George Carlin: Outrageous comedian
"'Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ....what a ride!'"
By alekhouse @ HubPages
From Denny: Here's an interesting article from a new writer over at HubPages you will enjoy!
Companion blog to The Social Poets for my favorite links: coffee sites, favorite fellow poets, how to improve your writing and poetry, art, educational links, social issues, social responsibility groups, politics, my Libation Friday! and Cheeky Quote Day! segments, Popular Posts on The Social Poets, Dennys Poems, word puzzle sites, music, cultural magazines, mountain climbing, music and travel.
Thanks for visiting! Join me for coffee at The Social Poets, the main blog. Photo by Ahmed Rabea @ flickr. - Denny Lyon
Thanks for visiting! Join me for coffee at The Social Poets, the main blog. Photo by Ahmed Rabea @ flickr. - Denny Lyon
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Social Issues and Politics
- The Nahmias Cipher Report
- Save The Children
- Amnesty International
- Doctors Without Borders
- U.S. Foreign Policy - think tank
- Liberal Values Blog
- Link TV - TV without borders
- Third World Traveler: Lies Teacher Told Me
- African Medical & Research Foundation
- The People's News - AlterNet - human rights, news, politics
- Indigenous News - under-reported world struggles
- Democracy Now! - keep up with what's really happening, sometimes under-reported
- Globalization and Womens Issues
- NEWS blog: On Deadline Today @ USA Today
- NEWS blog: The Big Picture @ Boston
- NEWS blog: Washington Wire @ Wall St. Journal
- Huffington Post (USA) - progressive politics heavy on opinion
- National Political NEWS blog: Top of the Ticket @ Lost Angeles Times
- Political Commentary blog: Room for Debate @ New York Times
- The Raw Story - geared to younger audience
- Book News and Information blog: Jacket Copy @ New York Times
- Health News Blog: Health Blog @ Wall St. Journal
- Poetic Cries of Interpersonal Expression - student trying to make a better world (India)
- Res ipsa loquitur (USA) - Social issues written in English
- The Onion (USA) - political humor
- Business News blog: Deal Book @ New York Times
- Tech News blog: Bits @ New York Times
- Celebrity News blog: The Dish Rag @ Los Angeles Times
- Danger Room Blog from Wired.com (USA) - military and defense issues
- Social Hallucinations blog (Denmark) - political and societal musings
- Think Progress (USA) - quick run-down of news stories minus the propaganda
Links to Libations Fridays! posts
- Snowing The Perfect Balance poem - Libations Friday 12 Feb 2010
- Three Endings and One Beginning Poem - Libations Friday 5 Feb 2010
- I Wait, poem for Haiti - Libations Friday 22 Jan 2010
- Swirling Thoughts Poem - Libations Friday! 15 Jan 2010
- Those Funny Memories poem - Libations Friday! 8 Jan 2010
- New Years Reflection: Wine Glass Abyss, Libations Friday! 1 Jan 2010
- Gifts From The Heart, A Christmas Poem - Libations Friday! 11 Dec 2009
- Life is About Everything - Libations Friday! 4 Dec 2009
- A Man in Love - Libations Friday! 27 Nov 2009
- Loving You - Libations Friday! 20 Nov 2009
- Reflections of That Moment - Libations Friday! 13 Nov 2009
- They Pull at Your Heartstrings - Libations Friday! 6 Nov 2009
- Angel Diaries: Samuel - Libations Friday! 30 Oct 2009
- Happy Birthday to The Social Poets Blog, Angels Bridge Poem for Libations Friday 23 Oct 2009
- Libations Friday! 16 October 2009 - How to have a lot of fun with a weird words list composing your own word story poem
- Libations Friday! 9 October 2009 - great photos, poem about the dilemma of whether we own our home or it owns us! :)
- Libations Friday! 2 October 2009 - the sometimes arduous process of gestating that write for a poet or a writer, fabulous art photos on the "eye" theme
- Libations Friday! 25 September 2009 - Poem about how Mother Nature - and we - are out of balance. So goes humanity, so goes the natural world...
