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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Homework Assignment #1

Write a poem according to the following specifications:

10 lines long
the following 8 words must appear in the poem (noun, verb, whatever, however--just put them there):

lifetime
wolf
cloudbank
spare
whisper
damage
wrap
risk

Only one of the above 8 words can appear in a given line, and then only once.
That means: at least EIGHT of the lines will have exactly ONE of the words (either of the other two may have up to 1 each).

and...GO!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Story of the Man-Robot: A Koan

One day, Master and a student were sitting in an outdoor cafe when a man walked past. He was draped in toilet paper and walking mechanically.

The student said, "Master, why is that man covered in toilet paper walking like a robot?"

Master replied, "He is a toilet-paper robot."

Upon hearing this, the student was enlightened.