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    SEP
    28
    2009

    Reminder for those in the Seattle Area.  Or those who visit the area.

    2nd Wednesdays I host a poetry reading with featured poets and an open mic at Parkplace Books in Kirkland, Washington.  The reading is from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Open mic sign ups at 6:45.  It is FREE. 

    3rd Fridays of the month...

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    MAY
    12
    2009
    Last December I stepped into a state of the Art recording studio in Burbank, California with Pulitzer Prize and Grammy nominated poet Michael C. Ford to record some spoken word poetry. Now a special limited edition of the 76 minute CD Radio Pictures: Aural Anxieties is about to be released. It's pretty... read full entry »
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    My Birthday...
    April 12
    Hometown...
    Seattle now (born on the East Coast: Brooklyn, Bloomfield, Poughkeepsie, spent too much time in Los Angeles)
    You can find me...
    Hosting Poetry Readings in Seattle, SUNDAY lrs OPEN MIC, 2ND Saturdays Ugly Mug -- South Seattle, 2nd Wednesdays -- Kirlkland Parkplace Books, 3rd Fridays Bookworm Exchange South Seattle. Watching a movie at Harvard Exit, taking a photo. Performing at Little Red Studio
    Surprising fact about me...
    I write and perform at Seattle's Little Red Studio but by day I'm a Financial Advisor. I once got James Earl Jones to sing along to the Talking Heads song: Burning Down the House. The voice of Vader singing David Byrne!!!
    Favorite band growing up...
    Beatles, Benny Goodman, Doors, Steppenwolf, Janis, Jimi, Stones, Floyd,
    Last good book I read...
    Sirens of Titan , The Ghost Writer, Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes, Freaky Deaky, The Ghastly One, Limbs of the Pine,Peaks of the Range, Impostor, The Great Gatsby, Persopolis,
    My favorite drink...
    single malt Scotch
    Favorite website...
    http://www.PENWA.org

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    Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth
    5 star rating
    a lover of quirky unique films, a Movie Guru, a poet and author, indie bookstore lover, Northwest resident

    DEC
    1
    2009

    Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth was inspired by Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland, and is somewhat derivative of Baum's Wizard of Oz series, containing more than a few hints of A. A. Milne and even Dr. Seuss within it's pages as well, but winds up an entirely original creation.

    It triumphantly celebrates the imagination.  It does so while also celebrating the act of learning things, learning about words and numbers.  It was the first book that showed me how important, special and powerful writing words and language can truly be.  It didn't just tell me, it showed me.. and showed it could...

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    RudiXeno wrote on Nov 4, 2009

    Thks for the heads up on Putney Swope.

    Rudi

    GrandmawsOpinion wrote on Oct 10, 2009

    Howdy just dropped by for a visit to wish you a wonderful weekend!

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    Great photo gallery Chris~!!

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