Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?

What's Your Reaction? type a: Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

Links 9/2/10

Deep-fried beer invented in Texas Telegraph (hat tip reader Martin W) Old star wallows in ’steam bath‘ BBC (hat tip reader John M) Man Lost $1.4 Million Corot Painting After Boozing, Suit Says Bloomberg (hat tip reader Buzz Potamkin). There is a second story on this matter up, but this version is remarkably unclear (it may be [...]

Beer has a 'deep-fried' avatar now

For all you beer buffs, here's good news - a chef in the US has come up with what he claims to be the world's first recipe for deep-fried beer.

Journalist accused of forging interviews can finally make libel victory public

A British journalist who was accused of forging interviews for a book has been allowed to publish details of a libel victory in an Austrian court. Michael Leidig's victory was awarded by the court in early 2009, but for legal reasons he has only been allowed to make it public this week.

John Brannon:

Press time for The Cambrian each week is 11 a.m. Wednesday. Editor Bert Etling pretty much assembles the entire edition by himself, but Kathe Tanner assists him and I help by proofing for spelling and punctuation mistakes. It has been a familiar routine for several years. Bert and Kathe do an amazing job; there is a lot of work to be done by 11.

East Lancashire pupils celebrate GCSE success

TEENAGERS in East Lancashire are following the national trend as GCSE pass rates shot up again this year.