http://www.rankinfile.com/ Bob Rankin's commentary on Life, the Internet and Everything. en Copyright 2011 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:01:53 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss About twenty years ago when I was a young father, my own father passed this poem on to me. It had been given to him many years earlier. I consider it one of my most cherished possessions, even though it cannot be held with hands...

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/i_shall_come_riding_back_to_you.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/i_shall_come_riding_back_to_you.html Poetry Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:01:53 -0500 One early summer day I took a hike to the top of a ridge in the Shawangunk mountains. Lots of tall trees all around me -- growing, living, flowering and dying together.

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/ten_thousand_trees.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/ten_thousand_trees.html Poetry Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:34:15 -0500 People, places, things... loved, lost and remembered.

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/almost_rained.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/almost_rained.html Poetry Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:32:05 -0500 I seem to reflect more on the meaning of the days that are a time between times. The time between Christmas and New Year's, or the day between Labor Day and the beginning of school. This one came to me on a Saturday.

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/the_last_day_of_winter.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/the_last_day_of_winter.html Poetry Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:21:27 -0500 Sometimes we discover a flaw in our selves, a glitch in our soul...

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/gray.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/gray.html Poetry Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:11:49 -0500 Here's my "closure" poem. If you've ever tried your best, failed, and then determined to try again, you might identify with some of the elements...

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/and_so_falls_the_rain.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/and_so_falls_the_rain.html Poetry Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:19:15 -0500 On the rare occasion that inspiration happens to strike me, I may make an attempt at poetry. I've been working on a series called Human/Nature, which looks at human frailty reflected in nature. Here's one that I wrote about a year ago...

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/winters_afternoon.html http://www.rankinfile.com/poetry/winters_afternoon.html Poetry Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:49:12 -0500 Who is Bob Rankin? I'm a writer, computer programmer and online publisher who enjoys exploring the Internet and sharing the fruit of my experience with others. I once taught a programmable calculator to sit up and bark. I've been online since the day after Algore invented the modem, and I regularly exceed the speed limit on the information superhighway...

]]> http://www.rankinfile.com/i_am_not_a_scottish_mystery_novelist.html http://www.rankinfile.com/i_am_not_a_scottish_mystery_novelist.html Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:00:37 -0500