Photo of Seattle Police wearing masks made by the Red Cross, 1918.

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Variant cover to “Captain America” #2, Leinil Francis Yu, 2018

Marvel Comics.   Variant cover.

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I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but …

… it looks like they’re still not wearing masks at the Trump rallies.

(It’s okay not to laugh.  This is such an obscure movie joke that only 40-something horror nerds will get it.)  

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“The New Novel,” Winslow Homer, 1877

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FIRST!!!

Waitaminute, you’re telling me that a Trump-nominated Conservative Christian can’t fully summarize the First Amendment, because I am shocked — SHOCKED — to find there is gambling going on in this establishment.

Hell, I can name all five freedoms protected by the First Amendment, and right now I’m wearing mismatched socks.

Photo credit: By Rachel Malehorn – Direct link, smugmug.com, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93339375

A little light Halloween decorating …

A friend of mine made this goddam amazing Halloween lamp both to celebrate the holiday and for “deterring uptight guests.”

This is the very same wacky craftsperson who made those awesome decorations for me a couple of years ago.  Talented lady, no?

Advertisement for “Pluto Water” in Los Angeles Herald, 1918

October 1918 advertisement for “Pluto Water” laxative, with text at the bottom recommending it as a preventative for Spanish Influenza.

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So this is my Halloween costume.

Just gonna strap it to my head and go as the Vice President of the United States.

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Peeking Cat Literary will publish a new poem of mine

Great news! Peeking Cat Literary will publish a new poem of mine, both online on January 23 and in its next annual anthology in October 2021. The title of the poem is “The Rough, Violet Stone.”

Peeking Cat Literary is the new incarnation of the former Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine, which recently returned after a one-year hiatus with some ambitious new directions. You can find all the details about the magazine’s new era by viewing its October 3 Facebook live event right here.

Thanks once again to Editor Sam Rose for allowing me to share my voice all over the world via this first-rate literary venue! I will be honored to see my poem both in the online magazine and in the print anthology.



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