Friday, October 24, 2008

Some quick writing practice

I recently discovered the six-word memoir, here at Smith Magazine. I suppose I can quote myself here, since the site says I keep the copyright but anyone can quote me for non-commercial use. Anyway, here are my inaugural entries:

Six Word Memoir:

"Who needs money? ...guess I did."
"Wondered why. found answer. I forgot"

On Love and heartbreak:
"We thought not, yet still were." (this one I'm proud of)

All are attributed to Benjamin D. Plume, aka me.

I just hope I don't end up accidentally plagiarizing. At only six words, it seems that would be easy. I would think a lot of entries end up at least very similar without one stealing another's work.

Monday, October 20, 2008

File Under "NoYDB"

Or, "None of Your Damn Business." Rather, none of our damn business. For once, I am in support of an action taken (or in this case not taken) by Sarah Palin.

I'm sorry, but this is supposed to be private.

Voters need to be informed regarding who they're voting for in a democracy, but no one should be asked to release their medical records to the public.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Top 10 Sci Fi shows

This isn't based on anything, or for any particular reason. I haven't blogged in a while, and I was watching Babylon 5, and it got me thinking about my all-time favorites. so here we go:

10 Alien Nation
9 Futurama
8 Star Trek: Voyager
7 Babylon 5
6 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4 Star Trek: The Next Generation
3 Angel
2 Battlestar Gallactica (new version)
1 Firefly

Not quite making the list were Sliders, Roswell, Andromeda, and Third Rock from the Sun...and the other two Trek Series. Again, this has no basis in objectivity, just what I personally found appealing. I would probably include the X Files had I ever really watched it.