Monthly Archives: July 2010

If You Want to Live, Take Off Your Underwear

Posted on July 23, 2010 by CitizenPoet

  I heard the story almost as soon as I rolled out of bed this morning. MSNBC was announcing that WalMart was planning to embed tags in male underwear in order to track these items of clothing for inventory and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Mad Scientist and the Poet

Posted on July 19, 2010 by CitizenPoet

  I assume everything in the world will soon be coded, indexed, filed and instantly retrievable. I just got an email that my U.S. Letters Patents are now available on line, the latest being  www.google.com/patents/about?id=J_c7AAAAEBAJ… Of course, fiber optics and optical … Continue reading →

Posted in Hobbies | Leave a comment

Sometimes Living Well Merely Involves Surviving Disasters

Posted on July 15, 2010 by CitizenPoet

  It is the losing of one’s health That kills; not the loss of one’s wealth.     Disasters, like the execution of a sentence to be hanged come the dawn, have a remarkable way of focusing one’s mind. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

What’s with Purina? Don’t They Know Who Buys Their Cat Food.

Posted on July 9, 2010 by CitizenPoet

    I have three Siamese cats who love Fancy Feast, a brand of cat food manufactured by Purina. You can read about it at Purina.com or fancyfeast.com. If you like weird colors.     Unfortunately, I am having a hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Indignation | Leave a comment