http://transylvaniandutch.com/td The occasionally thoughtful, often warped words of a sometimes poet Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:26:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ReadWritePoem's February challenge is to write some centos Basically, a Cento is a poem made up of lines from other poems. I think I shall attempt their 5-day challenge. Though the cento is not new to me. I wrote the following back in 2007 based on John Berryman's Dream Songs. You have to ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2600 A new study shows that Abstinence-Only eduction does work. IF religion and morality is removed from it. Kids don't listen when you tell them "No" But when you provide them with the negotiating skills to avoid peer pressure - that works. http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2599 Spotted on Craigslist.... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2598 The below originally appeared August 23, 2003 Why do some people feel the need to erect monuments to their deities on public ground? I believe in God. I love God. I go to services and pray. But when I visit a courthouse, capitol building, public school, I don't expect ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2596 Wired: So, no Internet, no computer, not even a driver's license. Is the modern world passing you by? Ray Bradbury: You don't miss what you've never had. People talk about sex when you're 12 years old and you don't know what they're talking about - I don't know what people ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2595 All the best columnists do it. I've been blogging since 2002 so there are a lot of Oldies but Goodies. Perhaps current readers (all 5 of you) weren't around back then. Even if you were, it's something to fill up this space. The below originally appeared November 1, ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2594 Due to a computer crash a year or so ago, and the fact I had a tendency to have several copies of works in various states of completion spread throughout my computer, I lost most of a novel I had gotten half-way through or so, because I had only backed ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2593 Not including my NaPoWriMo posts in April, 60 entries over 12 months. Five posts per month on average. A little more than one a week. Many would be happy with that, but it's probably been the lightest year here in awhile. And a lot of the posts haven't ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2592 As I said referencing Arafat back in November of 2004 בנפל אויבך אל תשמח ובכשלו אל יגל לבך If your enemy falls, do not exult; If he trips, let your heart not rejoice. Proverbs 24:17. I never really considered Oral Roberts an 'enemy', per se, but the quote is still appropriate. The death of anyone ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2590 I don't give money to the Salvation Army because I don't support their mission. (Quoted directly from the Salvation Army USA website) The Salvation Army was founded as an evangelical organization dedicated to bringing people into a meaningful relationship with God through Christ. Its doctrinal basis is that of the Wesleyan-Arminian ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2589