- Libations Friday! 18 September 2009 - poets, writers, musicians worry too much about commercial success, try a different perspective about your art
- Libations Friday! 11 September 2009 - poem about how to handle personal loss
- Libations Friday! 4 September 2009 - how our soul journeys through life with us
- Libations Friday! 21 August 2009 - photo rich poem about how people are like trees, art photos are awesome!
- Libations Friday! 14 August 2009 - Writing exercise in the form of a Simile Smile: Poem about us and summer changing into another season. Coffee talk about how other cultures take their coffee, will surprise you!
- Libations Friday! 7 August 2009 - Great historical, sometimes hysterical, coffee trivia, funny video using rap words to sell a car, original poem about how our words create our life
- Libations Friday 31 July 2009 - Coffee Ice Cream Cooler recipe, funny birthday quotes, birthday poem for an abused person
- Libations Friday! 24 July 2009 - Coffee shake recipe with Louisiana coffee and original dream sequence poem
- Libations Friday! 17 July 2009 - Cold spiked coffee recipe, funny video about getting a coffee in a recession and a poem about winning against the current recession
- Libations Friday! 10 July 2009 - Video of how astronauts drink coffee from an open mug in space and a short essay about the CIA on why it is important to write in order to change the world as you know it, plus a couple of great quotes
- Libations Friday! 3 July 2009 - Poem about Michael Jackson, writing exercise of how to write poetry biography, Mexican coffee recipe
- Libations Friday! 26 June 2009 - Writing exercise of writing the ridiculous to blow off steam and tension of writing expectations, recipes for Cold Chai Cocktail, Cold Caffee Shakerato in a martini glass
- Libatons Friday! 19 June 2009 - Poem to mark significant world event, of New Millennium blessing,3 coffee art videos
- Libations Friday! 12 June 2009 - Playing with your words visually like little kids play with their food - write something fun and silly that can be interpreted on several levels, various expresso drink recipes
- Libations Friday! 5 June 2009 - Pear Ginger Coffee Cake and Low-fat Expresso Coffee Frozen Yogurt recipes, parable about relationships and humor found in a bitter romance with poison ivy
- Libations Friday! 29 May 2009 - Denny's Expresso Cocktail recipe, fantasy blue dragons poem
- Libations Friday! 22 May 2009 - Cocoa Caliente adult hot chocolate recipe, writing on deeper levels of understanding
- Libations Friday! 15 May 2009 - Two Coffee Martini recipes, how to write acrostic poems, examples, original funny one
- Libations Friday! 8 May 2009 - Peppermint Coffee Cream and Coffee Yogurt Drink recipes, funny poem about husband and wife relationship
- Libations Friday! 1 May 2009 - Creamy Irish Coffee and Coffee Punch recipes, original poem about honoring others as well as self, understanding and benefiting from different cultures
- Libations Friday! 24 April 2009 - Hungarian Caffe and chocolate covered coffee beans recipes, original poem about how friendships benefit our health as well as self-development
- Libations Friday! 17 April 2009 - Mochacinno Diablo coffee recipe, Haiku style poems and great quotes from, bio highlights of famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson
- Libations Friday! 10 April 2009 - Cappacino recipe, Ancient poems from North America: Incas, Aztecs and Mayans
- Libations Friday! 3 April 2009 - several videos demo Flaming Spanish coffee, original poem about how Peace is achieved in this world
- Libations Friday! 27 March 2009 - Coffee Prayer, coffe poem about the French Quarter of New Orleans, coffee cartoons, recipe for ice cream coffee
- Libations Friday! 20 March 2009 - Poem about the Art of Waiting, Hurricane Katrina, Mediterranean Hot Coffee Recipe
- Libations Friday! 13 March 2009 - Poem by social issues poet Langston Hughes "Let America Be America Again," recipe for Keoke Coffee
- Libations Friday! 6 March 2009 - Haiku style poem "On the Whim of a Grin," coffee recipe Dennys Version Arabian Style Hot Coffee
Cheeky Quote Day!
