David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

A Sonnet

My love is pregnantAnd wears yoga pantsWhen it rains on our suburban streetsAnd at the ChristmasTree lot she shops For Trees for the kidsTb be flocked in blue and whiteMy love understands tiredAnd knows the urge to slackOn the couch, with TV on And I knowAll is well.
Reward Time

Holy cow. Either you finished writing yesterday, or you’re going to wrap things up tonight. If you do cross the 50,000-word finish line, please be sure to retrieve the Badge of the Triumphant Wordsmith, and in a solemn ceremony, attach it your chest. Then, run whooping and screaming to deliver the news of your amazing…
Returning to Earth

One of the hardest parts about writing a 30-day novel is knowing what to do with yourself after it ends. Studies have shown that both men and women can suffer from postpartum depression after the birth of their child, and you shouldn’t be too surprised if you come down with a touch of the blues…
Beowulf

I saw this with David. We saw the 10:00 PM show at the spectrum. We saw it in IMAX 3-D. It was excellent. The story was great, the effects were awesome, the christian subtext was well presented. The film was very violent. There was a lot of gore and general creepiness. Th liked the magic…
No Country For Lost Men

I saw this with Raj, Paul, David, Robert, and Steadman. We saw the 2:00 PM University showing. It was great. It is very violent and one of the main characters is a very crazy sociopathic serial killer. The narrator is killed in the first scene, or is omniscient, which I doubt. The notion of genetics…
Landing the Craft

Once I was on a plane, smooshing my forehead against the window, watching farmlands pass in a slow-motion scroll beneath me. I was willing the plane to go faster, eager to get home, when another passenger jet shot through the airspace elow, rocketing in the opposite direction at an unbelievable speed. It took me a…
Gilding the Invisible

When it comes to ornamentation on buildings, architects tend to give up after creating the first story. The truth is, no matter ho much work they put into decorating upper floors’ facades, people just don’t notice things higher than 10 feet. (this is also the reason that towering warehouse shops like Costco or Wal-Mart don’t…
Use Ink

1. Use ink2. Communicate3. Self organize4. ideas matter
A Moveable Feast

In the sport of ultramarathioning, racers sometimes run a hundred miles or more at a stretch. The sport’s king is Dean Karnazes, an unlikely athlete who hadn’t done any running until he dead-end life left him feeling so frustrated that he just stripped down to his underwear and ran out into the night. He hasn’t…
Do Not Judge

1. Do not judge2. Stay present3. Listen4. Do what I need to do to take care of ourselves5. Appreciate the light