DAILY PHOTO: Spanish Moss Draped Tree, Fort Federica
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Bulrushes [Haiku]
autumn bulrushes, top-heavy on stiff stalks, sway dizzily
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Lakeshore in Fall [Haiku]
One Green Moment [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Tree & Moat, Vellore
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Varanasi [Haibun]
Varanasi smashes up against the Ganga. Note the tightly packed warren of lanes near the ghats, as if the city is compressed there. It's only farther from the river that the city unfolds, gaining breathing room, becoming wide enough for streets and signs that aren't blurred by being too close to one's face. The ubiquitous smoky scent also hints at a collision. Yet more evidence is seen in the barren east bank, a sandbar occupied by lounging cows and cricketers. As if the city refuses to crawl over the river as most cities do. The east bank desolation allows the formation of the "Golden Bridge," a band of orange that spans the glassy waters each morning, the only bridge in sight. ramparts loom; boats glide over glassy waters
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DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Vellore Street Scene
Graveyard [Haiku]
Cabin [Haiku]
deep in the woods, a weather-beaten cabin slants slightly
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BOOK REVIEW: Justice League vs. Suicide Squad by J. Williamson / R. Williams / T. Seeley
Justice League vs. Suicide Squad by Joshua WilliamsonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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The premise of this comic book seems a bit ridiculous, like bears versus squirrels. It’s a perennial challenge for DC in writing the Justice League. When you have a team with mega-powered characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lanterns, narrative tension is hard to generate. The writers pull some clever tricks via misdirects and character selection to make the story more compelling (and feasible,) but not without inconsistencies and inordinate convenience / serendipity.
This is a fine read if one is in search of some mindless entertainment and doesn’t want to think things through too much. It’s like TV or movie, but in book form: colorful, visually interesting, loaded with action, with the occasional amusing line, but – if one lets the inertia breakdown – there’s a lot of openings for thoughts like “Why didn’t so-and-so do _____?” “That felt easy,” or “Wait, what?”
Overall, I enjoyed this as pure escapism.
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