- Funny Mardi Gras Quotes, Who Dat Rocking Saints Songs - Cheeky Quote Day 10 Feb 2010
- 10 Top Quotes of 2009 - Cheeky Quote Day! 6 Jan 2010
- Funny New Years Quotes, Smarter New Years Resolution Tips - Cheeky Quote Day! 30 Dec 2009
- Cheeky Quote Day! 23 Dec 2009
- The Funny Side of Christmas - Cheeky Quote Day! 16 Dec 2009
Links to My Fellow Poets & Writers
- Denny Lyon (Louisiana, USA) @ The Social Poets
- Denny Lyon (Louisiana, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Chad A. Taylor (Washington, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Jim Spaulding @ In the Garden of the Sun (New Mexico, USA)
- Neva Flores @ Changeful Storm blog
- Kevin R. Carr (Minnesota, USA) @ Triond (Israel)
- Dottie1 (Massachusetts, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Goodselfme (Roberta - Oregon, USA) @ Triond (Israel)
- G-Ma Johnson (Washington state, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- CJBeige (John - Michigan, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Robert W. Kimsey (Kentucky, USA) @ Writing on the Ridge (blogspot)
- Julie Ann Amos (UK) @ HubPages (USA)
- mhei (Phillippines) @ HubPages (USA)
- Peggy W (Texas, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Storytellersrus (Rocky Mountains, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Neil Sperling (Ontario, Canada) @ HubPages (USA)
- NYLady (New York City, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- AEvans (USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Bev Maher (UK - Scotland) @ WeLovePoems.net (UK)
- Stay at Home Dad (Georgia, USA) @ HubPages (USA)
- Benjamin Dean @ Social Poems - Political Poems
Dennys Most Popular Articles & Recipes on HubPages
Social Responsibility, Charity and You
- The Hunger Site - click daily for sponsors to provide donations toward food
- Not On Our Watch Project - focus global attention and resources towards putting an end to mass atrocities around the world, includes support of Hollywood celebrites
- Bloggers Give - bloggers and charity drives, incredibly active site!
- One Dollar Nation - non-profit group devoted to eliminating extreme poverty, advancing education
- Bloggers Unite - join other bloggers once a month on the same day writing about the same subject, help harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place
- charity: water - One billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water, non-profit organization brings clean safe drinking water to developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects
- Stop Poverty Now - work to help local organizations reach some of the world's poorest women with small loans
- Thistle Farms - natural bath and body products made by women restoring their lives by learning new job skills
- The dZi Foundation - supports 22 health, education, community development programs in the Himalayan region
- Peace Angels Project - artist who creates sculptures from melted down weapons, even decommissioned nuclear missiles!
- Share Our Strength - national group working hard to make sure no child in America goes hungry
Art Links
Travel
- Notes From the World
- The Lonely Planet
- Himalman's Weblog - about mountain climbing, Mt. Everest, from a friendly smart Polish guy who writes well in English, teaches mountain climbing, definitely a metaphor for life!
- Europe A La Carte
- Taiwanese Secrets - travel site for ins and outs of traveling Taiwan, a favorite country of mine
- A Thousand Paths to Happiness - Zambia
Coffee Links
Regional and Cultural Magazines
Puzzles Links
The Institution of Silly & Meaningless Sayings
Music Links
Informative Funny Interesting Lefty Liberal Links
- Anonymous Liberal
- Balloon Juice
- Blog of Rights - ACLU
- Crooks and Liars
- Daily Kos
- Digbys Blog
- Dissenting Justice
- Empire Burlesque - High Crimes and Low Comedy in the American Imperium
- Eschaton Blog
- Fire Dog Lake
- Hit and Run
- Media Bloodhound
- Memeorandum
- National Review
- NewsHoggers - daily political, foreign affairs, opinion news less traveled
- Obsidian Wings - moderate
- Outside the Beltway
- Raw Story
- Real Clear World
- Reciprocal Politics - from Canada
- Talk Left
- The Agonist
- The Daily Howler
- The Mahablog
- The Moderate Voice
- Tiny Revolution
Republican Propaganda Media
- The Mother Load of Bullshit - Republican National Committee
- Twitter Home of The Mother Load of Bullshit
- Liars News - Fox News
- More Liars News - News Max
- Voted Most Insane - Glenn Beck @ FoxNews
- Voted Most Wrong Skewed Thinking - Hannity @ FoxNews
- Voted Most Odious Liar and Arrogant Grabass - Bill O'Reilly @ FoxNews
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