tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18021827.post664169318844298245..comments2023-10-14T06:15:59.097-05:00Comments on Dr. Zombie's Midnight Theater of Terror: National Poetry Month - Charles SimicDr. Zombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525449619889098723noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18021827.post-9653402394223415572009-04-18T09:54:00.000-05:002009-04-18T09:54:00.000-05:00Leprechauns? Oh, everyone knows the leprechaun is ...Leprechauns? Oh, everyone knows the leprechaun is extinct!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18021827.post-36360396142587394572009-04-15T01:21:00.000-05:002009-04-15T01:21:00.000-05:00Nothing curmudgeonly about it, Randal. It's hard t...Nothing curmudgeonly about it, Randal. It's hard to be a literate person in an illiterate world. <br /><br />I blame the American educational system... that and the fact that - as you said - it's become a Texting/Twitter world where grammar and proper syntax are mythical beasts; like unicorns, leprechauns, and tolerant Republicans.Dr. Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525449619889098723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18021827.post-81557531093559708702009-04-14T13:14:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:14:00.000-05:00Oh man, like you are so like right on this. Like w...Oh man, like you are so like right on this. Like when I'm at work like and I hear the worstest like grammar that like you never not didn't hear, like it's like terrible.<br /><br />I know part of this is the inevitable curmudgeon factor seeping into the skull, but this is what happens when everything is designed to promote MBA cubicle-ism and the armies of cubicle bots in their wake. I'm not saying they should be teaching Latin K-12, but this is the dark side of instantaneous technology. <br /><br />And Simic is great poet as well, the bastard.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com