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Eeks! Just squeezed by. :) Have fun writing. I've been doing poetry since retiring, and making sporadic progress on a memoir. Keeps the grey cells active.

That picture of me was confusing and raised questions at the time. Actually I was just wearing an ordinary fedora pushed back on my head. I'm a retired computer engineer by trade, so comments about supercomputers perk me up. I'm still not quite sure which point of yours I'm proving by...

Yes, welcome back. Very glad to see your name again. :)

That's presumptuous of you. But I will agree with you: things are different now. Much better, and much worse. Unless, of course, one defines all change as better. In which case . . .

Dirge for a Republic The worst has happened: The best no more, The City gone, A Pile 0f Sludge Where once a Shining Hill. 'Exceptionalism' a word no longer needed, 'With malice toward none And charity for all' Quaint, Too quaint And now no longer 'operative.' The noble Experiment in...

Sleepless Sleep! Oh, Sleep! You are not my friend! Never there when I need you, Late, always late, When I could have enjoyed you. I try without you but that is useless, foredoomed to failure, I know in advance. You've worn out my anticipation. I've surrendered to your whims. Sometimes...

Many thanks for the answer, and for participating here. I'm intrigued by the intersection of Greek Gods with Modern Crazy.

Meaning sex? . . . 0r no sex? Just wondering. Cheers.

Correct spelling: Lolita, not lalita. Name of character in a controversial novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.

Yay! Many have enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy it too. The Annotated version is a good place to start because it explains many of the allusions in the text and adds considerably to the enjoyment. By all means let us know what you think. Opinions can be rather divided. (And if you enjoy this one...

Thanks Matt, Glad you liked it. Peder the poet :)

Matt: Sounds like you have hit on a great method. Way to go! These days, I keep several books going at once. I try to read the first pages, or a chapter, of each new book added to the stack. The ones that really hook me get read to the end; the other ones just naturally gravitate downward...

I started late. I don't recall books as being part of any of our early lives during the Depression. Looking back now, simply having food was probably big enough news.

Maybe, depending.

Sorry for the delay in responding, Raele, But thank you so very much for your kind compliment. It makes my day, Truly and sincerely Peder :)

Quality Silence Quality silence on the Edge of the bed Sitting resting as Stars fade to grey Trees still and calm Untipped with gold Lie back down and Hope to remember Suddenly waken to Start the day.

Every person's life is worth its living, for the person's words and deeds, as seen and felt by others, are the living person's influence on our own way forward. So, though not all do get obits, all do count. Remember them well, for we all are who they once were.

Perhaps we learn what we wish to learn, and not learn what we don't wish to learn. (I'm clearly in a Turing-Test frame of mind today.) I read his earlier (unrevised) version of Collapse and (thought) I learned a lot from it. (Or not).

Love it, Bob! Just love it! A good question for a Turing Test. :)

Sorry, but times have changed and I am involved in other things. I do, however, hope you get many positive responses. They were fun while they lasted. Sincerely, Peder