Modern Graffiti

I write on the wall begging for some savior hear the urchins call the passion of our favors in the modern world there is no secrets summer falls tonight

123 I wrote on the wall 123 our justice calls 123 someone try to save me from spreading the Modern Graffiti

I am the voice of future extinction we have no choice the low population heres my time at the 711 life’s a crime the code of 911 face the facts there’s nowhere to run heart attack her heart stopped beating broken glass don’t try to save my world feels so empty

123 I wrote on the wall 123 our justice calls 123 someone try to save me from spreading the Modern Graffiti

I waste my time my future ties where’s my prime my untitled story face your fears I hope you miss me endless years don’t you kiss me again

123 I wrote on the wall 123 our justice calls 123 someone try to save me from spreading the Modern Graffiti

We spray the night to win the fight everything will be alright im blind tonight

123 I wrote on the wall 123 our justice calls 123 someone try to save me from spreading the Modern Graffiti

-Steven Valles

Educate Yo’self 7

Pride and Prejudice was originally to be titled First Impressions.

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The three best-selling books originally printed in English are A Tale of Two Cities, Scouting for Boys – A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship, and The Lord of the Rings (while generally sold as three separate  volumes, The Lord of the Rings was written as a single novel)

The two best-selling books ever are The Bible and Quotations from Chairman Mao.

Slamtober

Thank you to all our participants and guests for making Slamtober such a great night!

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In her excitement over meeting him in person, Miss Ginsburg once waved at Stevie Wonder.

SLAMTOBER!

Current Presents;

SLAMTOBER!

Join us for a night of music, poetry and stories.

Where: Learning Connection
When: October 30, 6-8 pm

Everyone’s invited to read something;
please submit your works to current@darienps.org

Also, free food

Hey, don’t forget the Photography Contest!

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John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator,  and Theodore Roosevelt had  a badger (among others), and Calvin Coolidge had a pygmy hippo, wallaby, and a black bear (among others)

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Golden Eagles have been known to hunt reindeer calves.

Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8314000/8314558.stm

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In the years between World War I and World War II, the American military developed a number of strategies for hypothetical wars in the near future.  Most of these Color-coded War Plans were never used, with War Plan Orange and War Plan White being the big exceptions.

They included, but were not limited to:

• War Plan Black: war with Germany
• War Plan Citron: war with Brazil
• War Plan Green: war with/ intervention in Mexico
• War Plan Indigo:  invasion of Iceland
• War Plan Orange: war with Japan (this formed some of the basis for the actual campaign in World War II’s Pacific Front)
• War Plan Red: Great Britain (remember, at that point in time that would include places like India and Australia) and Canada
• War Plan White: dealing with domestic disturbances within America.   (this eventually turned int Operation Garden Plot, the general operation for civil disturbances and non-violent protests.  Parts were also used to deal with the Bonus Expeditionary Force)

Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Color-coded_War_Plans (yes, we used Wikipedia.  Don’t judge us too much)
• http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11388
• http://www.glasnost.de/hist/usa/1935invasion.html

A View Driving Down Heights Road

I took a right off Noroton,
past Benny’s… which’ll be gone come next year,
past neon lights in a mommy town,
where it’s nice to see a little less than perfect once in a while.
I swam through the streetlight’s orange glow,
saw the station alight,
a white knife in the winter air,
electro-luminous angels breaking through the suburban silence.
Most of the suits-and-ties have gone home by now,
and the last weary eyes are embarking from their time capsules.
And as I drove down Heights Road,
certain that I was suspended just above the stars,
I glanced up to the sky,
and was silent.

–Doug Cavers