dear north carolina general assembly,

thank you for destroying business & commerce.

email from the amazon:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to notify you that your Associates account has been closed as of June 26, 2009. This is a direct result of the unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor….

MapMyRun.com | View Carrier Park Perimeter in Asheville, North Carolina – http://shar.es/7yXL

// it’s after midnight: i’m listening to a recitation of hafiz…

// just received a package of books & magazines from an editor. what a wonderful weekend gift-an assignment to read (& write reviews) & read

editing audio, studying for next week’s poetry workshop session & writing poetry book reviews at world coffee café

Remembering The Battle of Little Bighorn

‘Custer’s Last Stand’ (the colonial version: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/remembering-custers-last-stand/) or ‘The Greasy Grass Fight of 1876’ (the native version: http://www.amazon.com/Day-World-Ended-Little-Bighorn/dp/0143113690/ref=pd_sim_b_1)

‘Country needs better poets’ http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_172010109?start:int=15

‘Atheism Is Not A Belief’ http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2009/06/atheism-is-not-a-belief/ // interesting…

// something i gave up when the kidlingers arrived… http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/artist-studios/

// sometimes my inbox is so intimidating… 40 emails to go… maybe i’ll procrastinate & reply to those emails tomorrow…

‘Economist’s Profit Jumps 26 Percent’: http://www.foliomag.com/2009/economist-group-s-profit-jumps-26-percent // hello, newsweek? time?

// what?! i haven’t checked email in a day. the inbox has 69 emails. good grief, only one day…

// day two of new running routine… yes, neighbors, that crazy-looking visigoth running down the street is me…

GPOYW – old thingy + father’s day edition

Zephrin Lasker writes “Four Simple Steps for Online Publishers (and Magazines) to Increase Revenue.”

They are as follows:

1. Monetize inventory within the existing site framework.

2. Avoid the exclusivity trap.

3. Automate campaign management.

4. Connect with new advertisers.

(via folio)

With all due respect: wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong.

The answer is simple: provide valuable content.

// the homemade café au lait i made last night made me wake up quicker this morning. wonder if the coffee i’m brewing will put me to sleep.

// finishing final edits of 3 poetry book reviews for spr & preparing for tomorrow’s poetry workshop @ flood fine art center…

Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/news-magazines

// found this running schedule for beginners on runner’s world… http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=67#beginner

One person’s “accessible” is another’s “crass commercialism.

John Gallaher

what a mighty storm asheville had yesterday… this is what happened to the corn in the garden…

Eamon Dolan, vice president and editor in chief of the Penguin Press, explained that [a book title has] to communicate the theme of a book almost instantly…. “the title is trying to do something on an emotional level,” to make the reader pause.

Eamon Dolan from TNYT

// i’m on a rss feed diet… i’m down to 8 feeds & i’m pretty sure i can loose some more…

staceycoleman:

coffeehousejunkie:

// i’ve searched at least a dozen stores in asheville for a shaving mug & soap set. does anyone know where i can find one?

I got Lee a set  from etsy. I think I just searched “Shave set”

thanks, stacey. etsy has a great selection & reasonable prices…