grumbliness

now i've been thoroughly entertained by a few poetic meltdowns in the past, a wee bit of sympathy sure - once upon a time there was a swiss who did take himself massively too seriously (okay maybe not that seriously but seriously enough!) - but rarely as much as i have by the recent jacqueline howlett shenanigans. i thought about maybe sticking it up on here but really that was to be giving it too much oxygen  and to be honest i'd rather preferred the more high profile car crash behaviour of the like of alain de botton or the bevis hillier/an wilson spat. although if de botton was to take a leaf out of howlett's book and tell a reviewer to fuck off i'd be highly gratified!

today's entertainment comes from the guardian and features garrison keillor and august kleinzahler. aside from the whole guardian tone of it, what with it being the guardian and all so not much can be expected, i have to think for all concened - have you nothing better to do! apparently not. anyway the kleinzahler article is better than the guardian but funnier and more tongue in cheek than it suggests.

should you find yourself tempted to comment tho - this is the internet after all - i suggest you curb that instinct and instead go off and write a poem, paint a picture, play some music, read a book or just stare out the window. really, honestly there are miles better things to do....