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As if my shameless self-promotion wasn’t enough …

… check out this hat I got for Christmas from a fellow Roanoker!!

Now no one can say they weren’t warned.



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Variant cover to “Batman: Kings of Fear” #1, Bill Sienkiewicz, 2018

DC Comics.

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Poetry and commentary, 2022

This year was the best ever for poetry and commentary.  If you are blackly amused by my mad scribblings, you can find all of my 2022 publications at the link below.

Poetry and Commentary, 2022



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“Early Autumn Morning,” Jacob Gløersen, 1899

Oil on canvas.

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(It’s a dorkmanteau.)

I aspire to be a ne’erd-do-well.

That’s a ne’er-do-well who is also a nerd.



“The Queen of the Night,” Simon Quaglio, 1818

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(Make a note of it for my epitaph.)

Charles Bukowski once wrote, “Find what you love and let it kill you.”

So if my fat ass chokes on Christmas candy while lying in bed, that just means I’ve led a life of great depth.

Also … blame the people who gave it to me.



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Cover to “Justice League 3000” #14, Howard Porter, 2015

DC Comics.

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Turns out the word “Philistine” can be pronounced either way.

It’s FILL-uh-steen in American English; I always thought that was the only correct way to say it.

But it’s FILL-uh-styne in British English. That used to grate on my last nerve when I heard it in movies and on TV. (This includes my beloved “Hannibal” in 2000.)

But I’m the ****-up in this equation and I need to chill. (And I am arguably a Philistine here.)



The Piker Press features my love poem “Where Would We Go?”

I am so honored today to see The Piker Press publish my love poem “Where Would We Go?”  You can find it right here.

Thanks, as always, to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to share my work via this wonderful online magazine!