“Abelard and His Pupil Heloise,” Edmund Leighton, 1882

Oil on canvas.

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I feel frikkin’ GROSS.

Here’s the thing about a healthy diet — you avoid greasy foods.

But then when you DO treat yourself to a precious cheeseburger, you feel like you just drank an oil-slick milkshake with a chaser of cooking spray.

Update — ET TU, CHEESEBURGER?!



“Château d’Henri IV à Pau (Basses Pyrénées),” Paul-Jean-Pierre Gélibert, 1827

Lithograph, print.

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There once was a fella named Putin …

There once was a fella named Putin
who thought Europe was up for the lootin’.
He invaded Ukraine
but found only pain,
with even the grandmothers shootin’.

(Yeah, I’m back on another limerick kick. Apologies in advance.)



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Poster for “What If …?” 2021

Marvel Studios.

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I had a haiku included on the Dead Letter Radio podcast!

I’m so happy to have a haiku of mine featured today on Episode 47 the Dead Letter Radio podcast.  (This is a short, special episode dedicated to haiku; it features examples of the short form from more than 30 writers.)

Mine is an untitled haiku about a bleak night this past February; you can hear it at the 9:08 mark right here.

Thanks again to host Taize Jones!



“A Girl at a Window,” Louis-Léopold Boilly, Early 19th Century

Oil on canvas.

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“It is with literature as with law or empire …”

“It is with literature as with law or empire – an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.”

—  Edgar Allan Poe



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The Wells Fargo Tower, February 27, 2022

I believe that the Wells Fargo Tower in Roanoke, VA is lighted blue and yellow tonight in support of Ukraine.

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