The Penguin

Just to let y'all know, The Rick is still alive and kicking. I just haven't had a lot of time to post here recently - as of late, I've been working at a Cub Scout camp down in Gregory, MI, and I only have time off on Saturday nights and Wednesdays. As you can imagine, this puts a bit of a clamp on my blogging time. I have, however, been posting poems on my poetry blog, RixRites , so you can go over there to get your dose of Rickian poetic ramblings. I am currently working on a rather prickly five-pager, a comic-book treatment of W.B. Yeat's poem, "The Second Coming". It's coming along slowly; I have a problem with a couple of the pages, especially the first one. I figure I just need to slam it out, and damn the consequences. There's also the very small, burr-like copyright issue clinging to my leg - who owns the rights to "The Second Coming"? How can I get permission to use it, and how much will it cost? At any rate, the summer camp season is

I've started a new blog for my writing. Unlike RixPix, the writing blog - "RixRites" - will be less discussion, and more work. RixPix is where I flap my lips about anything I feel like talking about; RixRites is where I shut up and let the work do the talking. I like to think of it as the public face of Rick versus the private face of Rick: RixRites will have nothing to do with business. I'm not even sure if I'll respond to comments on that blog (unless there's some helpful constructive criticism - always welcome. Even this megalomaniac feels his work needs improvement). You can check out RixRites at this address: www.rixrites12.blogspot.com. Hope you enjoy it. Rick Out.