All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.

Purple haze.

I don’t know what the hell I did to my computer camera — or if it just came like this.  Everything is hazy.  I might have cleaned it with something I shouldn’t have, and damaged the lens?  I’ve heard that’s a thing.

Kinda sucks.


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Koboto Santaro, a Japanese military commander, photo by Felice Beato, circa 1868

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V0037661 Koboto Santaro, a Japanese military commander Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Koboto Santaro, a Japanese military commander, wearing traditional armour. Coloured photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868 1868 By: Felice BeatoJapanese landscapes and portraits. Published: – Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

I hope this doesn’t get me into trouble with Republicans.

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“Portal Flanked by Two Sculptures,” Carl Probst

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Don’t try to play chicken with me.

A buddy of mine, cooking in his kitchen: “You missed the fun — I just broke down a chicken.”

Me: “What did you do? Tell it a bunch of your jokes?”



Throwback Thursday: “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1973-1978)!

I was joking around on Facebook just yesterday about “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1973-1978).  I would have been a baby when this originally aired, but, like a lot of Gen X’ers, I can remember it pretty well from reruns.  (I am linking here to the Potentium Youtube channel.)

I still remember being a little kid and trying to make the show’s (indescribable) signature sound effect when lifting something heavy.



“Portrait of the Poet J.S. Welhaven,” Jacob Calmeyer, 1827

Oil on canvas.

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Nobody gets an old man’s jokes.

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Poster for “Love, Death & Robots” Season 1 (2019)

Episode 14: “Zima Blue.”

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Keeping up with the Nolans.

Hey, gang.  If you’re concerned for my sanity and want to monitor my mental health via the safety of your Internet connection, I’ve started a page here at the blog for poetry publications in 2023.

I hope that you are all having a happy Valentine’s Day!



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