Cover to “Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror,” Wesso, January 1932

Clayton Publications.  “Wesso” was the name by which artist Hans Waldemar Wessolowski was cited for his work.

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This sh*t is real.

Another very good friend of mine has come down with Covid. Thankfully, this person is vaccinated and appears to be recovering well at home.

Get vaxxed. Get boosted. You will thank yourself for it later.



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Just a reminder, guys — if you’re interested in hearing vocal talents read my poetry (or in hearing me reading the work of others) you can find all the relevant links right here:

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Cover to “Shadows Fall” #2, John Van Fleet, 1994

DC Comics (Vertigo).

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Untitled haiku, February 2022

Winter storms. Plague year.
February night. Dull light.
Fading Republic.



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Photo credit: Helgi Halldórsson from Reykjavík, Iceland, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

“Invictus,” Anne Brigman, circa 1924

I don’t know if Brigman’s photo is a reference by William Ernest Henley’s 1888 poem of the same name.


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I dino why this keeps happening.

I got teased a little for eating scrambled eggs and ketchup yesterday; a couple of friends of mine opined that it was a kids’ meal.

Today I discovered that the chicken tenders I bought are in dinosaur shapes.

If the universe is trying to send me a message here, I’m not sure what it is.

Update: if you melt cheese over them they look like they’re stuck in the La Brea Tar Pits.



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Cover to “House of Secrets” #81, Neal Adams, 1969

DC Comics.

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“What I tell kids is, don’t get mad, get even.”

This has been circulating on Facebook and Twitter.  As always, I’ll cheerfully credit the meme-maker if am notified.



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