Good Blogs, Good Source
May 26, 2009
is a good place to go to surf blogs. They’re a good place to register with, too. They keep your blog on the roll for a long time. I got a couple of hits every now and then without having to re-register every time I put up a new post. Also, they’re free.
If you want a good bunch of hits, register your blog with
but you won’t stay on their roll very long. Also, they want you to pay for a good spot on their roll, which would be okay, but I asked them about how to stop the autopay once it gets started, and they never wrote back. I got a thousand hits from them in one day, and I’d like to try them out for a month or so, but I don’t want to get stuck paying month after month with no clear way to cancel.
If you know of any other blog surfers, I’d like to hear.
The Last Paper
May 26, 2009
comes to me in
the hand of the last student
on campus.
Everybody else is gone.
I curse myself again
for working late
and being there when
the last page of this
paper spat out
of the printer and
began its dash from
dorm to office.
The birds are singing in
the trees in my head
and my head is in
the trees with the birds.
Tired? Did I say
tired? Let me lie back
in my nest and
contemplate that.
Oh.
Yes.
The student
is standing there in
the birdsong with
his paper.
Grades due tomorrow.
Hundreds of numbers to add
and divide and add again.
If I make a mistake,
the paperwork will crawl
between offices for months.
The trees in the birds in
my head are singing Hosannah
to the summer, and yes
I guess I’ll take your late
paper but I’ll have to
knock a few points off
because, uhm.. . .
The sudent nods and flees.
The paper in my hand
wants to fly away, too.
