Some would call this improved discourse.
Monday, August 24, 2026
They Would Say That
For three o'clock on Monday we have the poet Lynn White on modern academic cruelty and Jason Arday. Read her now over at Oddball Magazine.
Want the Truth?
The view counts went down on all my social media sites.
This is why I don’t post a lot of poetry videos aside from the Stone Soup gatherings..
Sing It!
Anne Skove's latest comic dabbles in music. Read the latest "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Happy Appetite!
This week acrostic poet Mike Mesterton-Gibbons is for the birds. Happy Monday from Oddball Magazine. Please do your best to survive.
BPM Update
Trying to post the last video from the Boston Poetry Marathon.
It's about six minutes long.
It's going to take some doing.
My Monday Morning Music
Noah Berlatsky named The Bug from London Zoo as a perfect album from the nineties. Here's the first track featuring Tippa Irie. I'll be listening to the rest of the album later.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Little Victories
Took this Hancock photo after a doctor's visit. I have at least one more appointment this week, maybe two if I'm "lucky." If I can get a month off in September and can just enjoy the city, I'll be happy.
Jack and Watermelon
It's been a big archiving weekend. I'm only just getting back to the Jack Powers photos from Margaret Wesel. It isn't everyday I come across a photo of Jack doing something everyday like cutting watermelon. There are more pictures like this, and I'm hoping to email Margaret in the future with some feedback to future postings.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I still haven't posted any videos from my Montreal trip. I hopefully will after today. Here's another photo from the inside of the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 8-22-26
All heat without the relief.
F--k you, it's August.
Friday, August 21, 2026
My Friday Morning Music
A band does a new punk version of "We Are the World" is something I didn't know I needed until now. Thank you, Spike and the Gimme Gimmes.
My Friday Evening Music
I've covered Castle Rat in the past, and that was enough to have this video on my front page.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Poor Natalie Harp. It's not that she's currently being eaten by the leopards. She's in the belly of the biggest leopard voluntarily and mistakes her being digested as a warm embrace.
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Quack! Quack!
James Van Looy writes about the last time we invaded a country that started with "Ira" in this week's poem column. Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A Euology of Sorts
A life examined in Marilyn Jurich's contribution to Doug Holder's Lyrical Somerville this week in The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
No one dies as well as supporting characters do in comics. No one comes back form the dead the way supporting characters often do. A page form The Amazing Spider-Man #400 where Aunt May dies "for real." Story written by J. M. DeMatteis, penciled by Mark Bagley and inked by Larry Mahlstedt.
American Haiku: Trump Plays Chess
When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku.
An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read
others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down.
American Haiku: Trump Plays Chess
La la la la la!
(Have they opened the Strait yet?)
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
The funeral for my partner's mother is today. Here's "The Truth the Dead Know" by Anne Sexton courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Moving
Poet Nick Armbrister and artist Edward Michael Supranowicz give us the Tuesday goods at Oddball Magazine.
This Week's Most Distinguished Network Name
It's amazing what people will name their online networks. I'm always trying to hijack Wi-Fi when I'm commuting, so I often come across a number of interesting names. Every Tuesday, I post the most impressive and/or cringe-inducing names.
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