This summer turned out to be wholly reckless. I made time for my bad habits in and around stretches of responsible behavior. They’re not really that bad… I mean whiskey in the summer? It’s the only thing that takes the edge off the heat. It gives me something to chat about other than the obvious…

Reading manuscripts at four A.M.
In the diner—the place with
One less ‘N’ than the meal I
Ate twice tonight—

THE POUND-ELIOT EXCHANGE
Poem by Matia Guardabascio
Critique by Stacey Balkun
“Problems with Authority”
Poetry is pointless
Like pursuing a love that belongs
                   to someone else.
Don’t lie to me. I know you do
Not understand.
This is the age of broken souls;
No poetry beats here,
No love pulsates in these veins.
I belong to the generation of the youthful
Sinewy races
And None the rest on us depend,[i]
Unwanted as we are…
And yet here we are; here
We are thrust into a world
That does not want us.
Fuck you and your authority.
I am me
And I don’t want you either.
This poem works through example to list …

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
Recommendation: Newcastle Brown Ale.  A tasty beer for warm weather days.

http://backstripe.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/newcastle_brown_ale.jpg
Top Pick from the Internet: This is video of Taylor Mali performing his poem: “The The Impotence of Proofreading.”

You can read the text version here: http://www.taylormali.com/index.cfm?webid=30
Random Fact of the Day: One of the longest names of a place in the United States is a lake in Webster, Massachusetts called:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
It is also referred to as Webster Lake and Lake Chaubunagungamaug.
Wikipedia Article

Quotation of the Day:
“There is nothing as useless as doing efficiently that which …

Today I make lists to make sense
of this week, I wash clean sheets
just to smell fabric softener,
go to the grocery to pick fresh greens
and collects the confidence
that comes from checking off a list.

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
1. Recommendation of the Day:
Drink Red Wine. It’s a healthy way to get drunk.
2. Quote of the Day:
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion and desire.”
~Aristotle

3. Fact of the Day:
Although the publication of “The Raven” in 1845 made Edgar Allan Poe a household name almost instantly; he was paid only $9 for its publication.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe)
4. Top Pick From the Internet:
This is hilarious and brilliant. If you have heard of Chat Roulette, then you …

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
1. Recommendation of the Day:  Check out “The Wanderer Sessions” from Pollifax. If you want to hear some quality, spur of the moment live music from some local musicians, and from musicians passing through New Brunswick, then you want to hear this shit. I am personally very impressed with the quality of the music and the way in which Kevin frames it in the videos. “The Wanderer Sessions” does a great job showcasing the good, young talent in and around Rutgers and …

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
1. Book Recommendation of the Day: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. This book is a short novella from the earlier part of the 20th century. If you like detective stories, short fiction, anarchy, politics, exuberance for life, and a seriously entertaining and easy style of writing, then read this book. Chesterton is one of the greats of the 20th century, and is sadly not well known or studied in school. He was a novelist, essayist, theologian, economist, and just …

Ingredients:
1 package of small to medium sized mushrooms*
3-4 tbsp of butter
1/4 to 1/3 cup Italian style bread crumbs
Salt
Pepper
Basil
*  Baby Bella
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Scrub the mushrooms lightly under cold water and separate the stems from the caps. Place the caps onto a cookie sheet or shallow baking dish, face up. Chop the stems of the mushrooms until exceptionally fine. Melt butter in a bowl and then combine chopped with the stems and bread crumbs. Stir the mixture until the consistency is paste-like. Add salt, pepper and basil to your …

The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition
Today’s Submission by: Matia Guardabascio
1. Recommendation of the Day: Bon Iver
If you are depressed, recently broke up with someone or are generally miserable all the time, then you would like Bon Iver. His music is a perfect unity of melody and lyrics. He says so much in so few words, that I can’t help but marvel at his use of metaphor.  If I had to describe his sound to you, I probably wouldn’t, I’d just tell you to listen to it. So on that note, listen …