it here first. Or second or third or whatever. But if you think about it, the AIDS theory makes sense. Mysterious wasting disease, reluctance of officials/family to discuss details…. Found this bit in Israel Insider thanks to Resplendent Mango. israelinsider: diplomacy: Suspicions grow that Arafat is dying of AIDS By israelinsider staff Continue reading Arafat dying of… AIDS?