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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Once a Snowman - Recession, homelessness and relationship breakdown
A poem Mary Glaspole
‘Outside Le Grand café
the greying snowman suffers in the sun.
That baseball cap is poor protection,
spots of mud and cappuccino stain his once pristine overcoat…’
My poem Once a Snowman was inspired by the deep snow we had in the UK in November. I love snow but I really hate snowmen who stick around for weeks after the rest of the snow has gone. Compacted snow takes ages to melt. On literal level that is what the poem is about but there are deeper meanings too.
‘The greying snowman suffers in the sun.’ You often find abandoned snowmen outside shops and so I thought this image could also be about a homeless person sleeping in a shop doorway, having coffee spilt on him and dogs trying to pee. He is getting old and turning grey. Drug addicts and other hungry people are stealing his stuff i.e. his pipe and his nose. During the recession he could even be sleeping outside the place where he used to work.
When the snowman was built the shop owners gave him a ‘well fed body.’ When times were good he had enough to eat, but now he is skinny and untidy. He smiled, now his smile is drooping as he is dying.
The poem is also about relationship breakdown. The shop owners used to call him ‘Snow King’, now nobody bothers with him; this demonstrates how unemployment can lead to couples splitting.
the greying snowman suffers in the sun.
That baseball cap is poor protection,
spots of mud and cappuccino stain his once pristine overcoat…’
My poem Once a Snowman was inspired by the deep snow we had in the UK in November. I love snow but I really hate snowmen who stick around for weeks after the rest of the snow has gone. Compacted snow takes ages to melt. On literal level that is what the poem is about but there are deeper meanings too.
‘The greying snowman suffers in the sun.’ You often find abandoned snowmen outside shops and so I thought this image could also be about a homeless person sleeping in a shop doorway, having coffee spilt on him and dogs trying to pee. He is getting old and turning grey. Drug addicts and other hungry people are stealing his stuff i.e. his pipe and his nose. During the recession he could even be sleeping outside the place where he used to work.
When the snowman was built the shop owners gave him a ‘well fed body.’ When times were good he had enough to eat, but now he is skinny and untidy. He smiled, now his smile is drooping as he is dying.
The poem is also about relationship breakdown. The shop owners used to call him ‘Snow King’, now nobody bothers with him; this demonstrates how unemployment can lead to couples splitting.
To read the full version of this poem follow the link
http://authspot.com/poetry/once-a-snowman/
http://authspot.com/poetry/once-a-snowman/
Working Out with Your iPad?: Yep, There's an App for That
Image via CrunchBase
Image via CrunchBaseCan you - or should you - work out with your iPad! Can buying an iPad help you get more fit and lose weight - rather than increasing your time reading and watching videos like this?This FoxNews's Tech Take is an inside look into how PumpOne Fitness makes their portable workout app. Would you pay for and use this kind of app? Watch below and comment here on the blog:
David Wyld, Professor of Management
Southeastern Louisiana University
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7-Eleven: Downsizing the Big Gulp
Image via WikipediaIs 7-Eleven duping its customers by shaving 4 ounces off the Big Gulp? Is it really doing them a favor? In a story entitled, "7-Eleven's Beverage Betrayal?" Fox's Greg Gutfield leads the whacky panel as they discuss the story of a Texas man who says that the convenience store is shortchanging Super Big Gulp lovers - like himself! Watch below and comment here on the blog:
David Wyld, Professor of Management
Southeastern Louisiana University
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Getting Your Stock Tips on Twitter?: Could be Troublesome for the Twitterer AND the Twitteree - Ask "50 Cent"
Image via WikipediaShould you trust the same source for your info on when to buy and sell stocks that has Kim Kardashian tweeting pics of herself and folks providing updates on their cats and what they ate for dinner that night? Well, it seems that many are turning to Twitter for stock tips - both giving them and acting upon them. Could this be not just a problem for the potential for very bad info to go viral and millions to be made or lost based upon that Tweet, but for SEC violations?
In this story from Fox Business, Dennis Kneale talks about the ups and downs of trading and buying stocks on Twitter, including how one Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson made far, far more than 50 cents touting a penny stock to his 4 million Twitter followers - perhaps as much as $8.7 million dollars! Watch below and comment here on the blog:
This may not be the end of this rap - stay tuned!
David Wyld, Professor of Management
Southeastern Louisiana University
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