Treoized

Greetings from the Mecca Cafe in Lower Queen Anne.

This is a bigger deal than you might think, because I'm using Opera Mini as my browser on my Treo. It renders LJ much better than the included Blazer browser from Palm.

The Mecca is a great old place that goes back to the 1930's, at least. Leather booths and people schmoozing away.

I had a salmon omlette, which was quite tasty. Perhaps my favorite aspect of my current job is getting to browse this neighborhood for lunch.

Well, I think that's enough for proof-of-concept for remote posting. :)

Lit geekery of my own

zellandyne has a post up with a fine quote by James Agee. The spirit of the writers aren't alike, but it reminded me of this piece, in a magpie, here's something to share in return way:

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"Etymological Dirge"
by Heather McHugh

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear...'

Calm comes from burning.
Tall comes from fast.
Comely doesn't come from come.
Person comes from mask.

The kin of charity is whore,
the root of charity is dear.
Incentive has its source in song
and winning in the sufferer.

Afford yourself what you can carry out.
A coward and a coda share a word.
We get our ugliness from fear.
We get our danger from the lord.

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[from The American Scholar, Spring 1998]