A “The Last of Us” portmanteau.

Fungal + zombies = Funzies.

(Have a blast, kids.)



“The Duke” From “Basel’s Dance of Death,” Matthäus Merian, circa 1649

Spring in Crystal Spring.

Roanoke, Virginia, April 2025.  Pictured is the First Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

No, I can not hold a phone or camera steady.  It will never happen.

“The Duchess” From “Basel’s Dance of Death,” Matthäus Merian, circa 1649

“You can’t change the world, but you can change the facts.”

You can’t change the world,
But you can change the facts.
And when you change the facts,
You change points of view.
If you change points of view,
You may change a vote.
And when you change a vote,
You may change the world.

— from Depeche Mode’s “New Dress,” 1986



O. Henry would be proud.

Read through to the very end.

Get a Loder this.

Damn.

Happy Easter to All Who Celebrate!

My apologies for the borderline-psychedelic illustration below; it’s just so interesting that I couldn’t resist.  (This was actually the cover for Life magazine on April 3, 1924.)

I myself am busy trying to escape a terrifying backwards mirror-universe where ALL THE EGGS LOOK FOR ME.



“Easter in Galicia,” Stepan Kolesnikov, 1915

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?”

Nurse Your Favorite Heresies in Whispers