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In 2015, there was a brief craze of converting great poems into limericks. Over at Making Light (any of the date links will take you to it)...

[A series of tweets] Dad once bought a pair of code keys for us. They were wired to each other, and they could click, buzz, or light up...

. A local orchestra in western Massachusetts had an enticing program of Gershwin—Rhapsody in Blue, the Concerto in F, and the string orches...

I Back in the 80s, I worked with Mike, who had strong opinions on classical music. He complained whenever Boccherini came on the radio: “...

FOR THE MOTHER OF KATHRYN BARBARA There’s a Star in the wind, and the wind winds high, Blowing alight thru fog, thru night. Thru ...

. In the early 70s, I had long hair which attracted the attention of the cowboy wannabees. One, in particular, harassed me in the locker ro...

The Disney corporation, ever sensitive to the winds of change, and (since at least the 1950s) ever willing to recut their old products up ...

from  A CHILD’S GARDEN OF ROBOTS An Optimal Morning A robot with a blinking head Stood beside my trundle bed Took my vital sign...

This is an edited rehash of a stream of tweets I made around 2013 or so, revisited today on the occasion of so much interest in Fred ...