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.
Friday, August 21, 2026
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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| In Montreal, even street begging has been taken up a notch. |
Monday, August 17, 2026
True Story
Here's some more autobiographical goodness courtesy of Anne Skove's latest comic. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" at Oddball Magazine.
Hey, I'm Back!
"Banned Book Blurb" is my latest micropoem for dadakuku. As always, I appreciate petro c.k. every they welcome me back in their journal.
At Least No Trans People Were Hurt
For Monday, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with a magical story that J.K. Rowling can't really take credit for. Welcome to the new week at Oddball Magazine.
Impressive
Graffiti in Montreal might be more mellow at first, but it's also more daring. Stuff like this on a bridge with no easy way to go over must be a rite of passage.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
There are groups fighting for affordable housing. Look up this site (specific to Jamaica Plain) just for starters.
My Monday Morning Music
Focusing on new music again this week. Starting with another band new to me.
Sunday, August 16, 2026
"Long Distance Relationship" by Toni Artuso at the Boston Poetry Marathon
In another era, we could've called this weekend the Boston Poetry Odyssey.
Remembering
Your Weekly Dose of God
The inside of Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal, where we saw a light show called The AURA Experience our second night in Montreal.
Saturday, August 15, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 8-15-26
whites washed with blue and red socks.
Let's give up today.
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