After our last dinner last Wednesday in Florida, my girlfriend found a heron by the dock. I can't remember ever seeing this one before, but it looked a little pissed. I'm surprised it didn't try to jump me after I took this picture.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Friday, February 27, 2026
Took This Video When I Got Home Last Friday
Went on vacation last week, came back for the blizzard. And more snow coming? I think this has been my face since I’ve been back.
My Friday Evening Music
Couldn't figure out what songs Greg Brown wrote for his other project, Deathray, so I'll feature them on another day. Here's one last Greg Brown co-written song with Cake. RIP, Mr. Brown.
Gladiator Wisdom
Wise Words with Bruce Wise closes out Oddball Magazine. Sorry, folks. No surprise post this week. We'll see you next week.
Want to Get Back to Real Work
Excited about the attention something I wrote in January is getting now.
I need to finish more essays soon.
The Long Winter Walk Home
Last Friday I went to work after coming home from vacation. I went from hanging out in Florida to walking home as the new storm was starting. If I had to do that tonight, it might have broken me. Turns out the next snowfall is Sunday. Yay?
My Friday Morning Music
Another Cake song written with the help of the Greg Brown. Not a Dolly Parton cover.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Annoying Thought of the Day
Why is it when I'm dealing with people who have anxiety or other issues, their default setting when talking to me is snide bitch?
Look It Up
James Van Looy's poem column is ready for you to read. Check out It's All One Thing over at Oddball Magazine.
Jules Nyquist Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 2-25-26
From this week's online gathering. Thanks to Jules for a wonderful respite from the cold and snow. Visit the Jules' Poetry Playhouse website to buy her books and learn about her any events.
Bye to February
Maybe now we can say bye to all the snowstorms and other insanity. Thanks to Jules Nyquist for a wonderful performance. Be sure to visit her website, Jules' Poetry Playhouse, for all her books and events.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
This Was a Long Day
Tonight I go home and resume Stone Soup Poetry.
Jules Nyquist is our long-awaited feature for tonight.
I hope you will join us.
Fried
Poet Frankie Elliot and photographer Jury S. Judge closes off Oddball Magazine. Thank you for reading us this Wednesday.
Sometimes Less Means Less
Read my poem Hysterical Revisionism" over at dadakuku and check out the rest of petro c.k.'s wonderful journal.
The State of Pride
To cleanse our palatet from last night, here's a fiction piece from Robin J. Bartley with artwork by Eric N. Peterson. We start off Wednesday right at Oddball Magazine.
Room for Rent
It makes me sad seeing a room for rent at $1,000 a month (albeit everything included). When I got out of the city for three months in 2002, the best offers I had were sharing a room with three other people at $600 a month. When I cam back, I shared a room for $500 with two other people and eventually got a studio in Jamaica Plain for less than a thousand. Times change.
You Have to Have Hope
Trump took a swipe at trans youth last night. Makes me hope the person who wrote this graffiti is still alive and around in Boston.
A Moment of Comics
I'll be buying a physical copy of this recently leaked issue after hearing concerns from at least one black creator that DC is intentionally trying to sabotage the Dakotaverse part of it's division. The last page of the epilogue of New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident written by Nicholas Draper-Ivey with art by Edwin Galmon.
Part One of Our Dolphin Tour
I would’ve put “and then we died last Wednesday” right here, but the minute I post again you’re not going to believe me.
American Haiku: Trump's Final Message
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 State of the Union Leaked
America has
shit itself before the world,
and you applauded. You applauded.
Just Missed It
We missed our connecting flight on Sunday. We planned to sneak into the Melania movie if we had gotten in earlier, but by the next day, not even off season Florida would keep showing the film. #america #2026
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
I came across this poem while looking for Jeffrey Epstein poems written by women. Not sure how it came up, but I am grateful for the discovery. Read Caludia Rankine's "From 'Don’t Let Me Be Lonely' [There was a time]" on Poets.org.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
The Long Way Home
Now that I've posted a bunch of my vacation photos from last week, Here's a photo of me trying to walk part of the way home yesterday. I hope the sidewalks are a bit better tonight I have to stop a couple of stores.
Girlfirend at the Wheel
My girlfriend waiting next to the PCB wheel waiting for me while I take pictures and check to see if the Melania "documentary" was still in the nearby theater (it wasn't).
Last Week's Vacation
Around this time last week, my girlfriend and I took a ride on the PCB Wheel. It wasn't nighttime, but it was a lovely view.
One Aisle Open
Poet Garrett Alexander goes shopping for us today with help from photographer Edward S. Gault. Welcome to 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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| The actual Panama City airport's WiFi name. God... |
Monday, February 23, 2026
Do You Know?
Poet Lynn White and photography Jack Marty are back for the three o'clock spot on Oddball Magazine.
Missed Valentine's Day?
Anne Skove has your back with her comic for this week. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
We Made It
Eventually we made it to our Panama City destination and the girlfriend was able to feel warmth for a short while. Sure, we're back in the blizzard now, but she'll be happy we have proof we were warm last week. Right?
Last Week's Adventure, Continued
And then we came to find out that they moved the gate and never told us. So we missed our flight. Who knew that Ronald Reagan airport would lie to us?!?
The Frogs Come Out
Glad to have my photography paired with a poem about the latest protest fad by Kaleb Wilson. Monday and the new week marches on at Oddball Magazine.
Oh, Yeah, the Storm
In case my vacation photos and videos from last week are confusing you, make no mistake. I'm home and stuck commuting in the current storm. Back in Panama City, there were days so overcast with fog, I called them undercast, overcast to the point that the obstruction looks like it's coming up from the ground rather than from the sky. This is undercast on a whole other level.
Just So You Know
So two Sundays ago, my girlfriend and I headed out to Panama City, Florida for the week. I sent this photo to my Mom before we took off from Boston with the caption "The view!" Clearly my view got better. This week I'll be sharing TikTok videos I was filming throughout the trip. I had fun.
Getting Closer
The "Why?" graffiti from the person I dubbed Why Guy (not my intention to misgender you) still has this piece of graffiti up about nine years later. Hope it lasts until it's tenth anniversary even as it looks like America won't last past it's 250th.
My Monday Morning Music
Guitarist and songwriter Greg Brown of Cake and writing of the band's penultimate song "The Distance" passed away last week. I'll be focusing on that song today and will look at other songs he penned.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
The Silence Before the Storm
Going out to shovel ahead of the snowfall.
Have to move back the piles we have so the new snow has somewhere to go.
The snow wall by our driveway is too high.
I hope this storm turns out to be overhyped.
But I doubt that will be the case.
Old Friends
Another photo of LUCCI in honor of his birthday. Seen here with Toni Bee after his feature on December 9, 2013. There are people I need to contact today.
LUCCI Performs a Poem as Adam Sandler's "The Waterboy"
From the poet's feature on December 19, 2013. LUCCI was not afraid to be disturbing or just silly in his work. This is one of the latter examples, published on the second birthday since his passing.
Your Weekly Dose of God
People leave religious pamphlets at my job all the time. To leave a Valentine's Day themed pamphlet for February and a pamphlet with Abraham Lincoln on its cover so close to Presidents Day seems less like the actions of benevolent pilgrims and more like crude marketing techniques from an institution.
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