Charles Bukowski

Thank You; Arthur Graham, for introducing me to Charles. I am forever collecting authors. People I love to read. I just added Charles Bukowski, not for his book, PULP, but rather for his poems. I love it when an author gives me an insight into his mind. Poetry does that in such a personal way, you find yourself immersed in this person's thoughts.

I am more of a rhythm and rhyme person. I love ditties and limericks; but Charles' writing speaks to me. It speaks in a way that most don't. He talks about his mother dying of cancer. An abusive husband and an alcoholic son, poor damned woman he calls her.

It got away, speaking of a poem lost in his computer, but it was only a little poem so he baits his hook and waits for the next one.

He's been called by Time, in 1986 "a laureate of American lowlife" He wrote of poverty, alcoholism, the act of writing and the drudgery of work. He wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print.  I wonder how I missed him, all these years; but then they wouldn't let me read James Michner in high school either. Funny how times have changed.

I couldn't read  Hawaii, yet my daughter had to read "The Outsiders". Strange, wonderful times we live in. Grand times. I can count the wonderful adventures of my life as being in a jungle (Tarzan), a tropical island, (Hawaii), outer space (Farmer in the Sky, Green Hills of Earth, Beastmaster), or under the sea (20,000 leagues under the Sea and the Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth). I have been fortunate to experience jungles, deserts, faraway planets and unforgettable realms.

Ain't life the shits?

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I could put a lot of stuff on here, try to entice you, make you love me, but hey...I gotta draw a line somewhere. You'll see ads in the side bar of this blog. It's the only blog I have I allow that on. I use the Web every day, many times a day and figured it was time. There is so much out there, books, articles, movies, videos. So many people doing so many things. Sites I use a lot are Amazon, Ebay, and Google. Though I own a lot of separate .com's, this is my "commercial" site. Love it or hate it, we all gotta make a living.

I could ask you to hire me to create your web site. I have got to be totally honest here. My programming and language skills are great, I can and do hand code sites and use Dreamweaver all the time. I do however lack in the commercialism area. I like what I like and design criteria be damned.  I hate Flash although it is necessary, it makes my ass hurt.

I sing praises for things I really love like Indie authors, DroidX, and Kindle applications. I tend to rant on about things I don't like. People who call me on my "text only" phone beware, I have a 'puter and am not afraid to use it.