You will all know by now that NASA recently whacked 2 space vehicles into a crater near the Moon's south pole, hoping that the resulting 6 mile plume of debris would hold evidence of water. Apparently the Moon's south pole is one of the many places in the Solar System where the Sun never shines. Next day . . a BBC announcer or anchor-person or similar technological illiterate announced "That will be good news. It means that the next time astronauts visit the moon, they won't need to take any water with them." As if "visiting the Moon" was a bit like visiting Bognor Regis for the day with your supplies in a hamper in the car boot (trunk) . . . and way-hey! . . . finding a MacDonalds open when you get there! Trouble is . . . there seems to have been very little plume. So on Saturday (10th. October 2009), the "Guardian" reported "One theory is that the impact site was unexpectedly hard." With bated breath, trembling hands and pounding heart, I read on. Was the newspaper article about to suggest that "maybe the water was frozen"? (From time to time I will post more examples of technological barbarians uttering statements from craters where the Sun never shines.)
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I don't leave comments on blogs that use Word Verification. Ditto blogs which I know have Comment Moderation applied. Life's too short and I'm too busy makin' money and what the Hell are these people scared of anyway? If you don't like some creep's comment . . TRY DELETING IT! You have that privilege.
And I never read unpunctuated so-called poetry. I don't understand why self-styled poets think it's clever to make their work difficult to read/understand.