Friday, July 31, 2026
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Now Alex Jones is calling for the impeachment of Trump.
This would be his ultimate "What have I done?" reaction.
Problem is, he can never blame himself.
This is more his "What have they done to me?" reaction.
He is only now viewing the atrocity of his own half-eaten face.
Truthfully? I think he gnawed most of it off himself.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Better Late Than Never
James Van Looy has a short poem for this week's It's All One Thing poem column.
Oddball Magazine thanks you for your patience.
Entropy Marches On
For the first time in over a decade, James Van Looy's poem column It's All One Thing will not be published in Oddball Magazine today, maybe not until next week.
On the surface level, it's a computer issue.
Personally, I blame the ongoing decline of the world.
Diana Saenz Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-29-26
From this week's online gathering. A great time had by all as Diana reminded us why she featured live at Stone Soup so many times.
Goodbye, July
Thanks to Diana Saenz for a wonderful feature to close out July. We will be taking the first week of August off but hope to announce the first feature of August soon.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
If I'm Still Conscious, Then This Was a "Good" Day
Alive is my usual low bar setting for a good day.
Stone Soup Poetry is happening in a few hours.
Diana Saenz is featuring one more time.
I hope you join us.
Fill the Blank
We conclude with poet Purbasha Roy and photographer Bonnie Matthews Brock. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday.
Confession
Poet David Eileen and artist Robert Fleming gives us a colorful start to Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Happy you're here.
This Happened a While Back
The Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike rattled me as I was scheduled for a procedure that week when it came to a head. Next time a strike happens, I have to try and go out and take photos.Everyone should be making more money.
Happy Belated
After checking past posts, I realized that this "No ICE" graffiti, a few blemishes aside, has been around for over a year. If you've walked around the city and seen all the anti-Trump/anti-ICE/anti-capitalism graffiti grossly painted over, you know how impressive this is.
A Moment of Comics
With such a year of entropy, it's hard looking back and seeing how right the doomsayers were. From Savage Dragon #218 by Erik Larson along with his long standing letterer, Chris Eliopoulos.
American Haiku: Trump Laments Lindsey
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.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thanks to Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey once again, I've discovered poet Tiana Clark. Read her poem "My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work" thanks to the Poetry Foundation.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
A Different View
Focusing on another side of the world today with poetry by the young Momina Ijaz and photography by Tiyas Som. Enjoy your Tuesday 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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| Everyone says that about their first Boston apartment. |
Monday, July 27, 2026
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Nancy Casey
From 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. At Urban Media Arts on 145 Pleasant Street in Malden, MA. Hosted by Anna Geoffroy and Ethan Mackler. Click here for more information.
Wow Now
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons' ode to a unique dog kicks off Oddball Magazine this week. Let's get through it together!
Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! in Forest Hills
Have seen this graffiti down by the hospitals, but I haven't seen much of it on the other end until this weekend.
My Monday Morning Music
Let's focus on music that views summer as a positive time of year (PS I hate summer). Bryan Adams is the most logical first choice.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Found Thesis
One of the items I found in Jack Powers' collection. Here is the slightly worn cover to a 1994 thesis out of Burlington College by P.R. Smith and A. Blackmere entitled "The evolution of a U.S. Government Secret Subculture; Its Use and Abuse of Drugs as a Political Weapon. (Ipso Facto on Assassination and Extremism)."
Your Weekly Dose of God
Seeing Mom later today. Right now, she's at Saint Blaise. Here's one more picture I took of the church back in June.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
July 29: Dianne Saenz Returns to Boston
Diana Saenz featured multiple times in the early tens of this century
when she was still in Boston. She has since moved back to her home state
of California but shows no signs of slowing down.
As part of my determination to document more poets from Stone Soup's past, it gives me great pleasure to have Diana close out the month of July this coming Wednesday.
Join us on Wednesday, July 29, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 870 1187 2142
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 7-25-26
Let's all raise a hand
if you're against fascism!
Now put both hands up.
Stone Soup Croutons, 7-22-26: Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls
Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions selected from Stone Soup Poetry's open mic readers and features. I figure out a title (and sometimes the rest of the poem) later. You can read the other ones I've done since 2015 here.
I also have a book collecting the best of my first year of poems. Click here to purchase it.
Features like his are why I continue to host Stone Soup online.
You can watch the video here, and I encourage you to do so.
I had to do a Stone Soup Croutons poem for this night. I hope I can continue the pace.
In the title is a nod ot Marc's longtime email address.
Thanks for reading.
Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls
Angels smack
our leaders
with guilt.
It's all they
can feel for
can feel for
the left behind.
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