Tzynya Pinchback is our first feature in November.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Fighting Figurine
My partner's father passed away over a year ago. He was a retired electrician and a constant tinkerer. Of the many items in our home (including a steampunk lamp), two in my personal collection include his pumped version of a "desk top jock" they used to sell in the eighties. This is more of a desktop gladiator or desktop Spartan, and he dominates the top of my bookshelf.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I saw this book cover. Thought it was a DVD cover of a mockbuster of The Croods.
Saturday, October 24, 2026
The more friends that come back to Stone Soup Poetry this year, the better. I always wanted to feature Julie Marie Hoey in person. She has since moved away and Stone Soup is still online only for now, but we can still make that feature happen this month in the virtual world. Please join us for her feature on November 11.
Join us on Wednesday, November 11, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 889 3455 6668
Password: stonesoup
November 4: Tzynya Pinchback Starts Our Final Spiral
On November 4, the midterms will be over and we will plunge into either the growing horror that is the year's end the somewhat stilted horror of this year's end. Either way, let's trudge on with the help of Tzynya Pinchback on November 4.
I asked her to give us the same energy I see in her social media, and I know she won't disappoint.
Join us on Wednesday, November 4, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 862 1993 8734
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 10-24-26
Write haiku before
the October morning frost
bites your fingers off.
Friday, October 23, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
Some monster-masked metal from Gwar that fits my mood And Halloween is just around the corner! What's being featured next week? Youll have to wait and see.
A Poet on Thought and Prayer
A poem by Luis Lázaro Tijerina seemingly closes out Oddball Magazine for the week. Thank you for reading us.
My Wish
I would love to go through today without making any noticeable mistakes.
It's been so long since I've had even a one-day streak.
My Friday Morning Music
An actual Gwar video this time. I don't listen enough to Gwar to have expectations, but I definitely wasn't expecting horns!
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Black influencer Thelma Louise was convinced she mattered. Now her face doesn't even appear in a story about her.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Waiting Sucks
I look like hell and want to hide somewhere for the next few days, but I'm trying to keep a positive attitude while waiting for the messenger to come.
The Silent Part
James Van Looy poem column helps prepare us for the end.
Not the weekend. Just the end.
Read It's All One Thing today at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 10-21-26
From this week's online gathering. A nice break between features. We have some good ones coming up.
Waving Ourselves Along
Thanks to everyone who came out for Stone Soup Poetry's all-open mic respite. We have special feature David Fulcher next week, and I hope to announce the first two features for November very soon.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Fffffffffuuuuuuuuc--
I'm done today.
Let's go home.
Stone Soup online will be starting in a few hours.
See you there, I hope.
Another Dialogue
Poet Matthew E. Henry and artist Thomas Riesner show us a different way of interacting with the world. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. Come back for more, including our Horrorthon next week.
Boylston Revisited
Poet Daniel Barlekamp is paired with photography by Boston favorite Edward S. Gault to kick off another Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for stopping by.
Simmer Down
Susan Isla Tepper appears once again in Lyrical Somerville Read her latest piece over at The Somerville Times.
October 21: Stone Soup Poetry Takes an All-Open Mic Break
It's another all-open mic this Wednesday, but I wasn't initially planning to have Stone Soup this week. So I look forward to seeing you all tonight.
Join us on Wednesday, October 21, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 899 8556 7915
Password: stonesoup
So Much Out Thre
If I hadn't taken a picture of this down in Dorchester on Saturday, I would have never found out about this project. I wonder if they'll still take letters.
About That "'47 Clean Up" Post
Regarding this post from two weeks back, I acquired new information. I saw my girlfriend's Red Sox hat, and it had the same sticker on it. She said the hat came from a store near Fenway. So it's much more likely that people are simply buying hats and getting rid of the "'47 Clean Up" sticker with no political agenda at all. I can accept that, but I've noticed this sticker since March, and every time I see a sticker, I'm still going to wonder a little.
A Moment of Comics
In a perfect world, I'd have enough time to write about the comic Providence. Sadly, I've only started researching the series by listening to audio versions of the H.P. Lovecraft stories Alan Moore used as his source material. I'm really feeling good about my thesis, but not my ability to be timely. A page from Providence, whose characters are taken from Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook." With amazing work from Jacen Burrows, Lovecraft is damn lucky Moore adds so much humanity to his work.
American Haiku: Trump Tickles
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.
You're more Fagin types.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
I have had Randall Jarrell, who I mostly read about in the infamous book Manic Power: Robert Lowell and His Circle, I want to read more of him now. Let's start with a poem I've read before. Revisit "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Among the Grey
We welcome poet Patrick Farren with photography by Luis Lázaro Tijerina to this 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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| I've thought this for a very long time. |
Twelve Hours Late
It's Later Now, Part Fifty-Eight: While You Were On the Phone . Read it on my Patreon.
Monday, October 19, 2026
Bang
Here's a timely comic that leaves with you with a sad chuckle.
Still counts as a laugh.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
We Eventually Get It Done
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons poems about school eventually to kick off Monday.
Oddball Magazine welcomes you to the week. Let's all survive it, okay?
Vote Early - Vote Democracy
Couldn't attend No Kings on Saturday, but I noticed people tried to make more out of the day by pamphleting and getting people out to vote.
Have a Day Ahead of Me
Here's a sticker I saw a while ago. Posting it today for no particular reason.
Yikes
No ghosts this week. Here's a photo of a sticker with a drawing of a scary unicorn. So scary, I clearly couldn't keep my phone camera in focus.
Here's Beavis and Butthead Clip
I had heard of the band before on MTV News, but them having videos seemed unfathomable to me. even in the MTV era.
My Monday Morning Music
Seems obvious I cover behind in October. This was the first song I ever heard from them, courtesy of Beavis and Butthead.
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