Last night I dreamt
you were here again
and my hand
was so small and dry in yours
like a leaf
that I worried
if you curled your hand around mine
you would crush it into a million pieces
When I awoke
I only worried
I’d never see you again
We met at school
in second grade
you called my skull art crap
I knew right then
we’d not be friends
Soon we we’re thick as thieves
Hiking the hills
swimming the ditch
pell mell straight downstream
Lip syncing songs,
the acting bug
You got me up on stage
but
You don’t know what’ll be lost
until it’s gone
No, you don’t know what’ll be lost
until it’s gone
If there’s anything I’ve learned it’s that
you’ll miss the books you burn and
You don’t know what’ll be lost
until it’s gone
Clumsy spiders
crawl the ceiling
When one trips
it falls, pinwheeling
down your neck
or in your hair
Slumbering mouths
had best beware
for this light snack
unlooked for treat
will climb your tongue
with eight clawed feet
to flee in fear
past sleeping lips
with tickling, hairy
pedipalp tips
And should you snore
grind, or inhale
as in your mouth
the creature scales
your fate entwined
with it shall be
waking unaware
yet less hungry
My build of the “Bopped Out Steel Pluckers Havin’ A Bash” plastic model kit from the Hawk Model Company “frappin’ family of fidgeting” Frantics model series.
Come on out to the first annual Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show, scheduled for September 9th, 2023, 10am to 3pm, at the Guy Cole Event Center in Sequim, WA. If you like vintage toys and collectibles, you’re gonna love the Olympic Peninsula Toy Show. This inaugural event promises 20 or more vendors selling a wide variety of vintage toys and collectibles.
Moebius Models’ “Mars Attacks Martian Warrior” plastic model kit, based on the classic Topps, horror/sci-fi trading card series, stands around 13′ when completed, and offers a fun build with plenty of opportunities for improvisation.
Computer computer
what do you say?
I stare at your face
all of my day
With my online friends
I want to play
but right now it seems
they’ve all gone away
For your edification:
A selection of deep thoughts from one of the greatest minds of this or any generation.
Q: “Whaddya call that tool they use to melt metal parts together?” A: “Well, derr!”
You can’t really believe anything they say on products any more.
I bought some so-called “streakless” glass cleaner the other day?
I was out of my clothes and running down the street in five minutes.
Didja hear the one about the new cologne that smells like burning money?
“Elon Musk”
I understand the concept of 3d. I also get 1d, 2d, and even 4d, I suppose. But … 80d? What the hell is that? 80d?
Ferlinghetti ate spaghetti,
Chaucer chewed on wood
But I ain’t found a goddamn thing
that I think’s all that good
If we now choose to only accept the constructive and creative contributions made by those without personal flaw or history of social misstep, we will find ourselves in a very narrow alley, indeed.
Albert Einstein, after all, was a serial philanderer, damaging the lives of many of the women in his life and his own children with his selfish actions. Shall we ignore his contributions to our world as punishment?
Wrongs should be prevented and, when they occur, righted. Those caught doing wrong need to be called out, given the chance to apologize, make the appropriate penance, and move on. Figures from the past gain value with further scrutiny into the vagaries of their lives but there is no way to punish them, and we only hurt ourselves when we cast away what good they left behind in an attempt.
What fault is it of the work that its creator is flawed and how do we benefit by this eschewing of the positive light that these fully human people emit?
A good portion of that bath waste water is baby, folks.
I’ve spent the bulk of my life almost completely uninterested in both sports and cars. So it is quite the shock to find myself suddenly and happily embroiled in 1:64 diecast gravity racing.