http://www.JohnWessel.com The musings of John Wessel, organized. en-us Copyright 2010, JohnWessel.com me@johnwessel.com me@johnwessel.com Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=10 A map of the best ways to get around Ventura by bicycle. John Wessel Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=9 Denial pushes pain into the future, allowing you to get by for today. Perhaps this is necessary, sometimes. But, you will miss real opportunities so long as you chase imaginary ones. John Wessel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=6 This poem more or less sprang directly into my head two days after said incident. It has long vowels that give it a rise and fall, which I find whimsical. John Wessel Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=7 I keep a txt file on my desktop to write down little rhymes should they pop into my head. John Wessel Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=8 I don't mess around with small talk and sometimes my interest frightens people. Writing my reassurances in rhyme probably didn't help... It's one of my favorites though! John Wessel Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=3 I wrote this poem to be lyrics for some lovely music that Emily composed and recorded. It does not have any especial meaning as I primarily wanted it to match the music and be an interesting narrative. It does touch on one of my favorite themes from Protagoras: that a wrong inflicted is more painful to bear than a wrong received. John Wessel Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=2 The imagery of mortality looks like this to me. This poem is very nearly a sonnet, with the exception that the odd numbered lines have 9 syllables instead of 10. I lead with the stress on the first syllable of each line, making things sound impending, and the odd number of syllables helps when reading it aloud. John Wessel Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.johnwessel.com/read.aspx?ArticleID=1 I provide some moderately accurate background information on banks and then examine whether bailing them out is a prisoner's dilemma for our politicians. John Wessel Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT