Sunday, November 02, 2014

Poem: Tendrils

By Jack Brummet


When a tree is chopped down
Volunteer shoots sprout
From the roots,

Sending out tendrils of life 
In an urgent last gasp
— A genetic S.O.S.— 

Like what they say 
Happens 
When you hang a man.
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Drawing: Faces No. 938 - sections

By Jack Brummet


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Drawing: Faces No. 934

By Jack Brummet

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Saturday, November 01, 2014

Drawing: Faces No. 937

By Jack Brummet

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Poem: Potential

By Jack Brummet




In your chest beats
The heart of a Good Samaritan

Who never quite got off
The starting blocks
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Poem: Resurrection

By Jack Brummet




He was ready to live again
Even if living just meant running
To keep ahead of the ghosts.
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Painting: Hurricane

By Jack Brummet

[Acrylic, pencil, and pen and ink on primed stretched canvas, 3' x 4' n a barn wood frame]

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Friday, October 31, 2014

The topless photo removed from Chelsea Handler's Instagram Account

By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.




In a bit of not really controversial news today, Instagram removed a photo of Chelsea Handler (parodying Vladimir Putin on horseback) from her Instagram (http://instagram.com/chelseahandler) page.  This is the photo:

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Early Barack Obama Halloween Costume

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Poem: Orgy in the pantry

By Jack Brummet


I step in and nearly trip on
Mr. Peanut, on his back
With a Grand Coulee grin
As Sara Lee in fishnet stockings straddles him,
Rubbing peanut butter on her nether parts.
Snap, Crackle and Pop
conjugate with the Campbell Soup Twins.
Aunt Jemima and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Are in the corner, half undressed,
Staring into each others eyes
And sharing a bottle of wine.
Duncan Hines is against the wall
Watching. . .getting solo kicks,
Digging the scene at a voyeur remove
Where spectation trumps participation.
Uncle Ben and Speedy Alka Seltzer
Sip mint juleps, watching the Doublemint Twins'
Synchronous Messopotamian strip-tease.
Mr. Clean and Tony The Tiger are oiled up
Like Greeks, grappling on the pine floorboards.
Enveloped in a churning cloud of flour,
Betty Crocker's housedress is hiked up around her hips,
Arms on the Pilsbury Doughboy's shoulders.
The Jolly Green Giant and Mrs. Butterworth
Waltz around the pantry
And Mrs. B's feet never touch the floor.
Captain Crunch, Colonel Sanders,
Bazooka Joe and The Frito Bandido
Sit in a circle, passing a bong
And laughing at the show.
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Poem: Escape

By Jack Brummet


Some of us try astral projection.
The rest of us leave in dinghies, bikes, and cars,

Racing down highways, expressways,
Streets and boulevards.

A continent of smoking skull orchard
Recedes in the rear view mirror.
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An Idiot's Guide To Spinal Surgery

By Jack Brummet, Medical Ed.



This handy little pocket guide to spinal surgery is available here, at Amazon.

The Pocket Atlas of Spine Surgery by Kern Singh and Alexander R. Vaccaro lists at $49.73 and contains 152 pages.  It strikes me a little bit like "The Idiot's Guide To Spinal Surgery.

"Specifically designed for use in a fast-paced clinical setting, Pocket Atlas of Spine Surgery is a concise surgical guide that gives readers the essential tools needed to successfully perform spine surgery. It provides a distinctive view of complex spinal anatomy that facilitates a better understanding of the subtleties of both open and technically demanding minimally invasive spine procedures."
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