Seriously, if you’re a horror fan and you’ve somehow missed the television adaptation of Guillermo del Toro’s “The Strain” (2014-2017), then you don’t know what you’re missing.
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“Paris Street, Rainy Day,” Gustave Caillebotte, 1877
Oil on canvas.
Yes, I ran this joke two years ago.
Hey, how often do you have the opportunity to joke about an eclipse?
Poster for “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 (2023)
Hulu.
It was a briefclipse.
As any of my fellow Roanokers can attest, viewing conditions for the 2024 solar eclipse were not ideal. My perseverance did pay off, however … the clouds unexpectedly parted around 3 PM, near the height of the phenomenon.
And it was pretty damned trippy to watch.
The Piker Press publishes “Blue.”
The Piker Press featured my short poem “Blue” today; you can find it right here at the link.
As always, thanks to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for selecting my work! 🙂
“Eclipse of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842,” Ippolito Caffi, 1842
“It matters not who you love …”
Bring it on, terrifying celestial portent.
I ain’t afraid of you.
Note the presence of my regular nerd glasses underneath my eclipse glasses. The reasons for that are somewhat complicated; just move along.
My friends are talking about the Greek classics.
I know there’s a pun to be found here somewhere, but so far Odyssey it.
Oh, c’mon. This joke was a Homer run.
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