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Quick, Robin! To the Bat-Box!!

So I can return these Bat-Books to the Bat-Library!

I’m not real clear on why the drop box in front of the Roanoke Public Library has a bat symbol on it.  If I had to guess … it’s warning people about bats who might roost under its protruding slot at night?  That kinda makes sense.

Downtown Roanoke is no stranger to wildlife.  Just last night I saw a mid-sized raccoon scuttle up a tree right off Campbell Avenue — to the delight of a bunch of Labor Day weekend revelers returning from a bar.  They were filming its hasty ascent with their cellphones.  That raccoon got a lot of laughs.



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Illustration of the Taoist “Taijitu” (“太極圖”) symbol

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Another birthday present.

Handmade soap.  I love this stuff.   I don’t know why.

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Cover to “Weird Science” #19, Wally Wood, 1953

EC Comics.

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Throwback Thursday: the trailer for “The Lost Boys” (1987)!

A good friend of mine disclosed publicly yesterday that he had never seen “The Lost Boys” (1987).  The poor, benighted soul.  And this is one of my Mary Washington College alums too!!  (Even his wife was taken aback at the glaring omission in his 80’s pop culture experience.)



Cover to “Detective Comics” #619, Norm Breyfogle, 1990

DC Comics.

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(But seriously, don’t do it.)

Someone I know took Ivermectin to protect himself from coronavirus, and he immediately got a horrible sore throat.

Man, does he sound horse.



Update: a pal of mine on Facebook just asked if he was stable.  I told him we’d hear yea or neigh from the doctors about that pretty soon.

But maybe we shouldn’t fault people who choose to take Ivermectin. It’s their decision.  And they all deserve equine rights.

(And it isn’t as though they’re making a lot of mane comments about us.)


Cover to “Outcast” #35, Paul Azaceta & Elizabeth Breitweiser, 2018

Image Comics.

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My brain: “It is now past 5 AM. You should try to get at least a few hours sleep before your alarm goes off in the morning.”

Also my brain: “SHE’S A SUPERFREAK — SUPERFREAK — SHE’S SUPERFREAKAYYYYY!”

“I’m vaccinated and, no, I don’t know what’s in it …”

I’m vaccinated and, no, I don’t know what’s in it – neither this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the Big Mac, or in hot dogs, or in other treatments…whether it’s for cancer, AIDS, the one for polyarthritis, or vaccines for infants or children. I trust my doctor when he says it’s needed.

I also don’t know what’s in Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or other meds, it just cures my headaches & my pains …

I don’t know what’s in the ink for tattoos, vaping, or every ingredient in my soap or shampoo or even deodorants. I don’t know the long term effect of cell phone use or whether or not that restaurant I just ate at REALLY used clean foods and washed their hands.

In short …

There’s a lot of things I don’t know and never will…

I just know one thing: life is short, very short, and I still want to do something other than just going to work every day or staying locked in my home. I still want to travel and hug people without fear and find a little feeling of life “before.”

As a child and as an adult I’ve been vaccinated for mumps, measles, rubella, polio, chicken pox, and quite a few others; my parents and I trusted the science and never had to suffer through or transmit any of said diseases.

I’m vaccinated, not to please the government but:

* To not die from Covid-19.
* To NOT clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.
* To hug my loved ones
* To Not have to do PCR or antigenic tests to go out dancing, go to a restaurant, go on holidays and many more things to come …
* To live my life.
* To have my kids/grandkids go back to school and play sports.
* For Covid-19 to be an old memory.
* To protect us.

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