“Hir”

Here’s one of the most eloquent and passionate poem recitals I’ve ever seen, and it’s about a boy who so desperately wants everyone to stop thinking of him as a girl. Beautiful, touching, and so true.

You can read the lines on the vid’s YouTube page.

(via Joe. My. God.)

Daily Blend: Thursday, April 15, 2010

I’m not big on poetry, but this one always leaves me thinking:

Nature’s first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Her early leaf’s a flower,
But only so an hour
Then leaf subsides to leaf
So Eden sank to grief
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”, Robert Frost, Yale Review, October 1923

• Three cops in Prince George, Maryland under criminal investigation for beating an innocent university student for no reason, then lying that he attacked them first on their reports. Except that, once more, surveillance camera footage reveals their bullshitting.
  (via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)

• Finally, a religious plan that actually should serve as an example for others. I’m all for this sort of system.
  (via @religionnews)

• Yahtzee Croshaw at Zero Punctuation reviews Red Steel 2.

• Woman injured by falling from her Wii Fit board turned into insatiable sex addict. No, this isn’t some sort of erotic fantasy.
  (via @VeritasKnight)

As always, if you have any story suggestions, feel free to send them in.