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Okay … Episode 1 of “She-Hulk” (2022) was pretty damned good!

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It looks to be a smart, irreverent, dialogue-driven trip in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it maybe has kind of a Kevin Smith vibe to it?

Tatiana Maslany makes the show worth watching, in the same way that Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop) made their shows work — by giving us a smart, fast-talking, likable wiseass as a heroine.

I already like her more than … He -Hulk. Regular Hulk? Let’s just call him Hulk Classic. (Sorry, guys, I was never that into Bruce Banner or his alter-ego. Don’t kill me.)

Count me in.

Postscript — here’s a fun thing to debate … who would be the first character in the MCU to break the fourth wall? Would it be She-Hulk? Wanda in the latest Doctor Strange movie? Or does Deadpool count yet?

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Cover to “Detective Comics” #947, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson, 2017

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“The strongest man in the world is the one who is the most alone.”

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“The strongest man in the world is the one who is the most alone.”  — Henrik Ibsen

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Anne Brigman, “The Strength of Loneliness”

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A rising tide raises all ships.

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Via the Black & Gold Poetry Facebook page.

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Impspired includes one of my poems in the “Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues” special fundraising anthology.

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I am truly honored to have a poem selected for a special project undertaken by Impspired in the United Kingdom — a new literary collection entitled Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues.  The anthology is composed of creative work from people throughout the world whose lives have been touched by loss due to heart disease.  Impspired will donate the profits from the collection to cardiac research.

The cover art that you see was created by the talented Poppy M. E. Brill, a 15-year-old student from Lincolnshire, UK.

The poem of mine selected was my prose love poem, “Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter.”  I am grateful indeed to Editor Steve Cawte for allowing my work to be a part of this important publication.

Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues can be ordered right here from Amazon.

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Cover to “Marvels” #0, Alex Ross, 1994

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Newsday prints my letter about the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s home

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I just found out that my recent letter to the editor about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was printed in the Sunday edition of New York’s Newsday. You can find it right here.

Thanks once again to Newsday’s editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion through this outstanding regional newspaper.

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[smiles and nods silently]

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Totally true fact — as a New Yorker living in The South, I do NOT always understand what people are saying to me. The accents, the idioms …

I CAN’T keep asking people to clarify or repeat things every time this happens. This town would grind to a halt.

So if I respond inappropriately or not at all to something you’ve said to me, Roanokers, please know that I can’t help it. A lot of your upbeat utterances kinda blend together for me. We could be talking about American Idol, the Spanish American War, three-cheese omelettes, the Nikkei Stock Index, whatever. I JUST DON’T KNOW.

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Cover to “Captain America: Steve Rogers” #7, Stephanie Hans, 2017

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A slow-moving train in Roanoke, VA, August 2022

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Just north of downtown, seen on an overcast summer day from the walkway over the railroad tracks.