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That 70s Playlist…

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I’m recommending this playlist of music that was on pop radio in the late 70s to very early 80s. Each of these songs has a very special meaning to me. Within the first 3 notes of each song, a very interesting thing happens … Continue reading →

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Winds of Change (Not Hope and Change)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I ask you to picture this: It’s 7:40 pm on a Friday night. I’m alone in my house. My pants are wet on the crotch and Barry Manilow is singing about a romantic weekend in New England – I’m on my third beer … Continue reading →

Posted in brain, celebrities, Change, commentary, Creativity, Existence, Fiction, Future, government, HDR, Ideas, lyrics, Mental problems, meta physics, mind, Music, nostalgia, Observations, Photography, poetry, politics, Religion, soul, Writing | Tagged author, barry manilow, billy joel, Bob Dylan, bringing it all back home, change, chem trails, creativity, crotch, death, deep thoughts, dslr, eddie rabbitt, existence, functional, glass houses, god, HDR, horizon, i love a rainy night, ideas, ipad, jesus, lunatic, lyrics, meta physics, mind, music, people, philosophy, photography, photos, relationships, storm, subterranean homesick blues, sunset, this one's for you, wake, weekend in new england, wet crotch, winds of change, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras, you may be right | 2 Comments

Rebuilding Gifts for the New Civilization (Post 2012 Mayhem)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I recently posted a question on Twitter that drew an ASTOUNDING number of responses. Zero actually, but that’s not the point. The question was: What 5 things representative of humanity and human progress would you want preserved to help return civilization … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Contest, Creativity, death, environment, Existence, Fiction, friends, Future, health, history, Ideas, Innovation, Mental problems, meta physics, mind, news, Observations, Philosophy, physics, poetry, quotes, relationships, Religion, science, short stories, soul, Technology, universe, Writing | Tagged 2012, author, bible, calamity, change, civilization, collision, creativity, death, deep thoughts, destruction, earth ending, end of world, existence, functional, god, ideas, lunatic, mayan, mayan calendar, meta physics, minecraft, nibiru, nibiru earth collision, people, philosophy, prophecy, rebuilding, sad, singularity, talking to god, technology, twitter, writer, writing, xbox, yorick von fortinbras | 3 Comments

Struggling with Grace

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

A friend recently told me he waited in line for gas for over 5 hours in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. This was in the middle of his 13 days without power. Before I could finish voicing my sympathy he … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, america, baseball, brain, commentary, communication, Creativity, Existence, HDR, Ideas, Mental problems, meta physics, mind, Monday, news, Observations, Philosophy, Photography, poetry, quotes, soul, sports, weather, Writing | Tagged advice, author, awolnation, buddha, creativity, darwin, deep thoughts, eastern culture, existence, functional, gas, gas lines, grace, HDR, hurricane sandy, ideas, japanese, jump on my shoulders, life is difficult, lunatic, meta physics, mind, njgas, no power, people, philosophy, poker, power outage, relationships, sandy, struggle, stu ungar, superstorm sandy, twitter, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

I Should Have Given It to Her

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

This past April, I was flying back from a business trip in Atlanta when a loud, obnoxious 35-40 year old woman was bombastically speaking to a stranger as they took their seat in the row in front of me. I didn’t like … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, communication, Creativity, Existence, family, friends, health, Ideas, love, lyrics, mind, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, relationships, short stories, Travel, Writing | Tagged author, creativity, deep thoughts, existence, friends, functional, ideas, love, lunatic, people, relationships, sad, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Ah, Summer: Wiffle Ball…and Lightning Bugs in a Death Spiral

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Lightning Bug Death Spiral What is more “summer” than lightning bugs and wiffle ball? This photo combines the two and throws in a touch of “wow”. My kids are avid baseball players and the idea for this concept came … Continue reading →

Posted in america, animals, baseball, commentary, Creativity, death, games, HDR, insects, Monday, poetry, sports, Writing | Tagged author, bug abuse, cool pictures, creativity, death, fireflies, functional, HDR, lunatic, nature, people, photography, relationships, summer, wiffle, wiffle ball, wiffle bat, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Bound for the Moon

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Stew sits on a plane bound for the moon. Not really, that’s just a dream. But he is really on a plane. There are so many people going up and down the aisle – children, adults, more children. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Creativity, lyrics, Monday, Philosophy, poetry, short stories, Travel, Writing | Tagged creativity, functional, lunatic, lyrics, moon, philosophy, short story, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Ritual of Ruin (a poem)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Wrote this at Playa Silencio, March ’11: RITUAL OF RUIN while LEAVING THE LOST VALLEYS OF VIRTUE MINDSWEPT MAVENS ROOST when THEY HAVE ONLY REMOVED THEIR DIRT SHOE tracking their mud through the room leaving their tomb…through you EXQUISITE EDDIES OF … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, death, Existence, lyrics, peru, poetry, Writing | Tagged creativity, death, deep thoughts, existence, functional, ghosts, lunatic, philosophy, poetry, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | 2 Comments

New Jersey, Here I Come

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Last day in Peru. Time to get back to the grind. I’m not flying on the Google plane, by the way. Thought I’d leave you with two of my favorite entries from my latest work entitled, “I Write On Anything (Written … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Existence, Mental problems, poetry, Writing | Tagged author, creativity, deep thoughts, existence, functional, ideas, lunatic, peru, philosophy, remembrance, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Dissolved to Rust

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Lucky 13th day in Peru. Here’s another entry from my latest work entitled, “I Write On Anything (Written on a Napkin)“. This is also available as an eBook. Page 173: Turned this into a good tune called Dissolved to Rust, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, death, Existence, george, love, Mental problems, peru, poetry, Writing | Tagged author, brain, creativity, death, deep thoughts, existence, friends, functional, george, ghosts, lunatic, meta physics, music, oakenbras, people, peru, philosophy, relationships, sad, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Category Archives: poetry

Winds of Change (Not Hope and Change)

Rebuilding Gifts for the New Civilization (Post 2012 Mayhem)

Struggling with Grace

I Should Have Given It to Her

Ah, Summer: Wiffle Ball…and Lightning Bugs in a Death Spiral

Bound for the Moon

Ritual of Ruin (a poem)

New Jersey, Here I Come

Dissolved to Rust

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