Owl Haiku Wrap-Up & Stuff

I had a great time doing the owl show & some of you had a great time writing haikus for it. If you haven't already, visit the Self Help Radio home page & read about the haiku contest. It's quickly replaced "poetry slam" as Austin's ignored poetry of choice!

Here are the winners of last week's bird-of-prey-licious owl haiku contest:

FOURTH PLACE: Ted

You stuffing an owl
The last night at our old place
All the light had gone

THIRD PLACE: Amber

She threw a tantrum
Because her mother called her
Stupid as an owl

SECOND PLACE: Jim

The back of the barn
Where I thought I heard hooting
Two eyes meeting mine

FIRST PLACE: Maryann

Pray, pray, bird of prey
Your prey can’t hear your wings flap
As they eat & play

As I mentioned last week, the Anonymous Limerick Writer has been writing a limerick per week based on the theme. Here's his not-very-anonymous limerick about owls:

There once was a pretentious owl
Who’d dress in a cape & a cowl
Despite his station
By reputation
He was known as an awfully foul fowl.

Thanks & congrats to all entrant & contributors.

Today's "Song Of The Day" is a direct result of me looking for crushworthy songs about crushes from my Valentine's Day show next week, which will be about crushing on people (duh). So I was listening to the BMX Bandits all morning, & I did find a song to play by them, but it won't be this song, which comes from the Serious Drugs compilation of their Creation Records run. The song is called "Next Girl" & clicking on the name will let you listen to it. This mp3 will be removed February 12, 2007, just in time to not offend Lincoln on his birthday.

Tomorrow - & most of this week - there'll be nothing but mistakes here, since that's what my show is about this week.